L.A. City Council passes ordinance to streamline affordable housing
During her first week in office three years ago, Mayor Karen Bass issued a sweeping directive to speed up affordable housing applications. Now, that plan is permanent. The L.A. City…
Jubilant Sykes, acclaimed baritone, fatally stabbed by son at home in Santa Monica, police allege
Grammy-nominated gospel singer Jubilant Sykes was stabbed to death in his Santa Monica home late Sunday, and his son was taken into custody at the scene, police said. The 71-year-old…
Woman claiming to be an heiress allegedly scammed nearly $30 million from California banks, authorities say
A woman allegedly posed as an heiress and scammed nearly $30 million from banks and institutions in Los Angeles and Orange counties, according to authorities. Between July 2017 and May…
Cruise passenger was served 33 drinks before he died, lawsuit says
A passenger who died on a Royal Caribbean cruise was doused with pepper spray and physically restrained by staff members after he was served 33 alcoholic drinks and became violent,…
L.A. County inspector general to retire after 12 years as watchdog
Los Angeles County’s inspector general is retiring as chief watchdog for the Sheriff’s Department, stepping down from the post he has held since it was first created a dozen years…
Contributor: How California is failing its Latino population
Few states so self-righteously proclaim their commitment to helping minorities like California does. Gov. Gavin Newsom rarely misses an opportunity to assert his solidarity with people of color, proclaiming in…
California and L.A. top most generous communities in 2025, GoFundMe analysis finds
During a tumultuous year marked by several crises — most notably the devastating January wildfires — Californians, and Angelenos in particular, responded with generosity, being the most likely to have…
Earthquake swarms keep rattling the Bay Area. What’s going on?
Dozens of small earthquakes have shaken the San Francisco Bay Area over the last month, rattling nerves and raising fears that more seismic events may be on the horizon. The…
L.A.’s scouting troops work to restore their fire-stricken camp
Elliot Copen, 17, was worried the Scouting America camp he had visited dozens of times in an undeveloped canyon of the Santa Monica Mountains would feel empty. The Palisades fire…
I called it a piece of junk. But it was a Frank Gehry L.A. masterpiece
The early 1980s Los Angeles of my childhood always felt like a place where you could brush against greatness and not even recognize it. Take the strange, faceless building at…