Fireworks warehouse explosion: Authorities search home of CEO
The California State Fire Marshal’s Office searched a home in San Francisco on Tuesday that’s believed to be linked to last week’s deadly fireworks warehouse explosion in Yolo County. Seven…
Body found inside a Goodwill donation bin in Pasadena
A dead body was found Tuesday inside a Goodwill donation bin in Pasadena, according to authorities. The Pasadena Police Department responded to a report of a body near 340 S.…
L.A. must remove 9,800 encampments. But are homeless people getting housed?
Musician Dennis Henriquez woke up in a doorway in East Hollywood last month, hidden behind cardboard and sheltered by a tarp. When he peered outside, half a dozen sanitation workers…
‘Go away!’ SoCal hiker captures scary encounter with mountain lion on video
It’s the type of nightmare scenario every Southern California hiker fears — you’re walking alone on a trail when suddenly, a mountain lion appears on the path. But for Cortney…
Trump administration sues California over transgender athletes; billions of dollars at stake
The Trump administration on Wednesday sued California for allowing transgender athletes to compete on school sports teams that match their gender identity, alleging state officials violated federal civil rights law…
Worker advocates arrested after tire spikes found at immigration raid
U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested four men on Tuesday on suspicion of interfering with immigration enforcement operations and placing homemade tire spikes allegedly intended to disable law enforcement vehicles, federal…
L.A. on pace to see lowest homicide total in nearly 60 years as killings plummet
Homicides across Los Angeles fell by more than 20% in the first half of the year, leaving the city on pace to end 2025 with its lowest total for that…
California farmers say Medicaid recipients, automation can’t replace immigrant workers
After Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said Tuesday that immigrant farmworkers could be replaced with automation and “able-bodied” U.S. citizens “on Medicaid,” groups representing farmers and workers in California said that’s…
Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A.
On a palm tree-lined bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, thousands of people rallied against the Trump administration in one of many “No Kings Day” protests around the country last month.…
L.A. firestorms and Texas floods show communities are ill-prepared for worsening climate disasters
Two major climate disasters of 2025 — the Texas flooding that killed more than 100 people and the L.A. wildfires in January that resulted in 30 deaths and wiped out…