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The Pulse of Southern California

Los Angeles approves plan to spend nearly $425 million in ‘mansion tax’ money

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved a plan to spend nearly $425 million collected from Measure ULA, directing the money to a series of affordable housing and homelessness…

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs not guilty of most serious charges but will remain in custody until sentencing

Music mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs was found guilty Wednesday of transportation for prostitution but cleared of the most serious charges — racketeering and sex trafficking — following a weeks-long federal…

Commentary: Bass defends her turf: ‘Let me be clear: I won’t be intimidated’ by Trump

The president of the United States, who seems to enjoy nothing more than playing the bully, is picking on Los Angeles. But L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, not known as a…

7 missing after explosions at California fireworks warehouse

Seven people are missing after multiple explosions at a warehouse in Northern California that sent bright fireworks across the area and ignited a brush fire. The location is owned by…

Why feds failed to convict Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on biggest charges.

Federal prosecutors announced charges against Sean “Diddy” Combs with great fanfare last year. This was not just a case of a celebrity behaving badly, they said. It was about a…

Nine hospitalized after drug incident at L.A. juvenile hall

Nine people were hospitalized Wednesday morning because of possible drug exposure inside Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, officials said. Vicky Waters, the communications director for the L.A. County Probation…

Commentary: A tale of two parks: One was a ‘poor boy’s Disneyland,’ the other had a Cobra Woman who was really a man

Here’s a little story for summertime, a tale of two seaside amusement parks of days of olde: One eventually got itself a reputation as a rackety, unsavory hangout where you…

L.A. antitrust giant who defended American Airlines, Pfizer dies at 85

In 1992, with the U.S. economy rebounding from a recession, several of the country’s largest airlines sued each other over a price war. On one side was Continental and Northwest,…

Commentary: A candid take on mortality and the power of friendship

They gather several times a week in the parking lot of a Vons supermarket in Mar Vista, and no subject is off-limits. Not even the grim medical prognosis for 70-year-old…

Los Angeles to halt ‘disaster tourism’ buses in Palisades fire zone

Pacific Palisades neighborhoods were closed to the public for months after a January firestorm devastated the community, but since its recent reopening, there have been sightings of a new, disturbing…