Southern California air quality officials will dramatically raise fees on toxic polluters in an effort to make oil refineries, manufacturers and other industries pay a greater share of the cost of monitoring and regulating their most health-threatening emissions. The South Coast Air Quality Management…
There’s more evidence home appreciation is cooling: Orange County home-price gains are running roughly one-third below their six-year average, by one novel valuation yardstick. Home values were appreciating at an annual rate of 4.1% in April, according to the Real Estate Research Council of Southern California. Since 1943, the group has tracked local home-value movements…
L.A. Pride is expanding its footprint for a weekend of nonstop celebrations, and officials are warning residents to be prepared. Thousands are expected to turn out for the celebrations starting Friday with an opening-night ceremony at West Hollywood Park and the Dyke March at Sal Guarriello Veterans’…
By Sophia Bollag, The USC Center for Health Journalism Collaborative As the Democrats who run California government hash out the final details of the state budget, some lawmakers and advocates are raising doubts about Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to shore up Obamacare. Newsom’s office argues that fining people without insurance, a policy known as the…
LOS ANGELES — This time, the attack victim was the dog. A U.S. Postal Service mail carrier is reported to be under fire after she was caught on video pepper-spraying a friendly dog safely behind the fence of a house in Watts. The incident occurred on June 3 on the 1500 block of East 111th…
Hannah Weinmeister knew since second grade that she wanted to work with kids when she grew up. At 16, Hannah still has a few years to go before she is, in fact, a grown up. But this summer she’ll be getting a jump on her dream. Wait? A jump? Actually, it’ll be more like a…
Q. Hi, Honk: I work in a kiosk for a park. I see many newer vehicles with completely tinted front windshields. It appears the tinting is factory installed and not aftermarket. I have never seen this, just started recently. I was wondering if it’s legal. Some of the windshields are so dark you cannot see…
By MARI YAMAGUCHI TOKYO — The U.S. and Russian militaries accused each other of unsafe actions on Friday after an American guided-missile cruiser and a Russian destroyer came within 165 feet of each other in the East China Sea. The U.S. 7th Fleet said the Russian destroyer put the safety of the USS Chancellorsville and…
Mac “Dr. John” Rebennack, the nine-fingered New Orleans-based pianist, singer, songwriter and session musician best known for his 1973 top 10 hit “Right Place, Wrong Time,” has died. He was 77. Across six decades as a creator, Rebennack served as the unofficial voodoo ambassador of the Crescent…
Los Angeles schools Supt. Austin Beutner on Thursday laid out a tight budget — which includes some layoffs — while signaling potential financial trouble ahead for the nation’s second-largest school district. He also targeted new potential state funding sources. The school system and the city of…
