The temporary program allows businesses to have a brick-and-mortar retail space for a $1 a month. It also gives life to otherwise empty buildings downtown.

Economics professor John Strauss said the case against him was closed, students’ complaints would be dismissed and that he would face no formal discipline.

A USC student whom police accuse of fatally stabbing a man who had broken into a car on Greek Row will not be charged in the killing, prosecutors announced Thursday.

A ballot measure that would have required voter approval for future state tax hikes will not appear on the November ballot, California Supreme Court rules.

Federal authorities on Thursday raided the home of Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao. No further details were provided.

Tattoo artist Eric Reyna is working on a tattoo reproducing the graffiti-covered Oceanwide Plaza on his friend’s back, part of a celebration of L.A.

A large ridge of high pressure will bring triple-digit temperatures to California’s interior this weekend, raising the wildfire danger.

American Airlines is investigating how luggage from a flight to Burbank ended up in a Hollywood homeless encampment.

Authorities have identified the homeless man who police say was killed by a USC student in an altercation this week on Greek row.

Right-wing media never misses an opportunity to “report” on the nation’s alarming rise in crime (though rates are in fact dropping), especially in blue states, and particularly on the left coast.