In a surprisingly strong economic report, California employers stepped up hiring in May and the state unemployment rate fell for the first time since 2022.

The full moon, called a ‘strawberry moon’ because of its reddish hue, will appear right after the summer solstice. In L.A., it will rise at about 7:24 p.m. Friday.

There’s a house for sale in San Francisco’s Russian Hill neighborhood for less than $500,000, but its current occupant’s lease doesn’t expire till 2053.

Molly Malone’s Irish Pub, a beloved Los Angeles bar, is temporarily closed after a fire damaged the building on Thursday.

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.