L.A. parks department could lose 341 vacant jobs under new budget-cutting plan
The city’s top budget official is recommending removing 1,974 vacant positions from the city’s books. More than 17% would come from the park agency.
EPA issues new clean air rules for heavy-duty trucks. California’s rules are tougher
The federal regulations don’t mandate electric trucks or school buses, unlike California’s tougher standards. But the EPA’s rules will curtail a billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions each year.
Column: What if Bruce’s Beach was just the start? Why more stolen land is about be returned
Santa Monica is exploring what to compensate the descendants of Silas White, a Black businessman whose land was seized by eminent domain before he could open a beach club.
Ohtani says he’s cooperating with investigators. Yasiel Puig offers a cautionary tale
Shohei Ohtani is not the first Dodger to get caught up in a sports betting scandal. What happened with Yasiel Puig offers a cautionary tale.
Men arrested in O.C. kidnapping case had criminal record. What did they do with the victim?
The two men charged with kidnapping Tony Lam from outside his Midway City home were former parolees with one serving nearly two decades behind bars for second-degree murder, Orange County prosecutors wrote in court records.
Look to the skies tonight for another SpaceX rocket launch
Ten days after a SpaceX launch from Vandenberg Space Force Base lighted up social media, the company plans to launch another rocket.
Easter weekend storm dousing plans in L.A.: When will it rain? What’s been canceled?
It’s shaping up to be a wet Easter weekend in Southern California. Here is a timeline of what to expect.
An advocacy group for California cities supported Prop. 1. Now some members are leaving
Three Orange County cities, Newport Beach, Huntington Beach and Orange, vote to withdraw from the California League of Cities after it backed Proposition 1.
Starvation has decimated gray whales off the Pacific Coast. Can the giants ever recover?
Researchers suspect that starvation may have killed half off all gray whales off the Pacific Coast of North America. What happened to their food source?
Betty Yee officially enters the 2026 California governor’s race
Former state Controller Betty Yee launched her campaign for California governor, joining a field of Democrats vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2026.