NASA finally figures out how to open a $1-billion canister
Late last year, a spacecraft containing samples of a 4.6-billion-year-old asteroid landed safely in the desert after a 1.2-billion mile journey.
Year of grief and healing: Monterey Park shooting survivors, victims’ families reflect on trauma
One year after the mass shooting at a dance hall in Monterey Park, survivors and family have tried to keep active and honor the memories of the victims.
Burst pipe at Wilmington oil refinery spews petroleum mixture onto street
Oil leaked from a 20-inch refinery pipe before firefighters stopped the flow and contained part of the spill with sandbags.
Rain expected through Monday as several storms move across L.A.
Three storm systems rolling into Southern California over the weekend are expected to bring high surf, up to 3 inches of rain and light snow in areas.
He killed his ex-girlfriend with a bomb in an Aliso Viejo spa. He’ll spend life in prison
Stephen Beal was sentenced Friday to life in prison for planting the homemade package bomb that detonated at an Aliso Viejo day spa in 2018.
Police commission begins considering interim LAPD chief to replace Michel Moore
The Police Commission will have to move quickly to get an interim chief in place over the next six weeks. Opinions vary about what qualities to look for.
California offers affordable loans again to first-time homebuyers, with a catch
The state has reopened applications for its California Dream Shared Appreciation loans, but this time it’s not approving the financing on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Column: Yes, you can fight city hall. Huntington Beach retirees are waging a revolution
A posse of older residents is trying to rescue Huntington Beach from a hard-right wave. Donald Trump, they say, unleashed ‘a whole new way of politics.’
Patt Morrison: The death — or not? — of L.A.’s shopping malls
The Westside Pavilion is being remade as a UCLA biomedical research facility, an Orange County mall will become housing, and Gen Z seems to actually like shopping at malls.
Assemblymember Wendy Carrillo pleads no contest to driving under the influence
Carrillo, who is running for a hotly contested Eastside City Council seat, was arrested Nov. 3 after she crashed into two parked cars in Northeast Los Angeles.