L.A. firefighter union launches sales tax initiative to fund new stations and more
One year after a deadly blaze ripped through the Pacific Palisades and destroyed thousands of homes, the union representing Los...
Trump administration sues California over law keeping oil wells from homes, schools
California communities and environmental justice groups worked for years to win a law to prevent new oil and gas wells...
Memo to Minneapolis from California: Please don’t take the bait
Dear Minneapolis: We are sorry for what you are going through. We get it. One day you’re living in a...
Wall Street steadies as chip stocks bounce back and oil prices ease
Wall Street steadied on Thursday as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry bounced back after an encouraging report from a Taiwanese...
With Yosemite ditching reservations for firefall, will it be a mess? Here’s what to know
Yosemite’s firefall — the winter convergence of sunbeams and falling water that has drawn growing crowds to the national park’s...
‘Ponies’ elevates a Cold War spy story with emotional depth and female friendship
Despite its equestrian-themed title, misfit-spies motif and occasional reference to “Moscow rules,” Peacock’s new espionage thriller “Ponies” has little in...
L.A. sees 16% drop in film and TV shoot days compared to 2024
It was another tough year for film and television production in Los Angeles as the total shoot days for 2025...
Burglars take $30,000 from late NASCAR driver Greg Biffle’s home, officials say
The North Carolina home of late NASCAR driver Greg Biffle was burglarized less than a month after he, his wife...
Court ruling jeopardizes freedom for pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil
A federal appeals panel on Thursday reversed a lower-court decision that released former Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil from...
Watts tried to mourn ‘Mama Curtis.’ Then came LAPD officers with Tasers and batons
It was planned as a peaceful day of mourning for a Watts neighborhood matriarch many knew simply as “Mama Curtis.”...
Foo Fighters mark Dave Grohl’s birthday — and support a good cause — at the Forum
Dave Grohl had a solution in mind for anyone who didn’t know the words to the song he and the...
An app’s blunt life check adds another layer to the loneliness crisis in China
BEIJING — In China, the names of things are often either ornately poetic or jarringly direct. A new, wildly popular app among...
Flu cases surging in California as officials warn of powerful strain
California officials are issuing warnings about a new flu strain that is increasing flu-related cases and hospitalizations statewide, with public...
83-year-old man convicted of killing Uber driver who he wrongly thought was scamming him
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — A jury convicted an 83-year-old Ohio man of murder in the shooting of an Uber driver who he wrongly...
Comedian Joel Kim Booster marries video game producer Michael Sudsina: ‘Never felt so certain’
Emmy-nominated comedian Joel Kim Booster is “just really happy” nowadays. Why? He’s a married man. Kim Booster, the star, screenwriter...
