Candidates vying to be Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor promised Friday to cease death penalty convictions, bolster police accountability and rollback policies embraced by incumbent District Attorney Jackie Lacey, who skipped the campaign debate.
Read moreLarge hillside mansions and over 700 acres of land in west Los Angeles burned this past month when a eucalyptus branch fell on a power line. It could have been prevented, according to a claim filed Monday with LA’s electric utility.
Read moreCalifornia and the city of Los Angeles sued e-cigarette maker Juul Labs on Monday, claiming the company caused a public health crisis by targeting teens with fruity, fun flavored vaping products and did not verify the age of its customers for online sales.
Read moreTwo weeks after Los Angeles airport officials moved ride-hail and taxi pickups away from terminal curbsides, the deluge of angry tweets from frustrated travelers has largely receded as overall travel times improve and the much-debated project comes into focus.
Read moreThe U.S. women’s soccer team secured a key ruling Friday when a federal judge in Los Angeles granted class certification in their equal pay lawsuit against the sport’s national governing body.
Read moreWhile the White House began the United States’ formal withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement this week, the city of Los Angeles on Wednesday approved the construction of the largest solar plant in the country.
Read moreActress Sharon Stone sued aspiring Chelsea Chanel Dudley pka Chanel West Coast in federal court, claiming she violates trademark in a song called “Sharon Stoned.”
Read moreLos Angeles police said Tuesday they recovered $800,000 worth of prints by Scottish abstract expressionist Benjamin Creme after a caller said they were in a home in the Los Angeles suburb of San Fernando.
Read moreResidents of the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood argued in court Tuesday that city officials and the owner of the L.A. Clippers violated a state affordable housing law when they agreed to negotiations for a proposed new basketball arena.
Read moreThe airport itself remains a portrait of world humanity with faces of all hues and characteristics standing outside the terminal, freshly arrived from distant lands and now searching for a way out of the airport. They are often maneuvering huge suitcases stacked high on carts. Within the chaos, trains of airline attendants, perfectly coiffed, trim, in matching uniforms, smoothly, quickly weave their way.
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Climate activist Greta Thunberg joined hundreds of climate activists – both young and old – in downtown Los Angeles on Friday to call attention to global warming and to empower people to hold elected leaders accountable.
Read moreA Ninth Circuit panel sided with a federal judge Thursday, upholding a decision to bar the Justice Department from imposing special conditions on policing grants for cities that refuse to help federal authorities detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
Read moreA Jane Doe sued Los Angeles Unified School District and its former wrestling coach Terrell Gillard, who has been sentenced to 71 years in state prison for sexually molesting nine children, in superior court.
Read moreThe Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a pair of emergency ordinances Tuesday freezing rent increases for tenants and barring “no-fault” evictions until a state law which does both takes effect Jan. 1.
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A destructive wildfire that exploded on the edge of Los Angeles began beneath a high-voltage transmission tower owned by Southern California Edison, fire officials said Monday.
Read moreDuring an emotional testimony on Thursday, the 16-year-old son of convicted murderer Michael Gargiulo asked a Los Angeles jury not to send his father to death row.
Read moreAn attorney for Los Angeles said a lawsuit claiming the city blocked disabled students from commenting on a construction project near their school should be thrown out because it impedes developers’ rights.
Read moreSpeculation as to whether Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey will have a challenger when she seeks re-election grew on Thursday after San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón announced he would resign, according to media reports.
Read moreLos Angeles has dropped its civil lawsuit against a consulting firm the city blamed for botching the rollout of a utility billing system that resulted in a multimillion-dollar settlement with customers and an FBI probe into how the payout was handled.
Read moreIn a lab southeast of Los Angeles, researchers are opening a new front in the yearslong battle against a tiny pest that has wreaked havoc on citrus groves around the world.
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