Environmental and local community groups filed a lawsuit against the city of Los Angeles on Wednesday, claiming that city approval of rollbacks of environmental rules for the China Shipping Container terminal at the port violated state law.
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Over the Labor Day weekend, downtown Los Angeles recorded the highest ozone pollution in the last 26 years as multiple wildfires burn thousands of acres and force many to flee their homes.
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New research suggests that Covid-19 may have been circulating in the Los Angeles area as early as last December — months before a spike in officially confirmed U.S. cases began to signal the beginning of a pandemic.
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A billion-dollar housing and shelter program approved by Los Angeles voters as a solution to rising homelessness in the city is being hampered by excessive delays and rising costs as the number of people sleeping on the street continues to surge, according to an audit released Wednesday.
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A researcher based in the United Kingdom was scrolling through the exhibition catalogue of a U.S. museum when he spotted something he and his team had been looking for — a piece of art stolen 25 years ago from a famous tennis pro.
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The FBI has launched an investigation into reports that a pilot landing an airplane at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday was greeted by a person flying around with a jet pack.
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A Black man who deputies said was stopped for riding his bicycle in violation of vehicle codes was fatally shot when he dropped a bundle of items that included a gun, authorities said, setting of a protest march to a nearby sheriff’s station in Los Angeles.
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A Chinese national researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles, was taken into custody and arrested Friday on evidence destruction charges after attempting to dispose of a hard drive linked to an FBI investigation, according to the Justice Department.
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Amid the Covid-19 pandemic the city of Los Angeles is charging a pair of TikTok stars for throwing mega-parties at their Hollywood Hills mansion, which are viewed as potential super spreader events for the virus.
Read moreHundreds of police accountability activists rallied outside law enforcement buildings in Los Angeles on Wednesday, marching through the city’s downtown to protest the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.
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Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrance to a Los Angeles County Superior courthouse on Friday morning to highlight the burgeoning eviction crisis in California as relief put in place in the early days of the pandemic is set to end.
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Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer filed criminal charges Friday against the owners and operators of four downtown LA buildings over safety violations that led to a massive blaze that injured a dozen responding firefighters.
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Just five months after a global pandemic was declared by the World Health Organization, Los Angeles County reported its 5,000th Covid-19 death on Tuesday.
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The names of people ensnared in an ongoing federal bribery probe at Los Angeles City Hall trickled out during a court hearing for a city councilman who faces numerous charges including money laundering and lying to federal agents.
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The operators of a neighborhood oil drilling operation will face criminal charges for environmental and health violations stemming from noxious fumes that made south Los Angeles residents ill.
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Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department have a history of falsely labeling residents as gang members, decaying community trust in law enforcement and wrecking job prospects for Black and Latino residents fraudulently entered into a state gang database, five residents said in a federal class action lawsuit Monday.
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For yet another semester, the novel coronavirus pandemic will force students in the nation’s second largest school district to continue attending classes at home. But a deal announced Monday between Los Angeles education officials and the teachers union will enhance structured online learning for students.
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Disgraced Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar, suspended from the City Council and facing 35 criminal charges in a wide-ranging criminal probe at LA City Hall, pleaded not guilty Monday in a federal courtroom.
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The global pandemic has devastated the job market across the country and on Aug. 14, the California Judicial Council could vote to dissolve a statewide eviction freeze, leaving thousands of unemployed Los Angeles residents out of a home.
Read moreA federal grand jury added 34 additional criminal charges against Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar on Thursday in an ongoing corruption probe into a massive pay-to-play developer scheme.
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