'Another broken promise': California environmental groups reel from EPA grant cancellations

05/08/25 10:00 AM

California projects terminated by the Trump administration would have provided clean drinking water in rural communities, air purifiers for children with asthma and a community park, among other benefits.

2 people, 1 dog killed in small plane crash in Simi Valley

05/03/25 9:47 PM

Two people and one dog are dead after a single-engine aircraft crashed into a residential area of Simi Valley. Two homes were damaged.

A 'well-orchestrated execution': Mystery surrounds school official's killing at L.A. Live

05/03/25 10:00 AM

Sidney Barrett Morris, who held a high-level post at Cal State Northridge, was gunned down as he ate dinner on Nov. 28, 2023. The suspected killers appeared in court recently, but a motive in the crime remains unclear.

A chainsaw-wielding vandal cut 13 trees in downtown LA. How the LAPD tracked down a suspect

05/09/25 12:05 AM

Tips, publicity and police work helped lead Los Angeles officials to the man they say cut down or damaged 13 trees over the span of seven days in April.

Amherst Police investigating 'misuse' of AI by high school student

05/08/25 10:18 PM

AMHERST, N.Y. (WIVB) — Amherst Central High School administration sent a letter this week to parents after it learned that a student used artificial intelligence to create and share content that included the names of several students and faculty. The letter by Amherst principal Gregory Pigeon was sent out Wednesday to let parents know about [...]

Amid Trump trade war, L.A. urged to hold off on wage hikes for tourism workers

05/07/25 10:00 AM

With the first of several wage hikes for airport and hotel workers scheduled to go into effect on July 1, a coalition of L.A. business leaders has urged the City Council to hold off on the increases.

An L.A. County firefighter assaulted his neighbor. But his bosses couldn't fire him

05/06/25 10:00 AM

In the last five years, the L.A. County Civil Service Commission has forced department heads to take back dozens of workers they had tried to fire, costing the county millions in back pay.

Are ICE agent checks on migrant children to protect them or deport them?

05/07/25 10:00 AM

Homeland Security officials have said welfare checks aim to ensure that unaccompanied children "are safe and not being exploited, abused, and sex trafficked."

Arellano: Trump is wrong. My dad was a trucker, and he didn't need much English to do his job

05/07/25 10:00 AM

For Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy to huff that his department "will always put America's truck drivers first" — as if people like my dad somehow don't belong to that group — is hateful and ignorant of what trucking in this country is truly about.

Arrowhead bottled water company wins one of three pending court cases

05/08/25 10:00 AM

A court ruled in favor of BlueTriton Brands after California regulators had ordered the bottled-water company to stop taking water from a national forest.