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L.A. council puts off yet another attempt to rewrite the city's 'mansion tax'

Councilmember Nithya Raman backed a plan to ask voters to rewrite Measure ULA, saying it's holding back housing production. The council asked for more review instead.

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Palisades High reopens after year of instability: 'So much has changed for all of us'

Palisades Charter High School students were welcomed back to their main campus by community members more than a year after the Palisades fire ravaged the campus.

Foreign-born population falls by 1.5 million amid Trump policies. California economy under threat

California's population stalled in 2024 and growth across the country slowed amid widespread immigration raids in the first year of the new Trump administration, U.S. Census Bureau data show.

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Is social media harmful for kids? Meta and YouTube face trial after TikTok settles suit

Jury selection was scheduled to began in L.A. County Superior Court on Tuesday in the first of a series of closely-watched lawsuits seeking to prove social apps inflict harm on children, but a last-minute agreement by TikTok left uncertainty around how the case would proceed.

Trump signs executive order to 'preempt' permitting process for fire-destroyed homes in L.A.

Instead of going through the usual regulatory process, residents using federal emergency funds to rebuild would have to certify compliance with local standards.