LA relied on teen volunteers for years despite fire chief's warning, but leaders can't be sued: lawyer
Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley asked for full-time employees to augment a mostly volunteer brush-clearing crew two years ago.
‘Yo!’ Mayor Brandon Johnson’s texts reveal governing style and intrigue at City Hall
The mayor’s exchanges with officials show he is more reluctant than predecessors Lori Lightfoot and Rahm Emanuel to put much ...
Immigration made homeless numbers worse than they actually were in 2024
The historic increase of homelessness reported by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in 2024 was largely ...
Gavin Newsom's Bay Area ravaged by surging crime as LA burns: ‘It's a war zone!'
Residents in a Northern California community are begging Gov. Newsom for help as crime runs rampant as Los Angeles continues ...
Fact Check: LA Mayor Olympic flag video falsely linked to 2025 wildfires
A video of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass disembarking a flight with the Olympic flag after the 2024 Paris Games handover ceremony has been falsely linked online to the January 2025 wildfires in the ...
LA wildfires live: Residents face new threats of mudslides and ‘toxic ash’ as rain hits Southern California
“Despite being smack in the middle of the rainy season, brush conditions over Southern California are currently as dry as they ever get in the summer (the dry season),” AccuWeather California Expert ...
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In 1930s NYC, Proportional Representation Boosted the Left
In New York City, a disgraced mayor and a discredited Democratic Party are creating potential openings for socialists. NYC ...
Joe Mathews: How could LA have not be ready for an epic fire? One answer is corruption.
Planning is about imagining a future. A city that doesn’t plan isn’t tapping its collective imagination. That’s the bitter ...