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Aug 29, 2025

WATCH: Kate McKinnon and Andy Samberg on playing a couple
The "SNL" alums joked about their chemistry in their new film, "The Roses."
Aug 29, 2025

Lopez: L.A. parks get low marks, but opening schoolyards could improve grades
L.A. is 90th on a list of 100 big-city parks. But unlocking school playgrounds on weekends and holidays could help.
Aug 29, 2025

Orange County will fight Trump over sensitive voter information, despite pushback
The Orange County Board of Supervisors has declined the federal government's request for records on 17 people who were ineligible to cast a ballot. Some supervisors said they would prefer to let a judge decide.

Aug 29, 2025

Arellano: Slain L.A. Times columnist Ruben Salazar matters more than ever, 55 years later
Fifty-five years ago, Salazar was killed in an East Los Angeles bar after a tear gas canister launched by an L.A. County sheriff's deputy tore through his head.
Aug 29, 2025

L.A. has enough rental subsidies to end veteran homelessness. Why aren't they being used?
Los Angeles housing officials have more than enough rent vouchers to house every homeless veteran in Los Angeles County, but a complicated bureaucracy has left more than 4,000 of them unused.
Aug 29, 2025

Two stairways are required in L.A. apartments. What does that have to do with the housing crisis?
The L.A. City Council is on the brink of changing its building code so that buildings of up to six stories tall could have a single-stairway exit. Fire officials and others say a key safety measure would be lost.
Aug 28, 2025

Video shows LAPD drone peer into vehicle of man shot while holding fake gun
The family of the man killed, Jeremy Flores, has accused police of waiting two hours before administering medical aid.
Aug 28, 2025

The stench from the polluted Tijuana River is so bad it kept a researcher up all night
Scientists have found high levels of air pollution near the sewage-filled Tijuana River, confirming the complaints of long-suffering residents.
Aug 28, 2025

California A.G., Torrance police reach reform agreement after racist text scandal
The California attorney general's office and the Torrance Police Department have reached an "enforceable agreement" to reform the agency following a scandal that saw more than a dozen officers exchange racist and violent text messages in which they joked about killing Black people.

Aug 28, 2025

WATCH: Search and rescue underway after Russian attack in Ukraine kills 19
The death toll has risen to 19 people after Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine came under a major missile and drone attack overnight into Thursday, Ukrainian officials said.
Aug 28, 2025

California Democrats and Republicans agree on one big thing: They support UC, poll shows
A poll of California voters conducted by the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies showed strong support among Republicans and Democrats for UC research, hospitals and the value of UC degrees.

Aug 28, 2025

6 homeless encampments discovered after fire in Orchard Park
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (WIVB) -- Fire crews battling flames in Orchard Park made a surprising discovery deep in the woods Monday morning - numerous homeless encampments. Patrick Fitzgerald, Chief of the Orchard Park Police Department, tells WIVB News 4 around 7 a.m. Monday, they received several reports of a loud explosion. Officers were dispatched to [...]
