Dear Editor, The possibility of closing the Fairview Library (“Fairview”) and selling the land has been in the news lately. This idea was first publicly raised at the City Council Budget Retreat on Saturday,

It seems like everyone, deep down, wants to have some kind of connection to Ireland. Even if it’s through your best friend’s cousin’s neighbor’s cat, who once chased a leprechaun in Dublin, it's close enough.

California's top insurance regulator on Friday said he would approve an emergency request by State Farm to raise premiums 22% on home insurance for about a million customers if the insurance giant could justify the hike at a public hearing.

On the first episode of his new podcast, Gov. Gavin Newsom broke some news last week: He no longer aligns with the Democratic Party on trans rights. He invited right-wing provocateur Charlie Kirk onto his show,

California’s state budget is mired in what fiscal authorities call a “structural deficit,” meaning its revenues cannot keep up with spending mandated by current law. For several years, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature have papered over the chronic gap between income and outgo with gimmicks,

Federal authorities have charged three people with defrauding the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) by filing fraudulent claims for disaster relief following devastating January wildfires. Hedeshia Robertson,

Assemblymember and Democratic Caucus Chair Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood) has withdrawn his bill to redefine allowable homicide in self defense saying fear and confusion has created a false impression of the bill.

When President Donald Trump gave his joint address to Congress last week, he boasted that in his first few weeks back in the White House he had "brought free speech back to America." But First Amendment advocates say they've never seen freedom of speech under attack the way it has been in Trump's second term.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Lindsey P. Horvath on Thursday proposed creating a new county department to consolidate homeless services beginning July 1, 2025, following a scathing report ...

U.S. inflation slowed last month for the first time since September and a measure of underlying inflation fell to a four-year low, even as widespread tariffs threaten to send prices higher. The consumer price index increased 2.

It’s no secret that animal shelters across America are full to bursting point. In Los Angeles the situation is being mainly blamed on the fires which have rendered so many families homeless. But we realized there is another,

Los Angeles County officials urged wildfire survivors on Wednesday to make critical decisions about property debris removal before the March 31 deadline, as the region simultaneously braces for heavy rainfall that threatens burn areas with potential mudflows and landslides.

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Los Angeles County officials have issued urgent safety warnings as a potentially dangerous storm system threatens to bring flash flooding, debris flows, and high surf conditions to the region starting Wednesday evening.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has cleared hazardous materials from half of the properties that were initially too dangerous for EPA crews to handle after burning in the Palisades Fire earlier this year.

In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever often killed more soldiers than combat.

In President Donald Trump's idealized framing, the United States was at its zenith in the 1890s, when top hats and shirtwaists were fashionable and typhoid fever often killed more soldiers than combat.

In Santa Monica, more than a thousand people gathered on February 23 for a rally at City Hall organized by the Stand With Ukraine Foundation. Blue and yellow Ukrainian flags billowed beside ...

The Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District announced that Webster Elementary School will be closed Wednesday as it is located in an evacuation zone. Three other Malibu schools — Malibu ...

In Santa Monica, more than a thousand people gathered on February 23 for a rally at City Hall organized by the Stand With Ukraine Foundation. Blue and yellow Ukrainian flags billowed beside ...