In an effort to improve City efforts to combat the homelessness crisis, Los Angeles Councilmember Mike Bonin has proposed the creation of a new advisory commission, composed entirely of people
By Kathleen Ronayne
California’s attorney general is urging a federal judge not to halt a state law requiring presidential candidates release their tax returns, arguing it doesn’t bar
Trump, pollution,
The Trump administration on Friday launched an all-out assault on California’s authority to set its own automotive emissions standards in a battle over mileage rules, as
By Tom Krisher and Ellen Knickmeyer
The Trump administration is moving forward with a proposal to revoke part of California’s authority to set its own automobile gas mileage standards,
By Lisa Marie Pane
Bob Mokos is a passionate gun owner who on the surface would seem like a card-carrying National Rifle Association member.
The retired airline pilot has
By Adam Beam
Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang wants to give cash to every American each month.
Susie Garza has never heard of Yang. But since February, she’s been
Local author Laila Lalami was thrown under the media spotlight earlier this year following the release of her fourth novel.
Critics hailed “The Other Americans” as a richly layered exploration
By Lisa Mascaro
Move over, Nancy Pelosi. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the “squad” of freshmen women of color are emerging as new stars of Republican attacks against Democrats running
By Barbara Ortutay
Facebook is tightening its rules around political advertising ahead of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, acknowledging previous misuse. But it’s not clear if it will
A judge says actress Lori Loughlin and her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, can continue using a law firm that recently represented the University of Southern California.
The couple appeared
By Andrew Welsh-Huggins
State attorneys general and lawyers representing local governments said Tuesday they are in active settlement talks with Purdue Pharma, the maker of the prescription painkiller OxyContin
By Tom Hays and Larry Neumeister
One by one, 16 women who say they were sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein poured out their anger Tuesday, lashing out at him as
