The cost of staging the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics has risen to $6.9 billion from an original estimate of $5.3 billion.
Leslie Van Houten, the prom-queen turned Manson Family killer, wants an appeals panel to grant her the freedom the parole board approved.
The LA City Council approved a civil and human rights law that will make discrimination and other forms of bigotry costly for bigots.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved $17.4 million in funding for mental health resources at LA area schools.
Los Angeles moved forward with a plan to augment the state's paid family leave to include 18 weeks of full pay for Angelenos.
Serena Oberstein was forced to withdraw her candidacy after a judge rule her ineligible because of her tenure on the ethics commission.
The City Council is considering following other cities that took measures to curb the sale of flavored tobacco products to youths.
A proposed new bill would require every school district to develop a policy restricting or outright banning phone usage at school.
The Gas Co. will pay $120 million for the nation's largest gas leak, and $26.5 million will be used to try to convert cow methane to energy.
City leaders worry that LA's crumbling sidewalks aren't ready for the foot traffic that will come with the Olympics in 2028.
A measure that would require contractors seeking to do business with the city to disclose NRA ties passed a Los Angeles City committee.
Economic growth has sustained Los Angeles, but the city faces some financial challenges, namely rising pension costs.
About 435,000 LA County homeowners fail to apply for an exemption that would shave $70 from their tax bill, county officials found.
The nation's first public early warning system for major quakes is available this week for Los Angeles County.
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously agreed Tuesday to raise speed limits on several San Fernando Valley streets.
Orange County's new DA took the unusual step of lambasting LA's mayor for "condoning" cooking fires in homeless encampments.
The city is looking at raising the speed limit on hundreds of streets - mostly in the San Fernando Valley.
It has been over a month since Mitch Englander announced that he was leaving office and a special election has still not been called.
President Donald Trump will visit California Saturday to meet with the victims of the state's deadly wildfires.
Republican incumbent Steve Knight conceded his loss to Katie Hill in one of the few upsets of the midterms.
It has been more than 100 years since anyone managed to get elected running against an incumbent L.A. County sheriff.
Will California put an end to the gas tax, daylight savings and Republican control of Congress?
Voters are fired up, and the pundits are stumped as election day nears, but California is sure to play a big role in the midterms.
David Brayton promoted violence & hatred against a former president, Muslims, Jews and the press. Congressman Steve Knight put him in an ad.
If Pop 6 passes, Los Angeles County would miss out on $1 billion in transportation funding every year, according to a city report.
Proposition 6 is the hot-button issue of the Nov. 6 election, and from billions of dollars to Republican hopes, there's a lot at stake.
City Council President Herb Wesson and state Sen. Kevin de Leon rally around Measure B, the which create a public bank for the city.
LA City Councilman Mitch Englander is leaving for a cushy new job and all I will get is a lousy bill for a special election.
The Los Angeles City Council plans to address a bizarre Catch 22 that has left hundreds of streets neglected for nearly 80 years.
Mitchell Englander, who serves the San fernando Valley on the Los Angeles City Council will step down for a gig in the private sector.
The president has cause for celebration this week, and yet as midterm voting by mail starts in California, Republicans are on shaky ground.
The Los Angeles City Council is looking at new rules that would allow them to ban people who routinely disrupt meetings.
Mayor Eric Garcetti said he isn't sold on plans to route the state's bullet train through parts of the San Fernando Valley.
Residents in western San Fernando Valley are trying to halt FAA plans to direct more air traffic over the neighborhood.
A proposal to house the growing population of homeless residents in the West San Fernando Valley is dividing the surrounding community.
A caller to the Associated Press Los Angeles bureau Wednesday threatened, "At some point, we're just gonna start shooting you..."
People who endured property damage in recent wildfires may be able to get tax refunds or lowered tax bills, said the county assessor.
LA leaders are looking to put a measure before voters asking them to approve a marijuana tax to help communities ravaged by the drug war.
As protests erupted across the Southland over the Trump administration's separations of children and parents, Republicans faced heat.
As street racers stage "street takeovers" across the San Fernando Valley, city leaders are exploring new ways to tackle the problem.