The State Water Board refined mandatory water cutbacks to target the communities using the most water while lowering LA's required cutbacks.
Officials are attempting to reverse the deadly "culture of driver apathy" after a year in which 171 were injured or killed in hit and runs.
Californians believe that police are tougher on minorities, especially blacks. But most believe the state is headed in the right direction.
Mayor Eric Garcetti released a long-range plan multibillion dollar plan, including bikesharing and solar panels, to get Los Angeles green.
About 20 percent of the city's sanitation workers failed to show up to work for a second day as employees consider striking.
California's worst drought and snowpack on record has prompted Gov. Jerry Brown to order all cities to cut water use by 25 percent.
A total of 29,000 claims were filed by city employees and $800 million awarded between fiscal year 2010-11
Agencies will test the tsunami warning broadcast system Wednesday, but people with their TVs on mute, might not know it's just a test.
UC Berkeley report commissioned by the city finds that a $15.25 per hour minimum wage would give spending power to 600,000 workers.
With no end in site, the state needs to buckle down for short-term and long-term solutions to survive this drought, state leaders say.
As California enters its fourth year of drought, the governor seeks emergency aid, and threats of tightened water restrictions loom.
The city's planning committee approved temporary restrictions to stop mansionization in 20 neighborhoods including Bel Air.
Following dire warning by NASA water scientist, state imposes tougher restrictions.
Backers of an initiative to create public utility have been given permission to start the signature gathering process.
“And I think that what had been happening in Ferguson was oppressive...but there was no excuse for criminal acts," Obama tells Jimmy Kimmel.
The veteran actor continues to recover from injuries suffered in the crash.
Have you been creeped-out by the 'San Andreas' movie trailer? Wait until you hear the new USGS prediction.
The president's travels will disrupt local traffic.
Angelenos voted, with notably low turnout, to switch local election years to coincide with presidential and gubernatorial races.
Among the issues at stake are election year cycles and 11 seats on the City Council and school board.
Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he will not run for Sen. Barbara Boxer's seat after she steps down.
Supporters will begin collecting signatures to get an abortion measure on the ballot requiring parental approval for teen abortions.
Vice President Joe Biden's motorcade will cause road closures as he visits locations throughout LA and Orange counties through the weekend.
Local lawmakers reacted to the State of the Union Speech with partisan vigor, but did the president say anything that resonates with you?
Sen. Barbara Boxer announced that she will not seek reelection in 2016 after 24 years as a liberal leader in Congress.
Opponents of a pending ban on plastic bags in California submitted more than 800,000 signatures seeking a referendum on the ban.
Santa Monica Mayor Bobby Shriver has pulled ahead of former Sen. Sheila Kuehl in fundraising.
The incentive to get rid of water-guzzling grass was raised 75 cents a square foot today.
The move would hopefully bring more people to the polls, where turnout now is embarrassingly low.
Signature gathering has begun.
The inspection fee is aimed at strengthening the city’s four-year-old Foreclosure Registry program to track such properties.
The cost of adopting a rabbit will go up from $56 to $71 in order to include the $15 microchipping fee.
“I have absolutely NOT endorsed either candidate in this supervisor’s election,’’ Zev Yaroslovsky says.
Council members tentatively back a proposal to ban the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the city.
Here's how to get registered just in the nick of time.
The move comes after the makers of an app known as MonkeyParking said they plan to launch service in Los Angeles County.
Going green right now can be costly; obtaining a permit to install artificial turf can cost residents more than $2,000.
But first up, a 20 percent cut by 2017.
To be successful, the effort needs the signatures of 504,760 registered voters by Dec. 29 to qualify for the ballot.
AEG signed an agreement to build a football stadium and expand the Los Angeles Convention Center. But that deal expires next week.