Los Angeles bans homeless encampments near schools
It's estimated the rules would make 20% of the city off-limits to encampments. In some corners of the city, that figure could be as high...
Los Angeles enjoys its new bridge a little too much
LA "ribbon of light" Sixth Street Viaduct has been mobbed by graffiti artists, skateboarders, people climbing on the arches and drivers spinning doughnuts.
What to know about California’s head-turning gun control law
A controversial new law allows Californians to sue anyone who distributes banned semi-automatic rifles or ghost guns. It is based on a Texas anti-abortion law.
California’s snowpack plummets after a very dry January
Missing out on storms in January — and February, as is projected for at least the first two weeks of the month — takes an...
Heavy rains weren’t enough to stop winter fires in California
Heavy rainfall in the final three months of 2021 had many hoping the threat of fire would lessen for at least the next few months....
44 trucks in 10 minutes: What it’s like to live next to America’s largest port
In Wilmington, a mostly Latino working-class enclave north of the Port of Los Angeles, the effects of the supply chain crisis have spilled over in...
California accounts for 12% of U.S. students but only 1% of COVID school closures
California’s student vaccination requirement hasn't taken effect yet, but the state already has a remarkably low number of outbreaks at schools. Some parents are asking:...
How high vaccination rates are protecting parts of California
In California, unvaccinated people are more than six times as likely to get the coronavirus as those who have their shots, according to state data....
California thinks it can stop COVID by flooding poor areas with vaccine. Will it work?
The dramatic change in California's allocation strategy reflects the growing view from officials that they must more equitably balance vaccinating those most in danger of...