The best L.A. spot for whale-watching
A few times a year, something incredible happens to Jake Hensley: He gets mugged. No, not the kind where you get robbed in a dark…
Why are residents rejecting Chiquita Canyon Landfill relief?
After enduring rancid landfill odors for roughly a year, some Santa Clarita Valley residents have reached their breaking point. A high-temperature chemical reaction has caused…
California has an enormous budget deficit. Newsom and lawmakers say they plan to make a plan
With a budget deficit of at least $38 billion hanging over their heads, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic leaders of the state Senate and Assembly…
Newsom’s Proposition 1 passes in California’s primary election
The close contest over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $6.4-billion bond measure to transform California’s mental health system finally ended Wednesday, more than two weeks after the…
RAP mogul Dr Dre assembles a billion dollars worth of hip hop talent as he gets his star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame
RAP mogul Dr Dre assembles a billion dollars worth of hip hop talent as he gets his star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. The producer…
Will California finally elect a woman governor in 2026?
In 173 years as a state, California has had 40 governors. Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties. Merchants, lawyers, former mayors. A…
Rep. Katie Porter says she regrets calling the California Senate primary ‘rigged’
The outspoken Rep. Katie Porter is cleaning up after a controversial comment she made in the aftermath of her California Senate primary loss to fellow…
Biden touts high-speed rail between Southern California and Las Vegas
President Biden touted a high-speed rail project that will connect Las Vegas with Southern California, funded by billions of federal dollars, as he campaigned in…
Can the merger of two oil giants benefit the climate?
Welcome to Boiling Point! My name is Tony Briscoe. I’m the air quality and environmental health reporter at the L.A. Times. I’m filling in for…
Southland top 20 softball rankings
The high school softball top 20 rankings for The Times by CalHiSports.com. (Previous rank in parentheses) 1. (1) Garden Grove Pacifica 10-0 2. (3) Huntington…
Alan Sieroty dead: California ex-lawmaker helped create Coastal Commission
Former state Sen. Alan G. Sieroty, a Democrat from Beverly Hills who championed disability rights and efforts to protect California’s coast, died Saturday. He was…
California speeds plans to empty San Quentin’s death row
California is accelerating its efforts to empty San Quentin’s death row with plans to transfer the last 457 condemned men to other state prisons by…
In Central Valley, right-wing voter-fraud cospiracies take over
STOCKTON — As the polls closed in California on Super Tuesday, Jim Hicks stood watch in the parking lot of a community center while election…
Column: Trump has big plans for California if he wins second term
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is running against California — again. In his campaign to win a second term, the former president frequently excoriates the state as…
State Senate approves sweeping new gun control laws for California
Reporting from Sacramento — The state Senate on Thursday approved sweeping new restrictions on using guns in California in response to the December mass shooting by…
California behind on goals for reducing greenhouse gases
Wind turbines rise above an array of solar panels at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant…
Opinion: Apocalypse now, but not in Santa Monica
In December, an atheistic, pro-choice, anti-gun, environmental activist — a.k.a. a resident of Santa Monica — asked me, “So how do you plan to ring…
Why Biden can’t get California gig worker law to go national
WASHINGTON — San Francisco’s city attorney last month reached the kind of settlement many gig workers have been seeking for years: An app-based hospitality company called…
How cryptocurrency executives helped decide the California Senate primary
In the days before the California Senate primary, political ads calling Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) a fake, an actor and a hypocrite inundated social media…
Newsom’s Proposition 1 is a shockingly close call in California
It’s been nine days since California’s primary election and we’re still not certain if Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ballot measure has passed. Proposition 1, the $6.4-billion…