17 of the best L.A. trails for every type of visitor
Rock Pool and Century Lake Trails is a relatively easy hike in the Santa Monica Mountains that’s fully loaded with all of nature’s bells and…
10 buildings that tell the story of L.A.’s Roaring 1920s, year by year
Then: From some angles, this theatrical collection of whitewashed walls and red roof tiles might look like another SoCal mash-up of Spanish Colonial Revival this…
Is city status right for East Los Angeles?
The introduction of Assembly Bill 2986 in Sacramento has reopened the perennial question of cityhood for East Los Angeles and triggered a fight over how…
San Diego County says it’s nearly stamped out illegal pot shops. Why can’t L.A.?
The van screeched to a halt in a parking lot along a busy Whittier thoroughfare. A half-dozen men in army-green body armor and tactical helmets…
Los Angeles excludes Latin American Indigenous-language speakers
When Angelenos voted in this year’s California primary, an important group was left out: speakers of Latin American Indigenous languages such as Zapotec and K’iche’,…
The 7 best inland spots to take a walk by the water
Of all the images L.A. is famous for — the Hollywood sign perched above teetering palm trees, the mansion-lined streets stocked with free-range celebrities —…
Ex-probation chief’s suit alleges L.A. County fired him for being a whistleblower
Former Los Angeles County Probation Department chief Adolfo Gonzales, who was fired last March amid widepread dysfunction at the agency’s juvenile halls, alleges in a…
L.A. should pay $6.4 million for slow action on cleaning homeless camps, judge is told
Alleging more than a year of foot-dragging by Los Angeles officials, lawyers for a group of businesses and residents are asking a federal judge to…
L.A. County paid out nearly $1 billion last year in claims
The costs to defend Los Angeles County — and its army of sheriff’s deputies, firefighters, social workers and doctors — against lawsuits skyrocketed in the…
L.A. County will redact racist restrictive covenant language
The requirements to live on the San Fernando Valley lots were clear in 1915. Any building, including the roof, must have two coats of paint.…
L.A. County looks to require rental units to stay cool in summer
This winter, renters in frigid Los Angeles apartments have some ammo when they complain to their landlord about busted heating and drafty rooms: Legally speaking,…