L.A. vowed to remove 9,800 encampments. But are homeless people getting housed?
Faced with a June 2026 deadline, city officials have been counting tents that are tossed during cleanups, even when the occupants did not get housing.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with President, congressional leaders in Washington
President Trump met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss efforts to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, after the two leaders discussed that issue and the strikes on Iran the previous day. Netanyahu, who also visited
TSA to no longer require passengers to remove shoes during airport security screenings
The Transportation Safety Administration (“TSA”) will not be requiring that passengers take off their shoes anymore while they go through security checkpoints at select airports. NBC News shared that a press release received Monday states the TSA
Body scanners? Drug-sniffing dogs? L.A. County wants a contraband crackdown inside juvenile hall
Los Angeles County leaders are once again scrambling to stem the flow of illicit drugs into the county’s troubled juvenile halls.
California farmers say Medicaid recipients, automation can't replace their immigrant workers
As the Trump administration has carried out mass deportations, leaders have flip-flopped on whether to exempt some industries, including agriculture, from raids.
Hochman restored 'normalcy' as L.A.'s top prosecutor. Can it last under Trump?
A former Republican who rebranded as an independent, Nathan Hochman promised to ‘get politics out’ of the D.A.’s office, but his neutrality has raised eyebrows amid the immigration raids.
Stephen Miller finally gets his revenge on L.A.
In the long shadow of his policies, renewed attention is being paid to Miller’s upbringing in the famously liberal enclave once dubbed ‘the People’s Republic of Santa Monica.’
Baby dies after California mom leaves him in car to get lip filler on 101-degree day, police say
A baby died after his mother left him and a sibling, 2, inside a car while she was getting a cosmetic treatment, police say. She’s been charged with involuntary manslaughter.
Advocates for day laborers arrested after tire spikes found at immigration raid, authorities say
Federal agents arrested four men on suspicion of placing tire spikes allegedly intended to disable law enforcement vehicles at an immigration raid on Tuesday, authorities said.
L.A. firestorms and Texas floods show communities are ill-prepared for worsening climate disasters
Two major climate disasters of 2025 — the Texas flooding that killed more than 100 people and the L.A. wildfires in January that resulted in 30 deaths and wiped out more than 15,000 homes and businesses —