Trump rails against low-income housing in Pacific Palisades. But officials say no projects are planned
Mayor Karen Bass called the president’s statements untrue. “”There are no plans to bring low-income housing to the Palisades,” Bass said.
California Democrats help lead counter-offensive against Trump immigration crackdown
Democrats seized on a growing sense, shared by some Republicans, that the campaign has gotten so out of hand that the political winds have shifted heavily in their favor.
L.A. County to pause some payouts amid investigations into $4-billion sex abuse settlement

The county will pause payments from its $4-billion sex abuse settlement after the district attorney asked for a six-month delay while investigating fraud allegations.
Anti-ICE ‘National Shutdown’ protests planned in L.A. County. Here’s where to find them

Here are locations where ‘ICE Out’ protests are planned in Southern California.
LAPD chief says more homicides are being solved amid a record decline in killings

Police officials held a news conference Thursday to tout improvements in the homicide “clearance rate,” a measure of how often detectives mark murder investigations as closed, saying more killings were solved in a year when crime rates
L.A. Metro relocates buses with ‘Melania’ ads after ‘extensive and severe’ vandalism

L.A. Metro officials said vandalism on “Melania” ads was severe and occurred after federal immigration agents shot and killed Alex Pretti amid tumultuous protests in Minneapolis.
Ray Kappe’s Modernist masterpiece asks $11.5 million in Pacific Palisades
In the hills of Pacific Palisades, a treehouse-like retreat built by Modernist architect Ray Kappe has surfaced for sale for the first time ever at $11.5 million.
Decapitation suspect from Orange County captured in Mexico, returned to U.S. to face charges

Alyssa Marie Lira, 23, faces charges in the slaying of 55-year-old Enrique Gonzalez-Carbajal, whose headless body was found by authorities inside her Anaheim home.
Immigration raids pick up in L.A. as federal tactics shift. Arrests happen in ‘as fast as 30 seconds’

Immigration enforcement tactics have fluctuated during the first nine months of the Trump administration’s second term.
Iran’s Internet Blackout Is Already Showing Cracks

Iran’s Internet blackout, leveled at the height of mass protests against the regime, is still largely holding — but the state is allowing some users, such as banks and other institutions, to reconnect.