A rebuttal to L.A.’s long hate-affair with public transit
I took a ride on the Los Angeles Metro’s A-line train last weekend and it was remarkable both…
Backlash after officials kill SoCal mama bear: ‘Blondie didn’t deserve to die!’
“Blondie” the mama bear was a large and furry fixture in Monrovia known for her love of cooling…
Snake dangers heightened as heat brings early-season sightings – Orange County Register
Jason Magee was walking a popular trail in Mission Viejo when a familiar sight caught the corner of…
Californians may have to pay more for public records under this bill
By Yue Stella Yu, CalMatters Construction of the annex at the state Capitol in Sacramento on April 29,…
Rattlesnake Bite Kills Woman on Popular California Trail
Hikers in a popular park in southern California’s Ventura County are being warned to be on alert…
California legislator aims to Montana close car-tax loophole
California residents for years have set up “shell corporations,” or companies with no or few business operations, in…
Sewage pollution plagues schools in this California beach town
By Deborah Brennan, CalMatters Farron Espinoza with her son, Alan Gonzalez, 9, at Bayside Elementary School in Imperial…
Exploring American Hometowns: Irvine, California
Live long enough in Irvine, California, and you might begin to think you are living in “The Truman…
Heritage Bank chops more than 100 Bay Area jobs in wake of merger
SAN JOSE — Heritage Bank of Commerce has decided to slash well over 100 Bay Area jobs in…
CA budget bleeds red ink with pressure from Trump’s cuts
By Dan Walters, CalMatters A reporter holds a copy of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget summary at the Capitol…
The inspiring, infuriating, even comic tale of how we defeated L.A.’s smog and why we may have to again
A city of swans, that’s us. From the world’s vantage point, Los Angeles can look like a place…
Smoglandia: Smog checks, diamond lanes and leaf blower bans work, but a dark cloud comes from D.C.
Even if you weren’t around Los Angeles in 1992, you’ve heard of Rodney King, the man whose videotaped…