Giant skeletons are staying up long past Halloween in Los Angeles
The undead are invading L.A. They wear Santa hats and sunglasses, American flags and pool floaties. Some stand…
California city sends rent cap, rollback, and tenant protections to November ballot
A citizen-backed housing initiative is headed for Redwood City’s November ballot after the City Council unanimously chose to…
LAPD renegotiating deal with license plate reader company Flock Safety
Less than a week after the Los Angeles Police Department announced it had halted its relationship with Flock…
LAX people mover contractor sues city
The contractor for Los Angeles International Airport’s long-awaited automatic people mover train filed a lawsuit against the city…
A local’s guide to vibrant, soulful, often-misunderstood Oakland
Oakland is a town often misunderstood. As someone who’s lived in the city and still spends a ton…
Anaheim police union leaders rack up six figures from Disney overtime assignments
Hefty overtime pay collected by a pair of Anaheim Police Assn. leaders assigned to patrol the Disneyland Resort…
A vacant lot near City Hall will become an art park. Why are some people objecting?
A long-vacant lot in the shadow of City Hall is being converted into an “art park” — but…
What the ‘once in a lifetime’ federal housing bill means for California
The largest single piece of federal housing legislation to come out of Congress in at least a generation…
The Eastside is fed up. And the politicians aren’t listening
All of the Eastside neighborhood types that make the Eastside the Eastside showed up last night at Stevenson…
Group that helped run the L.A. Zoo for more than 50 years is now bankrupt
The L.A. Zoo’s elephants are now in Tulsa, and the zoo’s longtime nonprofit partner is now in bankruptcy…
Ex-Redlands police deputy chief was California’s highest-paid public employee
A former Redlands deputy police chief topped California’s public payroll in 2025, taking home $1.26 million in total…
Emily Ratajkowski lands seven figures for book on sex as a single mom
Emily Ratajkowski’s viral essay detailing her sex life as a single mom just landed her a seven-figure book…