Facing $30M deficit, Berkeley eliminates Mobile Crisis Team, reduces shelters, wellness services | Housing
Berkeley’s Mobile Crisis Team was eliminated entirely, along with a slew of other cuts to wellness and homelessness…
This is one of the few suburbs growing in Los Angeles County. Here’s why
There has been a lot of hand-wringing about the declining population of Los Angeles County, which lost 54,000…
The iconic Point Vicente Lighthouse just turned 100. It’s showing its age
In April 1926, the Point Vicente Lighthouse, the clifftop beacon of the Palos Verdes Peninsula, was illuminated for…
California is bringing back EV rebates
With California gas prices above the national average and electric vehicle rebates making a comeback, the state’s EV…
How preservationists saved the bicentennial mural on Prado Dam
As thousands of Southern Californians drove to Fourth of July parties, they passed a patriotic display enjoying its…
The beer queen of Northern California is selling her brewery for her 80th
It was 1983. Barbara Groom was in her late 30s, working as a successful pharmacist and bored out…
Cielito Lindo Reopens After $53K Community Fundraiser
After temporarily closing in May, the owners of Cielito Lindo put out a call for help on GoFundMe,…
75 years ago, Hollywood saved this town. Now Tinseltown struggles to save even itself
TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES, N.M. — Nowhere has Hollywood left its mark quite like this desert town of 6,000 souls on…
Lead with Love Special Raises $589K for Project Angel Food
The television special aired live on KTLA 5 on June 27, featuring celebrity appearances and musical performances, raising…
Trump’s Department of Justice investigates Gavin Newsom’s wife
While running for his second term in office, President Trump promised to seek retribution against those he considered…
Here are a few SoCal rooftops bars and restaurants to visit this summer
There’s a certain elegance and sophistication to rooftop bars and restaurants captured in the American imagination. I think…
East Los Angeles’ journalism dean retires after 55 years
After more than five decades at East Los Angeles College, journalism professor Jean Stapleton found herself this week…