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U.S. President Donald Trump’s role in clearing Folarin Balogun from a mandatory one-game ban at the World Cup is set to provoke a formal complaint to FIFA ethics investigators. The Norway soccer federation said Thursday its board of directors will consider filing the complaint at...
A 1936 Los Angeles law prohibits playing baseball, basketball, soccer or any other ball game on a city street or sidewalk.
At a campaign stop in Boyle Heights, Trump-endorsed Steve Hilton sought to appeal to voters frustrated with California while distancing the race from national politics...
At her Wednesday address at Union Station in downtown, L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said public transit is a powerful tool to improve quality of life. (Kavish Harjai) Topline: On Wednesday, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass kicked off her second tenure as chair of the Metro Board, saying she...
The vote tally was 216-214, with all Democrats opposed.
Jollibee has been voted the No. 1 Best Fast Food Fried Chicken in America for the third consecutive year in USA TODAY's 10Best Readers' Choice Awards.
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As Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is set to chair the LA Metro Board of Directors in the coming months, she emphasized the critical role of the transit agency ahead of the 2028 LA Olympics during her speech on Wednesday. Bass was given a ceremonial gavel Wednesday as she is set to ...
Passengers wait to board a Metro train. (Samanta Helou Hernandez / LAist) For decades, the Los Angeles Metro Board, which runs the countywide public transit system that sees more than 1 million daily riders, has operated without a member of the public who regularly rides trains a...
What to Know Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton will square off in the November election for California governor. Becerra is the former Health and Human Services secretary in the Biden administration. Hilton was born in the United Kingdom, where he worked as an a...
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass speaks at a news conference before LAHSA's annual homeless count in 2025. Next to her are LAHSA's then-CEO Va Lecia Adams Kellum and LAHSA's then-Chair Wendy Greuel (far right). (Carlin Stiehl / LAist) L.A.’s homeless services agency has not completed any in...
The House moved Tuesday to head-off a potential government shutdown before this fall’s critical midterm elections by passing a bill to fund the federal government through Dec. 4. The deadline for action is more than two months away, but House GOP leaders are not leaving to chance...
The downtown Los Angeles skyscrapers, which have served as a hub for graffiti artists, vandals and daredevils, will be cleaned up in the next 90 days, the office of Mayor Karen Bass said this week. Just two years out before the 2028 LA Olympics, the new proposed owner of the Ocea...
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved a motion calling for the county to support California’s lawsuit seeking to block Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, one day after a federal judge temporarily halted the $110 billion merger. “The Board is las...
The new Air Force One is undergoing an upgrade that's expected to put the Qatari-gifted jet out of commission for about a month, President Donald Trump said on Sunday....
Some Amazon Prime customers are eligible to receive compensation as part of a $2.5 billion antitrust settlement, but the deadline is quickly approaching. Last September, Amazon settled with the Federal Trade Commission to pay customers after allegedly coercing them into enrolling...
Family and friends remembered the 19-year-old man as a devoted son and brother and a gifted baseball player.
The Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles, where the L.A. County Board of Supervisors meets.(Samanta Helou Hernandez / LAist)Topline: Members of the public have until July 26 to submit their applications for L.A. County’s first Ethics Commission.Why it matte...
Mayor John Heilman estimated that between 150 and 200 vehicles were damaged or destroyed in flooded garages.
Mayor Karen Bass talks priorities for...
A FOX 11 investigation examines allegations that Torrance City Councilmember Asam Sheikh exploited a 92-year-old neighbor to gain control of his home, finances and health care decisions....
Jennifer Finch, L7 Bassist and Los Angeles...
Rabbi Haim Ovadia reads the Torah to people attending a Zoom meeting of a virtual minyan from his Maryland home in 2020.(Jacquelyn Martin / AP) Making daylight saving time permanent moved a step closer to reality this week, when the House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly t...
A cruise ship that travels off the coast of Alaska during the summer has reported its third outbreak of stomach illnesses on board in less than three months....
A manslaughter charge has been filed against a young man accused of towing Kolby Aipa, the late grandson of a legendary Hawaiian surfboard shaper, along PCH in Huntington Beach....
Failed LA mayoral hopeful Spencer Pratt h...
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Trump delivered a prime-time address on Thursday night about vulnerabilities in the election system, claims that largely were not backed up by the evidence he provided....
Mari Barke, photographed at the California Policy Center in Irvine in 2024. A judge has ordered Barke, who serves on Orange County's Board of Education, to pay steep penalties over omissions in her annual economic disclosure filings. An Orange County Superior Court judge this wee...
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) said laboratory testing has confirmed that DNA from 31-year-old Brittany Clark matched a 13-foot alligator captured after the deadly attack on the Econlockhatchee River last month....
Trump falsely claimed that he was revealing 'an election system so broken and so vulnerable that no one can possibly defend it.'
DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened to strip states of federal election-related aid if they don't comply with the administration's voting roll probe....
The latest recall covers Panasonic Electric Toaster Ovens sold online at retailers like Amazon and Costco, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission....
Mejia said one reason he's endorsing Raman is because he believes she would fully staff the controller's office to perform audits if elected.
President Donald Trump accused Beijing of meddling in the 2020 election.
L.A. Unified must detail steep budget cuts or face a county takeover after officials warned that school board decisions 'erode confidence.'
President Trump addresses the nation from the East Room of the White House.(Saul Loeb / Pool/AFP via Getty Images) The White House has released a series of documents that President Donald Trump said in a primetime address reveals "shocking vulnerabilities in our election infrastr...
Voters cast ballots at the Los Angeles County Registrar in Norwalk on June 1.(Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty Images)The state is often knocked by the rest of the country as being "slow" to count votes. But here's the deal: that's a feature, not a bug, of the election system.Th...
Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia has endorsed Councilmember Nithya Raman for Mayor of Los Angeles.
Daredevil Arts Festival lasts through this weekend in Venice. (Courtesy Daredevil Arts Festival)We made it. The World Cup final is this weekend, and while I’ll be sad to see the parade of colorful jerseys from all over the world leave the Venice Boardwalk and the crowded pubs, I ...
The lockers at Hosler Middle School in the Lynwood Unified School District where voters approved an $80 million bond in 2024.(Ashley Balderrama / LAist)With students are out of school, district leaders across L.A. County are deciding whether to ask voters to approve property tax ...
A new poll shows Xavier Becerra with a hefty lead in the California governor's race. Voters also expressed strong opposition to AI data centers and nuanced views on environmental policies and affordability....
Yusef Robb was an unpaid spokesperson and advisor for L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. In 2024, he signed a contract with Los Angeles World Airports for $450,000 over three years, later updated to include additional work for $137,500....
An Orange County voter casts his ballot in November 2025.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Irvine voters will have an important question at the ballot box in November: Do you want ranked-choice voting?Late Tuesday, the City Council agreed to place a measure t...
Elon Musk likely broke Wisconsin law when he promised to hand out $1 million checks to voters in the 2025 state Supreme Court election, a bipartisan panel has found....
Los Angeles County has launched a new dashboard aimed at helping residents and public health officials track the effects of extreme heat.
Former President Joe Biden will publish a memoir, "Promise Me, America," which he says will touch upon everything from the economy to his decision to drop his bid for reelection....
A Princess Cruises crew member has died after going overboard from the Regal Princess near Cancún, prompting an eight-hour search off the coast of Mexico....
Los Angeles received $10.1 million investment to complete the improvement of the Watts Towers Arts Center Campus, Mayor Karen Bass’ office announced Wednesday. The funding from the Bezos Earth Fund, a $10 billion philanthropic commitment made by Jeff Bezos, will help finish th...
Kolby Lee, who served as director of communications since February, resigned from Bass' office Monday.
A McDonald's drive-thru worker hands an order to a customer in San Francisco.(Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)ToplineThe City Council in Culver City voted 4-0 to extend a moratorium on approving building permits for new drive-thrus. The vote, which took place Monday night, will ke...
Supervisors cited The Allcove Beach Cities mental health center in Redondo Beach as one successful third space serving young adults. (Courtesy Beach Cities Health District )Topline:L.A. County Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to start planning to build a network of "third sp...
