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The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to pull a measure from the Nov. 3 ballot that would have created a pathway to allow noncitizens to vote in local elections....
The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday voted in favor of upholding birthright citizenship and while advocates cheered on the highest court’s decision, the topic is close to some U.S. citizens, including a USMNT star. Folarin Balogun said he was born in Brooklyn while his parents we...
A $1.3 million public-private partnership to expand mobile vet care in the west San Fernando Valley was launched Tuesday. The partnership combines an $800,000 grant from City Councilman Bob Blumenfield’s office with a $500,000 commitment from Michelson Found Animals Foundatio...
A proposal to allow noncitizens to vote in Los Angeles city elections will not appear on the November general election ballot after the city council Tuesday decided to further review measure. The motion, introduced by Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martinez, was going to ask LA vote...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday erased limits on how much political parties can spend in coordination with candidates for Congress and president, striking down a federal election law that is more than 50 years old....
The Supreme Court yet again loosened campaign finance restrictions on Tuesday by striking down limits on how much political parties may raise and spend on candidates. By a 6-to-3 vote along ideological lines, the court ruled the law, which had been enacted in 1974, violates poli...
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June 29, 2026 Media Contact: Mike Sanchez: (562) 462-2648 Media Info: (562) 462-3054 U.S. Supreme Court Confirms States May Set Mail Ballot Receipt Deadlines; L.A. County Elections Proceed Under Existing Rules Decision leaves California’s current law intact; no changes for vot...
LA28 chair Casey Wasserman speaks with L.A. Mayor Karen Bass at the Olympic Games Paris 2024 on August 10, 2024.(Luke Hales / Getty Images)After months of hand-wringing, Los Angeles and LA28 have come to a tentative agreement on how Olympics organizers will reimburse the city for...
California officials cheered a U.S. Supreme Court ruling allowing states to continue counting mail ballots postmarked by election day but received after, even as they work to find their own ways to speed vote counts....
Los Angeles County and California state elections officials hailed a Supreme Court ruling Monday that they said validates the process of accepting mail-in ballots that arrive a certain number of days after Election Day. The 5-4 ruling on an issue that has been a persistent tar...
Mangione, 28, has pleaded not guilty to both state and federal charges stemming from the December 2024 fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel....
There are tension headaches, migraine headaches, sinus headaches and then there are summer headaches. While they aren’t technically a diagnosable type of headache, experts encourage their patients to take summer headaches seriously. These headaches, says Dr. Jen Caudle, board ...
Before LAUSD Supt. Alberto Carvalho resigned, the school board threatened to terminate him for cause over alleged financial benefits he did not disclose....
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A search and recovery operation is underway after a U.S. Marine, who was serving aboard the USS Anchorage during a training, was reported missing early Thursday, off the coast of Southern California, according to a press release from the U.S. Navy. A search and rescue operatio...
The LAUSD Board of Education has unanimously named Andrés Chait as permanent superintendent following the resignation of Alberto Carvalho amid an FBI probe....
In response to concerns from coastal community members, the Los Angeles City Council temporarily blocked a proposal to build a truck staging area near the Port of Los Angeles....
L.A. County certified 2,227,461 vote-by-mail, in-person, conditional and provisional ballots. The Times compared the process with previous midterm primaries....
A voter prepares a ballot at a voting booth during voting in Los Angeles.(Robyn Beck / Getty Images)Los Angeles and Orange counties have certified the results of the June 2 primary, officially ending the vote count.In Los Angeles, more than 2,227,000 people cast ballots — approxi...
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass announced in March an initiative to transition 60,000 streetlights in the city to solar power over the next two years. (Courtesy the L.A. Mayor's Office)Los Angeles city property owners voted down a fee increase that sought to address a massive backlog of st...
June 26, 2026 Media Contact: Mike Sanchez: (562) 462-2648 Media Info: (562) 462-3054 Certified Election Results for the 2026 Statewide Direct Primary Election LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan certified the final results for t...
The Trump administration has initiated a review of the California Coastal Commission and other powerful state coastline watchdogs.
L.A. City Council has approved a $544-million spending plan for Measure ULA funds during the 2026 fiscal year, including $381 million for affordable housing initiatives and $163.3 million for homelessness prevention programs....
During a press conference on Friday, President Donald Trump claimed without evidence that the Los Angeles mayoral primary was rigged after former reality TV star Spencer Pratt lost his runoff spot....
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A person walks past a digital billboard on Prairie Ave. in Inglewood on April 18, 2026, in Los Angeles.(Dania Maxwell / The LA Local)This story first appeared on The LA Local.Inglewood’s video billboards just secured a big legal victory. A Los Angeles Superior Court judge ruled ...
California voters will decide on a controversial November ballot measure proposing a one-time 5% tax on billionaires to fund the state's Medicaid system....
A large single-family home is shown under construction in Brentwood in February 2024.(Adam Mustafa / iStock)It’s official: California voters will not be asked to overturn the Los Angeles “mansion tax.”A measure to eliminate Measure ULA — and similar taxes across the state — was ...
California voters will consider a controversial proposal in November to temporarily raise taxes on billionaires after the labor union backing the measure announced Thursday it would forge ahead despite pressure from critics to withdraw it....
The Texas board of education is set to vote on a required reading list for more than 5 million public school students that includes stories and passages from the Bible....
As the original Doc Feeney's All Stars roster crosses into their 70s, a new generation is stepping up to the plate to keep a half-century of brotherhood — and the memory of a fallen teammate — alive....
California's next governor will face tough decisions on a highly controversial piece of healthcare policy: what to do about health coverage for the more than 1.4 million low-income residents without legal status....
An aerial view of Huntington Beach, which could see its traditional way of voting upended.(trekandshoot/Getty Images / iStockphoto)The traditional way of voting in Huntington Beach could be upended after a judge’s ruling this week in a case accusing the city of diluting the elect...
A public commenter addresses the Orange County Board of Supervisors about an ethics proposal.(Nick Gerda / LAist)Can’t make it to those late night meetings for your city council or county board of supervisors? You’ll soon be able to speak up on local issues remotely — from your ...
A voter casts their ballot at a polling station in Manhattan's Tribeca neighborhood as New Yorkers head to the polls on June 23 in New York City.(Laura Brett / Getty Images)President Donald Trump blew up what could have been a win for his party — and he did it to force lawmakers ...
Democratic Socialists ruled election night in New York City's primary this week, and their victories spotlight a broader contention among the Democratic party....
June 24, 2026 Media Contact: Mike Sanchez: (562) 462-2648 Media Info: (562) 462-3054 Twelfth Post-Election Night Ballot Count Update for the 2026 Statewide Direct Primary Election LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced th...
The LAUSD Board of Education appointed Andrés Chait as the new superintendent of the nation's second-largest district.
Andres Chait, acting superintendent, at a March 2026 LAUSD board meeting. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)The Los Angeles Unified Board voted unanimously to appoint Andres Chait, a longtime district administrator, as superintendent days after his predecessor r...
The L.A. school board selected longtime insider Andres Chait to lead LAUSD just three days after Alberto Carvalho resigned amid an FBI investigation.
Rows of tents at the O Lot Safe Sleeping site in San Diego on Aug. 12, 2024. The city of San Diego opened the site in 2023 to offer temporary shelter for unhoused residents after it began implementing the Unsafe Camping Ordinance, which bans homeless encampments.(Adriana Heldiz /...
Doug Herman, the top strategist for Bass' reelection bid, has been replaced by Julie Chávez Rodriguez, who was campaign manager for the Biden Harris campaign in 2024....
After progressive candidates who ran against the Democratic Party’s establishment-backed incumbents won big in U.S. House primaries in New York Tuesday, political observers and voters in Los Angeles are wondering whether the city’s mayoral election will have a similar outcome in ...
The Constitution "does not grant the President any specific powers over elections," the judge wrote.
June 24, 2026 Contact: Sharon Williams SHWilliams@hrc.lacounty.gov 213-738-2788 LA County Offers Free Human Rights Assistance During the 2026 FIFA World Cup LOS ANGELES, CA — The Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations (HRC) has partnered with the Los Angeles World...
The city of Los Angeles will pay for legal services to fend off litigation filed by its own city councilmember against the LA Ethics Commission. The LA City Council Wednesday approved the proposal to hire outside counsel after Councilmember John Lee sued the Ethics Commission,...
California and 19 other blue states successfully sued the federal government, permanently blocking President Donald Trump’s executive order on voter ID and mail-in ballots, state Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office announced Wednesday. Trump had issued the executive order in M...
