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Why Orthodox Jews are opposing the new daylight saving bill in Congress

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...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 18, 2026

OC Board of Education member failed to report millions in income and assets, court finds

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...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 17, 2026

13-foot alligator attacked, killed Florida woman, DNA test confirms: FWC

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....

FOX 11 Los Angeles (KTTV)Jul 17, 2026

In primetime address, Trump doesn't provide evidence for illegal voting

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...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 17, 2026

Fact check: President Trump called LA's vote count into question. What you should know

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...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 17, 2026

Best things to do this weekend in LA and SoCal: July 17-19

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 ...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 16, 2026

Deadline looms for school districts to put property tax measures on the ballot

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 ...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 16, 2026

Irvine puts ranked-choice voting on the November ballot — with a caveat

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...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 15, 2026

Watts Towers get over $10M as part of improvement project, thanks to Jeff Bezos

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...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 15, 2026

Culver City extends interim ban on new drive-thrus

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...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 15, 2026

LA County wants to build a network of LGBTQ+ ‘third spaces’

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...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 14, 2026

Federal government helping add water to Lake Mead, SoCal water agency says

In an effort to address the historic-low water level at Lake Mead, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Tuesday approved an agreement with the federal government to help add water to the reservoir. On Tuesday, Metropolitan’s Board of Directors approved an agr...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 14, 2026

Trump to speak on elections in primetime address after pushing debunked conspiracies

President Donald Trump will deliver a primetime address this week that he says will include a focus on elections, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated calls for Republicans to...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 14, 2026

Bill to make daylight saving time permanent passes in U.S. House

A bid to end the biannual practice of changing clocks and make daylight saving time permanent moved one step closer to becoming law on Tuesday. The House voted 308-117 to pass the bill, known as The Sunshine Protection Act, a day after it cleared a key hurdle in the House Rule...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 14, 2026

Worker dies after going overboard from Princess cruise ship

A crew member has died after going overboard from a Princess cruise ship that left Fort Lauderdale, Florida, the company said Monday. The crew member from the Regal Princess, which left Fort Lauderdale’s Port Everglades on Saturday, had gone overboard near Cancun. The comp...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 13, 2026

No internet, no screen time? FCC weighs cutting subsidy that lowers school internet bills

A May 2025 file photo of FCC Chairman Brendan Carr(John McDonnell / Getty Images)A program that helps connect schools and libraries to the internet at discounted rates is under review by the Federal Communications Commission. Educators and advocates are bracing for the funding to...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 12, 2026

Culver City mulls extending drive-thru ban for additional 10 months

Culver City is considering banning new drive-thru restaurants as an In-N-Out Burger seeks to become the first since 1997. The city initially adopted a temporary 45-day moratorium on new drive-thru permits last month while city staff and the Planning Commission prepared a poss...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 12, 2026