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Polls show voters are turning sharply against data centers and several bills to regulate the facilities are advancing in the California Legislature. Utilities and tech companies, meanwhile, are spending millions lobbying state officials. A lobbyist talks on his phone at the state...
A Canadian city council is considering renaming a street named after US President Donald Trump to “Obama Avenue” or “Taco Avenue.”
A closeup of the corner of a California Real ID driver's license. (Rix Pix Photography / Shutterstock) Have you ever had trouble getting or updating a government ID … like a driver's license or state ID card? Or was it super simple? LAist wants to hear from you. Proposition 39 is...
A Studio City couple is seeking justice after accusing a dog trainer and boarding facility of negligence following the death of their dog.
Thousands of protesters are rallying on the National Mall in support of voting rights and racial justice ahead of the midterm election
The Trump administration is appealing a judge’s ruling that blocked limitations on mail voting before the midterm elections, the latest twist in a court fight unfolding days before the first states begin sending out mail ballots for the pivotal November elections. The notice of a...
Mayor Karen Bass announced on Friday that burglaries are down 43% in the San Fernando Valley since last August, and 27% citywide as a result of her comprehensive approach to safety....
Bill Essayli, the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, and California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta have engaged in a public and personal online spat this week....
Street vendors are a new pressure point in the mayoral race, as Councilmember Nithya Raman unveiled a new pro-street-vendor plan Wednesday and Bass' office announced that some erroneous criminal citations were being rescinded....
Just days after the U.S. Supreme Court gave President Donald Trump a procedural win in his effort to limit mail-in voting, California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a new lawsuit intended to protect the state’s power over how elections are administered. The lawsuit, filed i...
Mayor Karen Bass and Councilwoman Nithya Raman are clashing over street vending regulations as part of the Los Angeles mayoral debate.
California's Air Resources Board will start tracking estimates of the climate-warming methane that bubbles up from the state's dams and reservoirs.
Volunteers spot an RV that people appear to be living in during LAHSA's annual homeless count on Jan. 21, 2026. The volunteers added the RV to their tally of temporary shelters. (Jordan Rynning / LAist) The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday called for a review of this year’s ...
Three Southern California Republican state senators press the UC Board of Regents to restore SAT testing for admissions, weighing new legislation as faculty demand tests return....
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass waves the Olympic flag next to US skateboarder Tate Carew on Aug. 12, 2024. (Etienne Laurent / AFP via Getty Images) Federal lawmakers representing the Los Angeles region warned that the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games could be a congestion nightmar...
Shasta County has condemned its registrar of voters, who has sought to hire a convicted election denier who served prison time to be his assistant.
A person bikes past a Kevani digital billboard is seen on Manchester and Prairie Ave. in Inglewood on April 18, 2026, in Los Angeles. (Dania Maxwell / The LA Local) This story first appeared on The LA Local . There are still more than two months to go until the Nov. 3 election, a...
The selection of cookbooks at Bar Betsy in Altadena (Cathy Chaplin / LAist) In an era when countless recipes are available at our fingertips, and endless culinary hacks crowd social media, cookbooks remain refreshingly relevant by offering authoritative voices, immersive storytel...
Democratic-controlled states filed another lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order seeking to limit mail voting in this year's midterm elections....
A City of Commerce City council member is running for a fourth term despite a city law that appears to make that illegal.
U.S. Sen. Darline Graham won the Republican nomination to replace her late brother on South Carolina's general election ballot, notching another win for President Trump after he threw his support behind the political novice....
A Los Angeles City Council committee advanced a motion aimed at restricting rebuilding efforts related to the burned-out warehouse in Boyle Heights.
L.A. City Council hopes to regulate phenibut, a drug one councilmember says is widely available to children in gas stations and convenience stores.
The immigrant father of a sailor who is on board the beleaguered USS Abraham Lincoln is back with his family on Tuesday after being detained by immigration authorities over the weekend. The family confirmed the release of Luis Manuel Aviles in a statement posted on social media b...
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco confiscated ballots, claiming he was investigating election fraud. California's Supreme Court justices called Bianco's logic "bizarre."...
Los Angeles County election officials on Monday were recruiting bilingual workers to staff Vote Centers for the Nov. 3 general election. The Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office is seeking people who speak English and one of several languages for which bilingual workers are i...
The Department of Justice logo is displayed. (Andrew Harnik / Getty Images) Topline: Two former city council members from Baldwin Park and Compton were each sentenced to 18 months in federal prison Monday for their roles in two bribery schemes, including one involving the licensi...
The state's high court heard arguments Monday in the dispute over whether Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco had the authority to seize more than 600,000 ballots in last year's special election in what he claimed was an investigation into potential voter fraud....
Oral arguments began Monday morning in the California Supreme Court in San Francisco regarding the controversial seizure of ballots in Riverside County following the November 2025 election....
The Supreme Court opened a path Monday for possible implementation of President Donald Trump ‘s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be put in place before the fast-approaching midterm elections . The decision leaves room for addition...
Mayor Karen Bass attends a Feb. 28, 2025 LAHSA meeting. An LAist analysis of meeting records found she's missed 25 of 47 meetings since appointing herself to the commission in late 2023. (Nick Gerda / LAist) Karen Bass became the first Los Angeles mayor to serve on the influentia...
The immigrant father of a sailor on board the beleaguered USS Abraham Lincoln was detained Saturday by immigration officials, family members said. Luis Manuel Aviles, originally from Nicaragua, was detained shortly after 11 a.m. ET in Key West, Florida , where he lives, stepdaugh...
Critics say the candidate failed to lead a homelessness committee with the urgency needed to combat L.A.'s enduring crisis. Raman claims that politics were at play....
Across California and the nation, Democratic leaders and voting rights advocates are ramping up coordination and gaming out responses to a raft of potential actions by the Trump administration to subvert the November vote or deny its outcome....
Rahil Prakash said he created the fake poll, released under the name Median Strategies, claiming Bass had a big lead in L.A. mayoral race.
August 21, 2026 Media Contact: Mike Sanchez : (562) 462-2648 Media Info : (562) 462- 3054 Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Begins Outreach Mailings for 2026 General Election LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk (RR/CC) Dean C. Logan announced the mailin...
A man dressed as "Star Wars" villain Darth Vader spoke up at a California city council meeting on the decision to acquire Flock cameras.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and entertainment labor leaders are raising concerns about continued uncertainty surrounding Paramount-Skydance's pending purchase of Warner Bros....
Digital advertising kiosks and screens have recently popped up near SoFi Stadium and the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, sparking mixed reactions from residents and visitors over their visual and environmental impact....
Camping bans that were put in place in parts of Hollywood, Echo Park and Silver Lake are now being lifted.
The vertical-slit pupils are one distinguishing feature of the Western spadefoot. Others are a spade on its back feet, and its distinctive peanut buttery smell. (Chris Brown / U.S. Geological Survey) Topline: Good news for frog fans — the California Fish and Game Commission voted...
Wahab, a progressive state senator from the East Bay, defeated BART President Melissa Hernandez in a special election to complete Swalwell's term.
California lawmaker Aisha Wahab secured victory Thursday in a special election to serve the rest of former Rep. Eric Swalwell's House term, which ends in January....
L.A. Mayor Karen Bass speaks at a news conference in 2025. (Carlin Stiehl / LAist) Mark Baldassare has seen his fair share of eyebrow-raising political polls in his decades-long career as a public opinion researcher. Never, though, has he encountered a completely fake survey with...
The USS Abraham Lincoln is on its way home after a historic deployment that included nearly 275 consecutive days at sea and reports of mental health challenges and shortages aboard while it was supporting the Iran war. A U.S. official told NBC News the Lincoln has been sailing ho...
Californians are more concerned about the Trump administration interfering in the state's midterm elections than they are about voter fraud, noncitizens voting illegally or foreign interference, according to a new poll....
Again and again, Bass went after Raman in the pettiest, most personal ways. She kept mocking her as a supposed egghead with no real-life governing experience....
Karen Bass and Nithya Raman traded sharp attacks during a debate, sparring over homelessness policy and public safety.
Incumbent L.A. Mayor Karen Bass (left) and City Councilmember Nithya Raman (right) appear at a debate hosted by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association. (Jenn Baughman / LAist) The two candidates for Los Angeles mayor, incumbent Karen Bass and challenger Nithya Raman, traded shar...
The showdown in Sherman Oaks was the first face-to-face debate since Mayor Karen Bass and Councilmember Nithya Raman emerged as the top vote-getters in the June 2 mayoral primary....
California's state water board has released a long-awaited plan for the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a resolution introduced by Councilman Hugo Soto Martinez to remove 12 “anti-camping zones” in the Hollywood area — a move that appears to be the first time the city has withdrawn such a designation under a policy barring unhoused...
The LA28 Olympic cauldron is lit during a ceremonial lighting at the Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles on Jan. 13, ahead of the launch of ticket registration. (Frederic J. Brown / Getty Images ) Topline: The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved a move that would fast-tra...
