Amid rising costs in childcare, families are racking on credit card debt to pay. (Illustration composite by Sabrina Sanchez/LAist / Images via Canva) Genny Richard constantly thinks about her family’s finances. “The stress level has been immense,” she said. “Because childcare is our largest expen...
The long-serving strongman leader of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, has conceded defeat in an election that pitted him and his right-wing party against a diverse student-led opposition movement....
Accusations of sexual misconduct have left Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-L.A.) vulnerable to Angela Gonzales-Torres, an upstart challenger backed by the Democratic Socialists of America....
L.A. County civil engineer Eden Ly shares how water may flow at a property below a steep hillside. (Kerjon Lee / L.A. County Department of Public Works) A pair of Los Angeles County engineers knocked on my door a couple of weeks ago and handed me a booklet about how to prepare fo...
LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · Oct 27, 2026
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell delivers the commencement address during graduation for a recruit class at the Los Angeles Police Academy in Los Angeles on Friday, May 2, 2025. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) The Los Angeles Police Department has become a major issu...
LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio) · Oct 27, 2026
A judge ruled against President Donald Trump and the DOJ over the firing of Maurene Comey from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York....
Homicides in Los Angeles have fallen to levels not seen since the 1960s, but more than a third of those killed this year have been Black. While gang intervention workers have been credited with reducing shootings in the most troubled neighborhoods, some have become victims of vio...
The Inyo County Sheriff's Office said it received a report from an employee at a Lone Pine motel of a guest who missed checkout and left his personal belongings behind....