Children play in the fountain at Grand Park on Thursday, when temperatures downtown were over 90 degrees.(Matthew Ballinger / LAist)Another stretch of scorching summer heat has been baking Southern California this week.For renters wondering how to stay safe, free cooling kits and heat-safety info...
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Several streets in West Hollywood were flooded with rushing water following a massive water main break overnight.
A Mary Clay School classroom in 1961-62. Teacher Woody Brown is instructing students in phonics, reading and handwriting.If you drive too quickly along West Adams Boulevard, west of 9th Avenue, you’ll likely miss the former home of the Mary Clay School, a two-story building that for decades provi...
Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man accused of sparking the historic Palisades Fire, is back in court after his case was previously declared a mistrial.
Recent cases of the intestinal illness cyclosporiasis have been linked to shredded iceberg lettuce served at some Taco Bell locations in the midwest.
Hollywood is saying goodbye to a beloved sitcom star. Hal Williams, best known for roles on on "227" and "Sanford and Son," has died.
President Donald Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges.
Since May 1, the CDC has received more than 1,600 confirmed domestic cyclosporiasis case reports, and is waiting to confirm more than 5,100 additional cases.
Crews worked to put out a brush fire that broke out in the Eagle Rock area Thursday afternoon, tearing through one home and injuring a firefighter.
Children play in the fountain at Grand Park on Thursday, when temperatures downtown were over 90 degrees.(Matthew Ballinger / LAist)Another stretch of scorching summer heat has been baking Southern California this week.For renters wondering how to stay safe, free cooling kits and heat-safety info...
One home burned after a small brush fire ignited in Eagle Rock.
Spain fans celebrate a goal as they attend a watch party for the World Cup quarterfinal match between Spain and Belgium at the Venice Beach on July 10, 2026.(Apu Gomes / Getty Images)In Venice Beach, some are outraged after they say a FIFA Fan Zone misled the public and disrupted their neighborh...
LAPD is investigating after two young boys were found dead of a possible overdose.
Deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department responded to the Iron Mountain Pumping Plant Wednesday morning after receiving word that a person had been found floating in the plant's intake area, according to authorities.
Davyd George Brand Jimenez, 55, previously admitted to impersonating an ICE agent to defraud more than two dozen people, many of them undocumented immigrants seeking green cards and U.S. citizenship
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Towers gleam along the Costa Mesa Civic Center skyline. (MattGush/iStock / iStockphoto)California officials are taking the Orange County city of Costa Mesa to court — not for something local officials did, but for something they failed to do: plan for more housing.State Attorney General Rob Bont...
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Crews are battling a brush fire that broke out on a hillside in Glendale Thursday afternoon, threatening homes.
Los Angeles City firefighters are battling an uphill brush fire in the Eagle Rock area.
A homicide investigation is underway after 42-year-old DoorDash driver Javier Becerril was found dead in the trunk of a Tesla on Central California's Highway 152.
President Trump's longtime teleprompter operator is believed to have made tens of thousands of dollars by placing bets on the contents of Trump's speeches, sources say.
With the World Cup drawing global attention, some New York area soccer players are breaking down stereotypes -- on the pitch
The United States intensified its strikes against Iran on Thursday, hitting targets farther north and firing into a ship the U.S. accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic.
The water main that ruptured Thursday in West Hollywood was already slated for replacement as part of a high-priority Los Angeles Department of Water and Power infrastructure project.
A man wanted by police ran into the water and was taken into custody more than an hour later after returning to shore.
Tustin dad Karlo Campana was able to take paid family leave when all of his three children were born. (Courtesy Karlo Campana / LAist)Karlo Campana, a father of three in Tustin, took four weeks of paid leave after the birth of his son in May, just as the dad was able to for his older children.“Yo...
On Wednesday, officials with the Blue Angels said they were conducting a review after social media footage showed the jet flying low over a crowd of beachgoers.
The federal court status conference for Palisades Fire suspect Jonathan Rinderknecht was delayed to Friday after he failed to appear for a second straight day.
"It was a scene from the Titanic in real life. Like people banging on the window trying to get out. It's probably something I will never forget." Two commercial fishermen described the desperate rescue efforts they undertook after a three-level vessel sank in San Francisco Bay with 20 people on b...
Only one fragment was recovered, and that's because it punched through the ceiling of a master bedroom in a Hillsborough, New Jersey, home.
U.S. Coast Guard crews suspended their search late Wednesday for three people missing a day after a boat capsized in the cold, choppy waters of San Francisco Bay while carrying 20 family members and friends who went out to scatter the ashes of a loved one.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) says officers working at the Rochester, New York port of entry seized 80 counterfeit soccer jerseys, including 40 FIFA jerseys.
Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia has endorsed Councilmember Nithya Raman for Mayor of Los Angeles.
A video captured chaos inside a Tempe In-N-Out Burger Rural Road and Play del Norte Drive as a fight broke out, sending frightened customers fleeing for the exit.
Kris Jenner shared a post about her late mother, MJ, on Instagram on Thursday.
A sink hole at Sunset Boulevard and Holloway Drive in West Hollywood has swallowed up an intersection after a water main break.(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)A water main break near Palm Avenue and Harratt Street sent waters flooding through West Hollywood early Thursday, ...
Shane Enete, of La Mirada relaxes under an umbrella while watching a surfer ride a wave after surfing on a warm day at Bolsa Chica State Beach in 2026. (Allen J. Schaben / Getty Images)Potentially dangerous heat is still in store for Southern California Thursday, but there is some respite on the ...
A woman rides a bicycle on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica in 2020. The city is making changes to ensure more bike lanes are clear of vehicles.(Robyn Beck / AFP via Getty Images)Santa Monica has issued about 50 tickets and several hundred warning citations since the city began using AI camera techno...
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 won’t miss the st...
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