Watch for an increase in sales tax coming next year. (Matt Slocum / ) The city of L.A.'s current sales tax is 10.25%. But after the region’s stretched firefighting services became visible during the devastating 2025 fires, voters solidly approved Measure FD this week, increasing the r...
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Giant pandas Ping Ping and Fu Shuang are making their public debut at Zoo Atlanta's new Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove on Friday.
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The filing comes after Parton's nephew denied allegations of threats and intimidation.
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Officials across Europe reported more bomb threats against multiple flights on Friday, following a string of hoaxes that have caused flight diversions this week....
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The former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty last year to attempting to smuggle to 1.1 pound of heroin into a jail facility.
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File photo: The Mariposa pedestrian bridge damaged by a landslide in San Clemente. (Orange County Transportation Authority) The California Coastal Commission voted Thursday to allow transportation authorities to build a quarter-mile-long seawall just south of San Clemente State B...
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An ad inside Alexandra Lozano Kennedy's now shuttered office in Commerce, CA. (Julia Barajas / LAist) The L.A. Law Library in downtown Los Angeles will host a free legal clinic this Saturday for individuals who believe they may have been victims of fraud or attorney misconduct as...
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City Council members from left, Tim McOsker, Eunisses Hernandez, Nithya Raman and Marqueece Harris-Dawson at an L.A. City Council meeting. (Brian van der Brug / Getty Images) Nithya Raman won the race for Los Angeles mayor this week and unseated incumbent Karen Bass without a sin...
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Paneer Pulao using Basmati rice (Nandita Godbole / LAist) On most Sundays, SoCal-based South Asian shoppers head to stores like Pioneer Cash and Carry in Artesia for their weekly shopping. But this year, Diwali, the Festival of Lights, falls on Nov. 8, a Sunday, and preparations ...
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The trip comes three weeks after Pope Leo underwent lung cancer surgery that had put the entire trip into question.
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Trump indicated the proclamation would have to be ratified by Congress.
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Google, Meta and TikTok filed separate lawsuits seeking to block a California law designed to protect children from the risks of social media, arguing that it violates their First Amendment rights....
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Ahead of the vote to grant final approval, the Vietnam vet leading a lawsuit to stop the project called it "frankly blasphemous."
