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When presenting his preliminary budget of about $49 billion to his bosses, the L.A. County Board of Supervisors, Acting Chief Executive Officer Joseph Nicchitta likened it to a ship’s captain battening down the hatches before an approaching storm. “I would …

A 28-year-old Rancho Cucamonga resident who authorities now say set 12 fires in the Ontario Mills mall on Friday was charged this week with 16 felony counts. Luis Javier Gallegos Jr. is accused of setting the fires in five stores: …

The SoCal Indie Bestsellers List for the sales week ended April 12 is based on reporting from the independent booksellers of Southern California, the California Independent Booksellers Alliance and IndieBound. For an independent bookstore near you, visit IndieBound.org. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. The Correspondent: Virginia …

Olympic legend and UCLA alum Jackie Joyner-Kersee will return to campus to deliver the keynote address at the university’s 2026 commencement ceremonies, the university announced on Tuesday. Joyner-Kersee, a six-time Olympic medalist, will speak to graduates June 12 at Pauley …

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts is symptom-free in his recovery from an oblique injury. But that doesn’t mean his return to action is imminent. Betts will be eligible to come off the injured list for the weekend series in Colorado, …

With Weekend 1 in the rearview, Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival fans turned their attention to one thing Tuesday evening: the Weekend 2 set times. Luckily, the schedule finally dropped, bringing a few notable changes to the three-day festival …

NEW YORK — The Angels wasted little time in demonstrating that there would be no hangover from their heartbreaking loss a night earlier. They hit back-to-back-to-back homers in the first inning and then left-hander Reid Detmers cruised through seven innings, …

Los Angeles Unified came within hours of a strike — at a moment when the district could least afford it. A last-minute deal early Tuesday kept schools open, narrowly averting what would have been a third major labor disruption in …

For festival goers, the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is often spent running from stage to stage, catching as many artists as you can. The moments of downtime are often used by grabbing a bite to eat, taking photos …

5 Freeway corridor near Santa Clarita, Western San Gabriel Mountains/Highway 14 Corridor and Eastern San Gabriel Mountains are the focus of a winter weather advisory released at 12:07 p.m. on Friday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plans for a new triumphal arch in the capital, unveiled on Friday, include a towering winged figure with a Lady Liberty-like torch and crown, flanked by two eagles and guarded by four lions — all …

The inflation rate has jumped across most of Southern California and the nation, a surge linked to the Iranian conflict ballooning pump prices that drivers pay. My trusty spreadsheet reviewed the March Consumer Price Index report for three local metropolitan …

By GISELA SALOMON, MARTHA BELLISLE and REBECCA SANTANA MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump shared video of a deadly attack allegedly by a Haitian immigrant accused of bludgeoning a woman with a hammer at a Florida gas station, portraying the …

Yosemite, Mariposa Madera Foothills and Mariposa-Madera Lower Sierra are under a weather alert for strong thunderstorms by the National Weather Service on Friday at 12:24 p.m. The alert is in effect until 1 p.m. Be ready for pea-sized hail (0.25 …

EL SEGUNDO –– Whether it’s on Saturday, in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final or any point in between, Anže Kopitar’s last shift in downtown Los Angeles will bring finality and forlornness that the Kings’ franchise has never experienced. …

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly Northern California explosion at a fireworks warehouse that killed seven people and shook a tiny farming community, authorities said Friday. Related Articles Worsening ocean heat waves …

Deportations within the United States increased fivefold during the first year of the current presidential administration, according to a UCLA-led report announced today by the Deportation Data Project. Immigration arrests — particularly those conducted in public settings — also surged …

By Todd Gillespie, Katanga Johnson, Hannah Levitt and Sridhar Natarajan | Bloomberg Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell summoned Wall Street leaders to an urgent meeting on concerns that the latest artificial intelligence model from Anthropic …

By FATIMA HUSSEIN WASHINGTON (AP) — Tax refunds this season are up 24% compared with the four-year average of refunds before President Donald Trump took office, his administration said Thursday — a change credited to Republicans’ tax legislation signed into …

The California Department of Justice has arrested five people and charged 21 total for their alleged roles in a hospice fraud scheme that pilfered $267 million through Medi-Cal, state Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Thursday, April 9. Bonta announced the …

BURBANK — It’s going to happen. Maybe it will be this weekend during the NHRA Winternationals at the In-N-Out Burger Pomona Drag Strip. At some point, Tony Stewart, who has won big at just about every form of motorsports racing, …

By SAFIYAH RIDDLE Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in Pennsylvania of prostate cancer on Thursday, according to his lawyer. He was 68. Related Articles IRS touts a 24% increase in tax …

Federal officials on Thursday extended the public comment period for a study evaluating whether portions of the Los Angeles coastline, including popular beaches in Santa Monica and Venice, could be designated as part of the National Park System. The National …

The Pasadena Unified School District Superintendent’s School Consolidation Advisory Committee is set to hold its fifth of seven meetings Monday, April 13, where it will be presented with consolidation scenarios by a third-party consultant. That consultant, Total School Solutions, entered …

Negotiators for United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District ended a full day of talks Wednesday without reaching a deal and are set to resume bargaining on Saturday, leaving key issues unresolved less than a week …

Freba Mehman Noorzay and Omar Noorzay own the Northridge Art Studio. They give classes and workshops that focus on painting for individuals of all ages and skill levels. They explore their creativity through oil painting, acrylics, watercolor, pencils and charcoals. …

SAN FRANCISCO — Outside of the narrow narrative of two Western Conference teams playing for identity and clarity ahead of the postseason next week looms a larger picture. The holistic view of Thursday night’s game between the Lakers and the …

Humans in space The Artemis capsule is expected to splashdown on Friday. Saturday, April 12, 1961 was the date of the first human space flight, carried out by Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet citizen. This historic event opened the way for …

California’s coastline is dotted with world-class surf breaks — from the iconic Malibu that helped fuel the culture and popularity of the sport to the monster waves at Mavericks in Northern California that test elite big wave surfers to Lower …

By EDITH M. LEDERER and FARNOUSH AMIRI UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council is scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz that has been repeatedly watered down because of opposition from …

As Big Tech companies face legal backlash for addictive features and potential mental health risk, parents are ceding responsibility for what happens inside the home. On March 25th, Meta and Google were ordered by a California court to pay $6 …

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ PLAINVIEW, New York (AP) — Before Stu Goldberg begins his night shift driving for Uber, he pulls out a notebook to read a handwritten list of reminders. “No tickets. Full stops,” he’d scrawled in the book. “Careful backing …

By Phil Galewitz, KFF Health News, KFF Health News Last August, as part of the federal government’s crackdown on people in the country illegally, the Trump administration sent states the names of hundreds of thousands of Medicaid enrollees with orders …

By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer Good news for people who regret the Gmail address they came up with when they registered for an account: Google is now letting users change it. Related Articles Niles: Can Disneyland ease the pain …

The Pasadena City Council on Monday, April 6, directed the drafting of an ordinance to codify local limits on the use of city-owned property by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. City staffers presented a series of recommendations and proposed policies …

By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA BAGHDAD (AP) — Three Iraqi officials said Tuesday local authorities believed the powerful Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah militia was responsible for the kidnapping of a U.S. journalist in Iraq and that attempts to negotiate her release have run …

For a lot of people, now’s a time of penny-pinching. Whether that means darning old clothes or following the U.S. government’s advice on groceries — skip steak and buy liver or “cheap cuts” suggests R.F.K. Jr. – it’s not a …

The Associated Press Ford Motor Co. is recalling more than 400,000 vehicles because the windshield wiper arms can break, causing reduced visibility and increasing the risk of a crash. Related Articles Trial is ending for doctor accused of trying to …

By JONATHAN J. COOPER, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and FARNOUSH AMIRI, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States relied on dozens of aircraft, hundreds of personnel, secret CIA technology and a dose of subterfuge to rescue a two-man fighter jet crew downed deep …

A dog was shot to death by Los Angeles police and a man was detained after “suspicious devices” were allegedly discovered early Monday morning during a routine traffic stop in Sun Valley. The traffic stop occurred about 1 a.m. Monday …