Condado de Los Ángeles

A detailed look of scaffolding that sits in front of a weather-resistant barrier e of an apartment complex under construction.

Comentario

Santa Monica project points the way to easing California’s housing shortage

If wealthy Santa Monica can do it, will less well-heeled CA communities begin accommodating modular home and apartment construction?

Por

Daniel Walters

• marzo 31, 2026

A white train in makes it's way down train tracks towards a station with a person waiting. The San Francisco skyline can be seen in the background.

Comentario

Los Angeles and Bay Area voters will decide whether to hike already high sales taxes

San Franciscans will consider a percentage point increase in the sales tax while Bay Area and LA-area voters will be asked for a half a percentage point.

Por

Daniel Walters

• marzo 3, 2026

Four people face an audience as they sit on chairs set up on a stage inside an auditorium with mahogany walls. A projector set up behind the four speakers displays a graphic titled "The Evolution of Crime and Punishment in California: What's Next?."

Justicia

Newsom changed California prisons. What will the justice system look like after he leaves?

Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed California's prison system to embrace rehabilitation for incarcerated people. Will it be a lasting shift?

Por

Adam Ashton

• febrero 26, 2026

A person wearing sunglasses and a light shawl walks beside another person in a suit outside a courthouse, surrounded by reporters and TV crews holding microphones and cameras.

Comentario

California can’t shed a history of persistent government corruption

Prosecutions, referenda, recalls and regulatory agencies have, over the years, curbed some of California's government corruption, but not all of it.

Por

Daniel Walters

• febrero 6, 2026

Semirremolques se alinean cerca del Muelle J para recuperar contenedores de envío en el Puerto de Long Beach el 4 de abril de 2018. Foto de Bob Riha Jr., REUTERS

Comentario

Huge trucks would decimate California’s roads and bridges, endanger drivers

Congress is considering bills allowing trucks to exceed 80,000 pounds. That would further damage California’s aging bridges and congested roads.

By Jorgel Chavez • enero 27, 2026

A landscaped residential walkway with gravel ground cover leads past a stone-and-stucco building toward a small patio with modern chairs, young trees, and low hills in the background under a clear sky.

Economía

Fires burn swiftly, but insurance battles linger: New bills propose consumer-friendly regulations

As fire survivors continue to navigate life after disaster, California lawmakers roll out new bills attempting to further regulate insurance companies like State Farm.

Por

Levi Sumagaysay

• enero 22, 2026

Una planta de recolección de gas en la cima de una colina en las instalaciones de almacenamiento de Aliso Canyon de Southern California Gas Company cerca del vecindario de Porter Ranch en Los Ángeles en 2017. Foto AP/Jae C. Hong

Comentario

Suspicion looms over Aliso Canyon storage facility a decade after massive gas leak

Residents are angry that the natural gas storage site still operates. Its methane gas leak in 2015-16 displaced 10,000 families and caused illness.

By Madison Kerbeck • enero 20, 2026

Burned remains of a hillside home reduced to rubble, with concrete walls, twisted metal, and ash in the foreground, while two scorched palm trees stand beside a railing overlooking a hazy valley in the distance under a partly cloudy sky.

Comentario

Candidate comment: Private insurers are holding California homeowners hostage

As the insurance industry threatens to leave the state unless they get less regulation and higher rates, politicians make consumers pay.

By Eduardo Vargas • enero 16, 2026

Cars drive through an intersection as they pass a donut shop with a giant donut structure on top of the building.

Comentario

Californian mourns a childhood friend lost in a changing community

The Inglewood that raised Mike and Joshua has been gentrified. But a cemetery preserves Mike's grave and the memories of their childhood together.

By Joshua Hernandez • enero 15, 2026

A nighttime view of a hillside engulfed in flames near powerline towers. Over the fire and smoke from the top of the hill, a helicopter is flying with a water hose hanging off the bottom.

Comentario

Here’s how we can stop LA firestorms from happening again

To avoid repeating last year’s urban blaze, we should fund fire-safe homes and neighborhoods, but politicians often are paying to thin out forests far from urban settings.

By Chad Hanson • enero 13, 2026