Los Angeles County

California's Legislature is weighing two bills involving smoke damage recovery. Homeowners are backing one, but the insurance industry is opposing it while keeping quiet about the other one.

The Ethics Commission is supposed to investigate the offices of the Board of Supervisors, the Executive and the Assessor — who are helping create it.

LA County approved the deal without depositions or an independent review, resolving thousands of abuse claims in bulk. Employees couldn’t respond.

LA County has pushed legislation that would set deadlines, limit damage and make it harder for sexually abused children in government care to sue.

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

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.

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

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

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

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