Top manager of California’s largest water supplier accused of sexism and harassment
The Metropolitan Water District’s board met Thursday to discuss sexism and harassment accusations against General Manager Adel Hagekhalil.
COVID cases rising in L.A. County and California as new subvariants make mark
Across California, COVID in wastewater has entered the high level, the first time since February.
Seeing smoke in the Southern California mountains? It may be a prescribed burn
The Tanbark prescribed fire in the mountains above Glendora, San Dimas and La Verne could be lit as soon as this week, the U.S. Forest Service says.
Sheriff’s deputy kills woman in struggle. But another man is arrested for murder
The state’s felony murder law could allow a man to be charged with murder after a deputy shot and killed a woman.
UC regents approve UCLA’s first Latino chancellor, the president of University of Miami
University of Miami President Julio Frenk, a Mexico-born global health expert, has become the first Latino to lead UCLA, winning UC regents’ unanimous approval.
Early adopters, mainstream success, buyer’s remorse — where is the EV market headed?
A positive long-term forecast for EV adoption adds a bit of glow to recent news of sales slowdowns that are a challenge to California’s climate goals.
Abcarian: How a pious lifeguard made L.A.’s beaches an unlikely battlefield in the culture wars
L.A. County supervisors ordered a version of the Pride flag to be flown at county facilities each June. A lawsuit claims infringement on religious beliefs.
Mayors London Breed and Karen Bass take different approaches to homelessness and drug use in their cities
They share similarities as Black women leading California’s marquee cities, but the mayors of San Francisco and L.A. are confronting key issues in different ways.
Dead boys’ mother feels ‘stab in the heart’ after Rebecca Grossman avoids toughest sentence
Rebecca Grossman got 15 years to life in prison for the murders of Mark and Jacob Iskander, whom she struck and killed as they crossed the street in 2020.
Should clean air and water be the right of every Californian? Not everybody thinks so
A proposal to amend California’s constitution to enshrine environmental rights for all citizens has been delayed for at least another year.