Slow reimbursement of government contracts forces a South Los Angeles home for ex-prisoners to bleed interest to predatory lenders. A small nonprofit proposes to close the payment gap with no-interest loans.

A Yosemite National Park employee is charged with aggravated sexual abuse in the assault of a co-worker, according to federal prosecutors.

The LAPD Pacific Area Boosters and Palms Weekend Festival had organized the carnival. Police believe a fight broke out Saturday that ended in the fatal stabbing.

Danny J. Bakewell Sr. is a civil rights leader, a property developer, a business tycoon and owner of the Sentinel, Los Angeles’ legendary Black newspaper.

Multiple projects seeking to remove carbon dioxide from the air have been launched across Los Angeles County.

Michael Flood, the head of the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, helps feed L.A. County’s one in five residents who face food insecurity.

Here’s a timeline of key events at Giant Rock, a landmark north of Landers, Calif., that attracts seekers, partiers, conservationists and, according to some, extraterrestrials.

After disappearing from a campground in the Sierra National Forest, a 4-year-old boy from Torrance was found by a search-and-rescue party and reunited with his parents.

Two young men were killed and at least one other was injured when their car hurtled off a highway in El Segundo and crashed into parked cars at nearby LAX, according to authorities.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the California Legislature reached a deal to solve the state budget deficit for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.