California

The nation’s second-largest school district has given out more than 82 million grab-and-go meals since March in what the superintendent calls the largest such food relief effort in the U.S.

L.A. County faces its worst numbers ever as the COVID-19 pandemic continues its rampage across California and officials weigh further restrictions.

Communities from Hemet to Ventura may lose power in an effort to keep electrical systems from igniting wildfires, Southern California Edison says.

A federal judge rules that DMV criteria for deciding which personalized plates to print violate free speech.

L.A. police panel clears an LAPD sergeant in the fatal shooting of a man holding a bicycle part that resembled a handgun in Culver City.

L.A. is planning new coronavirus restrictions again. Is this the right path? Here are some answers, and some perspective, from epidemiologists and health officials.

In a year when so much has gone wrong, might we actually miss holiday freeway traffic, L.A.'s familiar symbol of the holidays?

After years of incremental reform, Los Angeles County is moving to dismantle the largest youth justice system in the country in favor of a “care-first” model to better serve young people in custody.

The fire that devastated a town in Mono County was driven by winds similar to the Santa Anas, though blowing from west to east.

Inmates, including some on death row, are receiving unemployment benefits in what D.A.s call ‘the most significant fraud on taxpayer funds in California history.’

A politician like Newsom who preaches shared sacrifice should know better than to flout his own words on the pandemic.

During a midday news conference from his Fair Oaks home, Newsom said that everyone in his family has tested negative for the virus.

California’s Bureau of Cannabis Control overstepped its power when it adopted a regulation allowing billboards to advertise pot along freeways, a judge rules.

President-elect Joe Biden has proposed a robust plan to jump start housing construction and add new housing subsidies in the U.S.

In major cities such as Los Angeles, rent is falling during the COVID-19 pandemic. But in suburban markets such as the Inland Empire, rent is rising fast.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti trumpeted his homeless program, A Bridge Home, as a means to shore up the supply of interim housing. Results have been mixed.

To measure the relationship between crime-free policies and shifting demographics, The Times analyzed U.S. Census data.

Nearly 2,000 communities in the U.S. and elsewhere encourage landlords to evict or exclude tenants who have had some interaction with law enforcement.