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The high desert may have gone upscale, but don’t worry — it’s still funky.

The toxic spill in the Dominguez Channel that plunged thousands of Los Angeles County residents into misery late last year was scarcely unique.

It seemed like an unusual choice — turning from the city that has long been a beacon for immigrants from Latin America and Asia, in favor of a tiny Central Valley town called Huron.

Along with input collected by The Times from local residents, a report by the LAPD’s inspector general helps paint a picture of how guesswork and a laissez-faire management style led to what it calls a “catastrophic failure.”

The sport is sweeping the country, but a backlash over noise is turning neighbor against neighbor.

Zachary Weathers and Brooke Palmieri walked 50 miles in a day and discovered that Los Angeles is best experienced while walking.

Shipping containers from L.A.'s port are piling up in storage yards across Wilmington. Older facilities are exempt from zoning limits.

Residents of Drumm Avenue in Wilmington say truck traffic from the Port of Los Angeles makes them miserable.

The policy is the latest version of an old strategy to hear the newest cases first in an attempt to deter migration.

A Hollywood woman is accused of hiring a TV actor to deliver the fentanyl-laced drugs that killed a Beverly Hills man.