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Testing of homes in communities surrounding the Eaton and Palisades fires has found dangerous levels of lead and asbestos — even after remediation.
A new California bill aims to rein in mental health coverage denials that leave kids without care.
Social worker Jackie Parra intervenes at L.A.’s busiest animal shelter to help people in crisis keep their pets and housing.
The president denied involvement in the far right game plan, but he has followed it like a script. Here’s what might be next.
Homer City embraces the prospect of jobs but worries the profits and power from a new gas plant will flow to faraway tech companies.
Keith Porter, 43, had been firing a gun into the air to celebrate before he was killed, family members say. If the shooter weren’t an ICE agent, “We would expect that there would be an arrest,” a community leader says.
Experts are watching whether state protections can help shield immigrants from Trump’s crackdown and survive legal challenges.
Meatpacking giant JBS gave $5 million; industry soon celebrated a decision to make those on the assembly line work faster.
American foreign policy complicates an already difficult situation for those reporting on the civil war in Myanmar.
David G. Brown, political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Sentinel, the city’s oldest Black newspaper, reflects on the art of racial dissent. An exhibit at the Watts Towers showcases his work.
Financial inequality, homelessness and the highest unemployment in the nation — for all its riches, California still has some big problems for lawmakers to address in 2026.
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As he heads into his final year in Sacramento — and mulls a presidential campaign — some in the Golden State have gained access to more care, others not so much.
Trump and Republican lawmakers want steep funding cuts, while new eligibility rules from HUD would imperil housing for millions of people.
A president with strong Christian support is driving an aggressive crackdown on immigrants who are disproportionately Catholic. How is this playing out in the pews?
In ways subtle and extreme, the warming climate is hitting those with the least the hardest.
The actor-director-producer’s legacy includes succeeding in passing a tax on tobacco products to bolster early childhood development in California.
California prohibits the use of credit history to reject applicants with housing assistance without considering pay stubs and other alternatives. Big landlords keep doing it anyway.
In October, Michigan home care workers formed a statewide union of 32,000. Experts say it’s a template for protecting rights in 2026.