California

As the Boyle Heights cold-storage fire burns on, L.A. air quality hits "very unhealthy" levels. Find out how long the smoke will last and how to stay safe.

More bad air is expected around the Boyle Heights warehouses that has been burning since Wednesday.

Your morning catch-up: Santa Barbara County dad group hosted its own version of Pints and Ponytails, we know why the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green so fast and more big stories

A new commission made up of legislators, public defenders, academics and advocates seeks to push California — one of just two states that don’t pay for basic public defense — to begin providing resources and enforcing minimum standards for county public defender systems.

Controversy over data centers has reached a fever pitch nationwide, and Gov. Gavin Newsom could soon find himself in the crosshairs.

In some races, the AI-backed political groups have spent more than the candidates they are backing.

Forecasters are expecting 90-degree temperatures in downtown Los Angeles and the L.A. metro area — a marked increase from Saturday's 75-degree high.

The man stabbed one of the deputies, who was taken to the hospital with noncritical injuries, according to the sheriff's department.

Los Angeles declared a State of Emergency due to a stubborn warehouse fire in Boyle Heights that has burned for several days. Here’s a rundown of what we know:

Legislation in California and New York could force 3-D printers to come equipped with technology blocking them from making guns.

Property owners in Boyle Heights’ industrial corridor, near the 6th Street Bridge, are proposing a plan to fund private security, street cleaning and landscaping, a move that could significantly change how the area is maintained.

Councilmembers said the proposal to expand the council lacked crucial details. Others say the council didn't want to dilute its own power.

Paris’ venerable Pont Neuf has sprouted a snow-capped inflatable mountain, JR’s trompe l’oeil 'cave' that turns the city’s oldest bridge into a 24-hour walkthrough illusion.

Media and pundits pounced on millions in charity payments Gov. Gavin Newsom has solicited for nonprofits, including ones his wife is involved in.

A 4.7-mile, $7.9-billion extension of Metro’s E Line would link East L.A. to Montebello with four new stations, including an underground relocation of the current Atlantic stop.

LAFD officials say the Boyle Heights shelter-in-place order remains in effect but is expected to be lifted. The air quality advisory remains in effect.

The California Highway Patrol arrested a double-murder suspect following a 90-minute pursuit through the hills dividing L.A. and Kern counties.

Your morning catch up: Drama at the L.A. Zoo, Boyle Heights air quality post fire and more big stories

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I went to check out the César Chávez murals on the Eastside avenue that bears his name.

Los Angeles appears poised to lose in its attempt to keep $100 million in state grant funding for transportation projects in some of the neediest neighborhoods after a state commission declined to hear the city’s appeal for an extension.