'Dangerous' heat wave warning issued for Southern California next week

03/15/26 1:15 AM

Downtown Los Angeles could hit 101 degrees and Glendale may reach 104 degrees on Tuesday as a record-shattering March heat wave grips the region.

'Nobody wants a strike.' LAUSD answers back after union leaders announce April 14 walkout

03/19/26 8:29 PM

Los Angeles school officials defended their contract offers Thursday, saying "nobody wants a strike" — a day after the district's two largest unions set April 14 as a strike date if no agreement is reached.

'Profoundly shocking' allegations against Cesar Chavez spark soul-searching in movement

03/17/26 5:08 PM

Celebrations of farmworker leader Cesar Chavez are being canceled nationwide as the UFW confronts allegations of sexual misconduct with women and minors.

1 dead after 4-vehicle crash on Route 33

03/20/26 3:11 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One person is dead after an accident involving four vehicles occurred overnight on Route 33, Buffalo police announced. Officers responded to the Kensington Expressway at Locust Street around 11:40 p.m. Thursday. One driver was taken to ECMC with serious injuries and later died, police said. No other serious injuries were reported. [...]

After a decade, Louisville and Michigan State meet again in the NCAA tournament

03/20/26 8:43 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Michigan State and Louisville are two of the most recognizable brands in college basketball. In a second round NCAA tournament Saturday at KeyBank Center the two will meet on the sport's biggest stage for the first time in more than a decade. The two last met in a tournament game in [...]

AI pilot program in L.A. County courts will help judges craft rulings in some cases

03/18/26 10:00 AM

A select panel of L.A. County judges now have access to an artificial intelligence tool that can help them summarize motions and draft rulings in civil court. The tool, Learned Hand, is already in use by judges in 10 states, according to the company's CEO.

Arellano: And just like that, the Cesar Chavez myth is punctured. What's next?

03/18/26 8:06 PM

Much of the Latino civil rights, political and educational ecosystem will have to grapple with why they held up Cesar Chavez as a paragon of virtue for too long above others just as deserving and, as it turns out, nowhere near as compromised.

Arellano: Noma's $1,500 meal is the antithesis of L.A. and the way we eat

03/13/26 10:00 AM

Ulises Menchaca idled in his pickup truck on a steep street in Silver Lake, late for work.

As family said their final farewell, what they saw in the casket was 'grotesque,' suit says

03/16/26 11:14 PM

A lawsuit filed by relatives of a South Gate father claims a funeral home botched the embalming of the dead man, leaving his corpse in a grotesque and oozing state of advanced decay.

Attacks on Middle East energy sites deepen threat to US economy, analysts say

03/20/26 5:16 PM

Tit-for-tat attacks on oil and gas sites across the Middle East in recent days have pushed up oil prices.