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'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.
12-year sentence handed down in Tops ghost gun case
03/24/26 7:27 PM
One of the two men involved in a gun-related incident at the Tops grocery store on Jefferson Avenue in Buffalo has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
4 women stabbed at trendy downtown L.A. restaurant; 1 victim was left in serious condition
03/23/26 5:55 AM
Police said at least four people were taken to a hospital with minor stab wounds after the altercation at Zaya.
03/23/26 10:50 PM
A Murrieta mother and father are facing charges. Authorities say the woman started a fire that killed her daughters.
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.
Animal rescue says dogs injured during L.A. County enforcement operation; authorities deny claims
03/21/26 11:08 PM
Video shows a Rock N Pawz official saying some dogs were hurt as agents seized over 300 animals. Animal Care and Control disputed the claims, saying none were injured in the impounding process.
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: Why I'm not taking down my César Chávez photo
03/24/26 10:00 AM
L.A. Times columnist Gustavo Arellano on why he plans to keep a photograph of Cesar Chavez with Dolores Huerta
As mosquitoes go year-round in L.A., a promising fix hits a snag
03/22/26 10:00 AM
To curb a dengue-carrying mosquito, L.A. County officials are releasing sterilized males. The approach is promising, but funding to expand it is uncertain.
As precious groundwater vanishes, a few in California find ways to bring it back
03/21/26 10:00 AM
Groundwater has fallen to precarious depths in much of the world. New research highlights areas that have been able to bring levels back up.