'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.

1 dead after Potomac Avenue fire

03/24/26 11:11 PM

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- One man is dead following a fire on Potomac Avenue early Tuesday morning. The Buffalo Fire Department responded to a fire at 789 Potomac Ave. around 12:30 a.m., officials said. During search operations, the victim, Aaron Kondziela, was found in cardiac arrest and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced [...]

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.

2 arrested in connection with London arson attack on Jewish charity's ambulances

03/25/26 6:49 AM

Ambulances were set on fire early on Monday in the Golders Green neighborhood.

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.

A SoCal mother was warned about dangers of portable stove. Then a cooking fire took her daughters, authorities say

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.

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: 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.