3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (459+ words) California’s celebrated wildlife comeback stories — from the majestic condor to the playful sea otter — owe much of their survival to the federal Endangered Species Act. Now state officials are heading to court to defend that 50-year-old law, arguing that changes…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (369+ words) Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton wants to blow up the California Department of Motor Vehicles entirely, and he made his case Tuesday outside a DMV office in West Hollywood, framing it as the next front in his campaign to lower…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (559+ words) CalMatters, the nonprofit news organization known for its coverage of California government and policy, filed a lawsuit against UCLA this week after nearly a year of trying — and failing — to get straight answers about how much money the university is…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (360+ words) Fatal E-Bike Crashes Prompt Bay Area Safety Review hsjchronicle.com Fatal E-Bike Crashes Prompt Bay Area Safety Review Two proposals aimed at curbing the dangers posed by electric bicycles are headed to the governor’s desk, following a string of accidents…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (481+ words) Homelessness ticked downward across much of California this year, according to early results from the annual point-in-time count, continuing a trend that began in 2025 after years of steady increases statewide. Of the 28 California counties and regional homeless service areas that…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1092+ words) Los Angeles has long carried a reputation as a city hopelessly wedded to the automobile, where traffic is a daily grind and public transit is treated as an afterthought or a punch line. Trains that seem to go nowhere, crowded…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (697+ words) A federal investigation spanning nearly two years has concluded that California prison officials have repeatedly failed to shield incarcerated women from sexual abuse and harassment at the hands of prison staff, according to a newly released report from the U.S. Department…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (716+ words) A federal judge in Los Angeles signaled Thursday that she is prepared to sharply limit how immigration agents carry out street arrests across the region, a move that could reshape the tactics driving the Trump administration’s mass deportation push in…...