Linda Becerra Moran, 30, had reported being held against her will in a motel room as a possible victim of sex trafficking. Police said they opened fire after she moved toward them with a knife.

Deputy Michael Meiser, assigned to a specialized sheriff's department unit that monitored gang activity inside the jail system, has pleaded not guilty to charges he tried to smuggle more than a pound of heroin on behalf of "shot-callers" for the Mexican Mafia.

A new poll of registered voters in Los Angeles County by the UC Berkeley Institute of Government Studies, and co-sponsored by The Times, found that the Jan. 7 fires had an enormous emotional toll on victims,

L.A. is launching an initiative to encourage starter homes. The effort includes a design competition and a demonstration project in which the city will sell lots to developers.

Here's the reason all development proposals for the coast are exhaustively reviewed, with the perils of sea level rise in mind, and in the interest of protecting marine and shore habitats

Trump's federal government isn't punishing California, it's helping it recover from the Eaton and Palisades fire in record time.

Two of the eight people injured at an Inglewood Carmax were hospitalized in critical condition, authorities say.

A new Newsom podcast, the Oscar's streaming glitch, the Original Pantry shutters and more in this week's News Quiz

With its Googie style sign, the Hollywood Premiere Motel is a 1960s throwback to the early decades of American car culture.

An L.A. housing agency is pausing new applications for Section 8 vouchers amid budget uncertainty in Washington, a hit to families in need of affordable housing.

Just under seven homeless people died on average every day in Los Angeles County through 2023, as the mortality rate leveled off but remained 4.5 times that of the whole population.