Los Angeles Times
Carmel chooses convenience over charm as addresses loom
City Hall in Carmel-bythe-Sea soon could have this address: 662 Monte Verde St. Seems pretty standard, right? Not in this wealthy little town on the Monterey Peninsula that has never had street addresses. For 109 years, residents have used...
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Trump backs off military threat to Greenland
NUUK, Greenland — President Trump retreated Wednesday from his most serious threats toward Denmark, easing transatlantic tensions and lifting Wall Street after rejecting the prospect he would use military force to annex Greenland, a Danish territory...
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Wire thefts, city delays leave streets in the dark
It’s been months since a swath of Hancock Park lost its streetlights — and it’ll be several more long months of what residents say are “pitch black” streets and roaming burglars before there’s a fix. So neighbors have been improvising. Last fall,...
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San Diego has an edge over L.A. on apartments
As Los Angeles grapples with a housing shortage, it could learn from San Diego, which has proved better at convincing construction companies to build more. The city is more welcoming to developers, industry insiders say, with fewer regulations and...
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Fighting homelessness fizzles into war of words
If a bed in a homeless shelter has been taken, is that bed still “available?” The plaintiffs in a fiveyear-old lawsuit alleging the city of Los Angeles failed to address homelessness say the answer is an obvious “no.” But the city begs to...
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Scenic route through Big Sur reopens
First, it was a series of strong atmospheric rivers that set off a troublesome landslide in January 2023, again splitting up the worldfamous drive along Big Sur’s iconic coastline. Then, a second winter of drenching storms triggered two more slides,...
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Venezuelans across the globe ask: What’s next?
MEXICO CITY — Andrea Paola Hernández has one sister in Ecuador and another in London. She has cousins in Colombia, Chile, Argentina and the United States. All f led poverty and political repression in Venezuela. Hernández, a human rights activist and...
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As protests spread, Iran intensifies its crackdown
BEIRUT — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivered a defiant speech on Friday, excoriating protesters as “saboteurs” and insisting the Islamic Republic would “not back down,” even as the country remains in the throes of a full...
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Slaying by ICE a test of Trump policy
WASHINGTON — When a 37-year-old mother of three was fatally shot by an immigration agent Wednesday morning, driving in her Minneapolis neighborhood after dropping her son off at school, the Trump administration’s response was swift. The victim was to...
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‘ LOOKING FOR YOUR TRIBE’
When we went around the table at Thanksgiving, our close ones laid out their myriad plans and wishes for the coming year: writing projects, work goals, fitness regimens, travel plans. All the wishes sort of blended into a bit of white noise for me....
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Trump’s threats to launch attacks on 5 nations rattle allies and rivals
WASHINGTON — Venezuela risks “a second strike” if its interim government doesn’t acquiesce to U.S. demands. Cuba is “ready to fall,” and Colombia is “very sick, too.” Iran may get “hit very hard” if its government cracks down on protesters. And...
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After Maduro, a common refrain: The oil is ours
CARACAS, Venezuela — Like many other Venezuelans, Ramón Arape said the image of ex-President Nicolás Maduro in U.S. custody was a stunning — and welcome — sight. “I confess that I felt a sense of relief when I saw the photo of Maduro in the hands of...
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Winter rains fall, and so do the records
California’s already wet winter is breaking rainfall records, with another powerful storm moving in this weekend along with the threat of new flooding and mudslides. After a remarkable dry streak in 2024 that helped fuel last January’s firestorms,...
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Even rainy skies can’t damp excitement at Rose Parade
As a steady rain pounded Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena before dawn Thursday, Michael Brooks hunched beneath a daisyprinted umbrella, guarding his family’s front-row seats for the 137th Rose Parade. The 41-year-old Monterey Park resident clasped a cup...
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SWEEPING NEW LAWS FOR 2026
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office this week described 2025 as “the year that would not end.” But it has, and in its aftermath comes a slew of new laws passed that year that will affect almost every Californian. The governor signed nearly 800...
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Weather is elephant in the room
More wet weather is on tap for Southern California this week, which may result in the first rainy Rose Parade in two decades. The rain is forecast to reach the Los Angeles area between sunset on New Year’s Eve and the morning of New Year’s Day, said...
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In Arizona, an alarming drain on a vital resource
Lush green fields of alfalfa spread across thousands of acres in a desert valley in western Arizona, where a dairy company from Saudi Arabia grows the thirsty crop by pulling up groundwater from dozens of wells. The company, Fondomonte, is the largest...
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Fire cleanup reports allege illegal dumping
The primary federal contractor entrusted with purging fire debris from the Eaton and Palisades fires may have illegally dumped toxic ash and misused contaminated soil in breach of state policy, according to federal government reports recently obtained...
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WRIGHTWOOD BEARS STORM’S BRUNT
Workers navigate debris after an atmospheric river triggered destructive flows in the mountain town. “All it is is rock and mud,” said a man who left his home when the hills began to collapse.
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A child-care haven built on one L.A. block
When the seven-beat rhythm of “shave and a haircut, two bits” resounds in the mornings on a car horn through this South L.A. neighborhood, Jackie Jackson or Guadalupe Andrade is likely behind the wheel, child-care providers who live on a one-block...
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’Twas the big storm before Christmas
The most powerful Christmas storm in years slammed into Southern California on Wednesday, closing roads, flooding streets and drenching last-minute holiday shoppers. The region’s wet Christmas is expected to continue through the weekend, though...
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SWEET AND SOUR
Volunteers decorate Sierra Madre’s Rose Parade float, “Pancake Breakfast,” meant to honor firefighters. Some say it’s a painful reminder of hydrants that ran dry during the Eaton blaze.
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Will Christmas miracle save the ski season?
Nothing but dirt and dry, brown chaparral rolled beneath skis and snowboards dangling from a chairlift at Big Bear Mountain Resort on Friday, as forlorn adventure seekers joked they should rename the place “Big Bare.” Unseasonably high temperatures...
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A DIVERGENT TALE OF 2 RALPHS
John and Theresa Anderson meandered through the sprawling Ralph Lauren clothing store on Rodeo Drive, shopping for holiday gifts. They emerged carrying boxy blue bags. John scored quarter-zip sweaters for himself and his father-in-law, and his wife...
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A Christmas tree tradition that’s lasted generations
It’s mid-November, a full week before Thanksgiving, and the progeny of Francisco Robles, a Mexican immigrant who peddled watermelons in East L.A., have converged in West Covina to commemorate the 76th year of the family’s seasonal business: selling...
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Reiner slayings rattle small-town Brentwood
Sandwiched between Bel-Air and Santa Monica, the tony Los Angeles neighborhood of Brentwood has long been home to more than its fair share of industry captains, actors, directors, musicians, media moguls and professional athletes. But despite its tall...
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Nick Reiner in court to face charges
Nick Reiner made his first appearance in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday morning, roughly three days after allegedly killing his parents — beloved Hollywood figures Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — inside their Brentwood home. Flanked by...
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Reiner son faces murder charges in double slaying
Los Angeles County prosecutors on Tuesday announced murder charges against Nick Reiner, days after his parents — Hollywood legend Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner — were found stabbed inside their Brentwood home. Prosecutors said they would file...
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Director of iconic films was a force in state politics
In the world that Rob Reiner built, amplifiers went “up to 11.” People readily ordered “what she’s having.” Courtrooms couldn’t “handle the truth,” comedy and drama traded places seamlessly and liberal ideals born in the 1960s and ’70s formed the gold...
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Altadena fire crews lacked satellite maps
When the Eaton fire broke out in the foothills near Altadena, the Los Angeles County Fire Department did not have access to a satellite-based fire-tracking program regularly used by other agencies, depriving officials of intelligence that could have...
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DEATH VALLEY LAKE IS BACK
Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep sat in eastern California in what is now the Mojave Desert. As the climate warmed and the ice retreated, the lake dried up, leaving a...
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Will Altadena Girls remain a success story?
The s’more bar was finally bubbling at Altadena Girls’ new community space. A few dozen teen and tween girls, all affected by the wildfires that had ripped their town apart in January, came together for a “cozy cabin” hangout night in downtown...
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Killing mountain lions to save bighorn sheep
In a move that reverses nearly a decade of practice, California wildlife officials have quietly begun to allow killing mountain lions in order to protect another iconic native: bighorn sheep. Though limited to the Eastern Sierra — the steep, rugged...
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TRUMP PROMISES CASH AID TO FARMERS
WASHINGTON — President Trump announced a $12-billion farm aid package Monday — a boost to farmers who have struggled to sell their crops while getting hit by rising costs after the president raised tariffs on China as part of a broader trade war. He...
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L.A. preschools struggle to compete
During the first four years of California’s new transitional kindergarten program, 167 community-based preschools in Los Angeles County shut down, unable to financially survive amid enrollment drops or pivot to more costly infant and toddler care,...
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SYMPHONY OF STEEL
Pritzker Prize winner Frank Gehry changed the face of downtown Los Angeles’ Grand Avenue with the wavy Walt Disney Concert Hall and, later, the Grand LA complex, which he’s shown visiting in 2022.
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RISKY STRETCH OF L.A. HIGHWAY REOPENS
For more than six years, adrenaline junkies have yearned for the moment that, once again, they can careen around the serpentine corners of a stretch of Mulholland Highway with the crisp mountain air rushing through their hair. Their wait came to an...
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IMMIGRATION OPERATION IN NEW ORLEANS
A person is detained by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and other federal law enforcement agents in New Orleans. A Homeland Security official says people accused of violent crimes are targets.
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CITY’S LAWSUIT TARGETS SNACK GIANTS
In a historic action, San Francisco on Tuesday became the first government to file a lawsuit against food manufacturers over ultraprocessed snacks and drinks that officials argue are wreaking havoc on Americans’ health. The lawsuit, which names 10 of...
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Feeding bodies, spirits in South L. A.
Olympia Auset’s route to opening a health food emporium in one of the food deserts of Los Angeles started with her own trips to the grocery store. It was 16 years ago. Auset was fresh out of college and living on a vegan diet. Her neighborhood largely...
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Amid catastrophic loss, mighty San Gabriel Mountains beckon
In December 2020, a reader suggested I get in touch with a young Pasadena man named Edgar McGregor, who was approaching 500 straight days of picking up trash in local parks, including Eaton Canyon. I connected with McGregor by email but then got...
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Shoppers on a holiday hunt
Black Friday shoppers flocked to stores, hoping to get more bags for their buck as they grapple with inflation, tariffs and anxiety about the health of the economy. The Citadel Outlets in City of Commerce was mobbed Friday morning with long waits for...
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Alter Cal Fire program, court says
In a case that calls into question plant clearing techniques that have become fundamental to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or Cal Fire, the San Diego County Superior Court has ordered the agency to amend a program to reduce...
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After raids, Fashion District hopes for a Black Friday boon
Lizzie Osorio remembers customers flooding Lion Boots in early May, browsing embroidered shoes and tasseled suede dresses. Beyoncé had four concerts scheduled in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium for her Cowboy Carter tour. So the store tucked in Santee...
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LONG DELAYS IN PORT BLAZE ALERTS
The Los Angeles Fire Department waited nearly six hours after responding to a massive hazardous materials fire at the Port of L.A. on Friday before ordering residents to “get inside IMMEDIATELY and close all windows and doors” due to potential toxic...
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RECENT STORMS ARE A GOOD START
A string of early season storms that drenched Californians last week lifted much of the state out of drought and significantly reduced the risk of wildfires, experts say. It’s been the wettest November on record for Southland communities such as Van...
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NO SHELTER FROM SOUTHLAND STORMS
An unusual series of storms has made this the wettest November on record for swaths of Southern California, dumping as much as 8.9 inches of rain along the coast as of Friday afternoon before a week of dry weather will provide a reprieve through the...
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A facade at national parks?
As the government shutdown stretched on last week, Travis Puglisi saw something unusual at Joshua Tree National Park: two rangers doing graffiti checks. “Do you know how often I run into rangers in the park and actually have conversations with them...
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Shutdown deal advances as Democrats balk
WASHINGTON — A deal that could end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history is poised to head to the House, where Democrats are launching a lastditch effort to block a spending agreement reached in the Senate that does not address healthcare...
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Gold, guns and cartels: The battle for a billion-dollar Mexican mine
Barreling down the highway at 100 mph, a convoy of state police vehicles blew through speed bumps as it entered a small town in the Sonoran Desert. Blasting over them was hell, but Alejandro Sánchez knew that slowing down was too risky: Here, locals...
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Fliers scramble as cuts begin; pain will grow
Travelers got their first taste of what is expected to be worsening cuts in commercial air traffic due to the government shutdown, bringing delays, anxiety and confusion to airports across the nation. By some measures, the level of chaos was less than...
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State’s airports may see big cut in flights
California airports are expected to be hard hit by a dramatic reduction in flights as the Federal Aviation Administration says it plans to cut air traffic by 10% at 40 airports to maintain travel safety during the government shutdown. Five of the...
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After districts are redrawn, 6 lawmakers face challenge
California Republicans in Congress are vastly outnumbered by their Democratic counterparts in the state — and it may get worse. Five of the nine GOP seats are at risk after California voters passed Proposition 50 in Tuesday’s special election. The...
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Prop. 50 is all about Trump vs. California
California voters went to the polls Tuesday to decide on a radical redistricting plan with national implications, but the campaign is shaping up to be a referendum on President Trump. Proposition 50, a ballot measure about redrawing the state’s...
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‘BACK-TO-BACK, BABY!’ DODGERS PUT REIGN ON PARADE
Downtown Los Angeles was transformed into a sea of Dodger blue and white Monday, as thousands of fans from across Southern California filled the streets to get a glimpse of the back-to-back World Series champs. Crowds at Metro stations and around...
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L.A. relishes Dodgers’ victory
TORONTO — The Dodgers’ march toward destiny was completed a quarter past midnight on Saturday evening. It was unbelievable, indescribable, long-dreamt-of — and yet, the way the night was once headed, entirely unexpected at the same time. In Game 7 of...
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Prop. 50 looks likely to face a barrage of legal challenges
Six years ago, when the U.S. Supreme Court upheld highly partisan state election maps in North Carolina and Maryland — ruling that federal courts cannot block states from drawing up maps that favor one party over the other — one of the court’s liberal...
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LESSONS OUTSIDE THE FOREST
Furloughed park rangers are going to schools and teaching young students about nature.
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Most voters favor Prop. 50, survey suggests
A Nov. 4 statewide ballot measure pushed by California Democrats to help the party’s efforts to win control of the U.S. House of Representatives and stifle President Trump’s agenda has a substantial lead in a poll released on Thursday. Six out of 10...
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For millions, food aid runs out this week
Michaela Thompson, an unemployed mother in the San Fernando Valley, relies on federal assistance to afford the specialized baby formula her 15-month-old daughter needs because of a feeding disorder. At $47 for a five-day supply, it’s out of her reach...
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Santa Monica tries to reverse its slide
It’s been a rough few years for Santa Monica. Businesses have abandoned its once-thriving downtown. Its retail and office vacancy rates are among the highest in Los Angeles County. The crowds that previously packed the area surrounding the city’s...
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U.S., China reach tentative deal
Top trade negotiators for the U.S. and China said they came to terms on a range of contentious points, setting the table for Presidents Trump and Xi Jinping to finalize a deal and ease trade tensions that have rattled global markets. After two days of...
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Students let the bot do the work
Homework has long been a topic of debate, but in 2025 it is facing an existential crisis: Has artificial intelligence and its instant answers made it pointless or even counterproductive? Research released this month suggests that AI has become fully...
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San Francisco ‘surge’ on hold
OAKLAND — President Trump said Thursday that he had called off a planned federal “surge” into San Francisco after speaking with Mayor Daniel Lurie and other city leaders — a detente that officials and activists in the East Bay said they were not...
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Desert rental market dries up
JOSHUA TREE, Calif. — Many Angelenos dreamed about buying cheap land in the desert during the COVID-19 pandemic; Emmanuel Ruggiero actually did it. On his plot in Joshua Tree, the software engineer built a home specifically as a short-term rental —...
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Months after fire, Malibu is suffering an identity crisis
Wood frames are rising from the ashes of burned-out lots in Pacific Palisades, signaling the start of a new era for the fire-torn community. But down the road in Malibu, the scene is bleak. Cars wind through a gauntlet of traffic cones and caution...
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How military’s live fire over I-5 went awry
It was supposed to be a boisterous event at Camp Pendleton celebrating 250 years of the U.S. Marine Corps that included a live simulation of a beach assault by sea and air. The plan involved Marines firing high explosive rounds from M777 howitzers —...
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ISRAEL STRIKES GAZA; AID IS HALTED
JERUSALEM — Israel launched airstrikes Sunday in Gaza after what it said was a Hamas attack on its forces, adding to the twoyear-old war’s death toll and rattling a delicate U.S.-brokered ceasefire that had brought a measure of relief to the...
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Owens Valley tribes fight to reclaim ‘land of flowing water’
BISHOP, Calif. — In a desert landscape dominated by sagebrush, a piece of Los Angeles’ immense water empire stands behind a chain-link fence: a hydrantlike piece of metal atop a well. The electric pump hums as it sends water gushing into a canal,...
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RUBIO’S PATH TO PURSUE MADURO
In the early days of President Trump’s second term, the U.S. appeared keen to cooperate with Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela’s authoritarian leader. Special envoy Ric Grenell met Maduro, working with him to coordinate deportation f lights to Caracas, a...
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Controversial plan aims to reduce future wildfire risk
Nine months after one of the worst fires the region has seen in recorded history, some parts of the Santa Monica Mountains are covered in thick, green and shrubby native chaparral plants; others are blackened, mostly fire-stricken earth where chaparral...
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Storm brings test for burn scars
An early season atmospheric river that brought powerful winds, heavy downpours, flooding and even tornado warnings to Southern California was also a significant test for the region’s burn scars ahead of its traditional rainy season. The storm — Los...
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Protesters at colleges vow to continue their activism
At California universities Monday, the ceasefire in Gaza — and the accompanying hostage and prisoner exchange — emerged as an inflection point for the future of a student-led protest movement that for two years has roiled campuses. The activism, along...
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Why an affordable slice of L.A. might never recover from blaze
As local and state leaders celebrate the fastest wildfire debris removal in modern American history, the Pacific Palisades Bowl Mobile Home Estates — a rent-controlled, 170-unit enclave off Pacific Coast Highway — remains largely untouched since it...
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