10+ hour, 6+ min ago  (708+ words) SANTA MONICA " Cotti Coffee is preparing to open two Santa Monica shops, including one on the Third Street Promenade, as the fast-growing Chinese coffee chain pushes deeper into California. The Santa Monica stores are part of a broader California expansion…...

16+ hour, 49+ min ago  (1464+ words) LOS ANGELES " The City Council shelved a proposed Measure ULA tax break for new apartment projects Wednesday after weeks of political pressure to address concerns that the city's "mansion tax" has slowed housing development, opting instead to pursue smaller reforms…...

18+ hour, 8+ min ago  (765+ words) LOS ANGELES " Fourth of July beach crowds are heading toward the coast this weekend, but Los Angeles County health officials are warning people to stay out of the water at several popular swim spots after testing found elevated bacteria levels....

19+ hour, 28+ min ago  (858+ words) The change implements California's Behavioral Health Services Act, the Proposition 1 overhaul approved by voters in March 2024. The law replaced the Mental Health Services Act and reshaped how counties spend behavioral health dollars, including by expanding the system beyond mental health…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (1228+ words) Some Venice residents brought protest signs to the community meeting on June 29, criticizing a perceived lack of oversight by nearby housing program officials. VENICE'Following a samurai sword attack and a string of stabbings, more than 100 Venice residents packed the annex…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago  (934+ words) The Los Angeles Bureau of Engineering will host a virtual community meeting July 16, 2026, on the Potrero Canyon Pedestrian/Bicycle Bridge, a proposed crossing over Pacific Coast Highway that would connect George Wolfberg Park to the Will Rogers State Beach parking…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (845+ words) The ruling keeps alive one of the major legal fights to emerge from the January 2025 fires, with Los Angeles alleging Airbnb " not just individual hosts " helped drive up the cost of temporary housing as displaced residents scrambled for places to…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago  (801+ words) The "daylighting" law bars drivers from parking within 20 feet of the approach side of a marked or unmarked crosswalk, or within 15 feet of a crosswalk with a curb extension. The rule applies even if the curb is not painted red…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago  (1241+ words) The City Council delayed both proposals for more study, slowing measures that could have gone before voters as part of the city's broader charter reform effort. The non-citizen voting proposal, introduced by Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez, would not have immediately allowed…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (544+ words) LOS ANGELES " Property owners have overwhelmingly rejected a proposed streetlight assessment increase that city officials said was needed to repair malfunctioning streetlights, reduce backlogs and modernize the city's aging lighting system. LOS ANGELES " County supervisors voted Tuesday to allocate more…...