Viola's will move into a restored 1887 Victorian at 512 South Ivy, pairing brunch and small plates with a preservation‑minded renovation and two adjacent B&Bs.

A jury awarded $14.6M to four LAPD officers who said they were retaliated against after reporting unsafe firearms training at the Edward M. Davis facility. The verdict renews scrutiny of range oversight in Granada Hills.

Yama Sushi Marketplace is opening a 7,200 sq ft Sherman Oaks location on Ventura Boulevard late this summer, expanding its grab‑and‑go sushi, sake programming and catering capacity.

The Rams used the No. 13 pick to take Alabama QB Ty Simpson — a one-year starter with pro tools and clear questions about experience and durability.

Koreatown’s monthly Critical Mass has swelled into a near 4,000-strong moving party, meeting at Wilshire and Western and pushing visibility for safer streets.

An elderly woman was strangled during a Hollywood Hills home invasion; LAPD says masked suspects stole cash and jewelry and fled in a white Honda Accord.

Hundreds gathered in Pasadena to defend Temporary Protected Status ahead of a critical Supreme Court hearing that could affect roughly 1.3 million people.

Political scientist Juanita Lopez has joined the L.A. mayoral race, campaigning on a "Clean City" platform that includes 24/7 sanitation, budget transparency and an 8% sales tax proposal.

A new LABC Institute poll of 751 Los Angeles voters shows broad support for more housing, fast‑track approvals and affordability measures even as many doubt government can solve the crisis.

Santa Ana police arrested a 25-year-old after investigators say he solicited adult men online to meet his juvenile niece. Detectives seized electronic devices and ICAC detectives are leading the probe.

In the span of eight days, three West Hollywood restaurants have been ordered closed by LA County health inspectors for vermin infestations — San Vicente Bungalows, Dan Tana's, and now Akuma Ramen & Sushi Bar, the anime-themed neighborhood favorite on Santa Monica Boulevard. The cluster raises a pointed question: is this a city-wide pest problem, a stretch of bad luck, or the delayed fallout from California's 2025 ban on the rodenticides that once kept infestations in check?

Councilmember Bob Blumenfield asked the city to study moving several of LA's animal centers into nonprofit-run partnerships, citing Mission Hills as a model. The push follows new private funding and longstanding capacity strains at LAAB shelters.

Surfridge is slowly being rewilded after decades of abandonment; crews planted thousands of natives and cleared acres of invasives to help the El Segundo blue butterfly.