Newsom will send an extra $200 million to Los Angeles County for undergrounding utilities, hydrant repairs and Altadena rebuilds, officials say.

Newsom signed a budget that adds roughly $40 million to speed California's vote counting, but advocates say the amount is only a partial fix compared with the roughly $90 million they had requested.

A federal civil‑rights complaint says USC and LMU materially supported a Hispanic‑only Youth Leadership Institute; federal agencies were asked to investigate.

Since his 2024 hire, Chief Matt Hallock has pushed SMFD toward mobile medical care: Community Connect, nurse‑led Advanced Provider Units and an in‑house ambulance program.

AB 713 would let undocumented students access paid campus jobs at UC, CSU and community colleges; it cleared a Senate committee and now goes to Appropriations.

Dr. Kimberlie Linz will take the helm at MBUSD on July 1; her mix of site-level leadership and finance experience arrives as the district confronts layoffs and funding shortfalls.

Packed "mega master" dockets at downtown L.A. immigration courts have left waiting rooms overflowing and prompted same‑day in‑absentia removal orders.

Sen. Adam Schiff urged a temporary federal gas‑tax pause and a windfall profits tax on oil companies as Los Angeles drivers cope with high pump prices.

Mayor Karen Bass’ nominees — Crystal Lee and Joone Kim‑Lopez — were unanimously confirmed by the City Council to lead LA’s engineering and sanitation bureaus as the city ramps up major infrastructure work.

Sen. Josh Becker’s SB 493 would add “war” to California’s price‑gouging law, letting prosecutors pursue suspected wartime profiteering as pump prices spike. Supporters point to a persistent California premium at the pump.

A judge refused to toss L.A.’s price‑gouging suit against Airbnb, which alleges algorithm‑driven rate spikes on thousands of listings after the Jan. 2025 fires. The city now moves into discovery.

City Council approved a Swiss Winter Village for the Pier parking deck this winter, promising vendors, a faux ice rink, community perks and an expected 250,000–400,000 visitors.

Senate Democrats unveiled a program to train and deploy staff as official observers in close Senate races, aiming to document intimidation and support oversight this fall.