Teamsters Local 396 says talks continue after contracts for workers at seven major haulers lapsed at midnight Wednesday.

Eight candidates are chasing four Newport Beach council seats, and fresh filings show wildly uneven war chests.

Nika Soon-Shiong says a sponsored Israeli Ministry of Tourism ad on latimes.com erases Palestinian territories. Her father's company says it had no editorial role.

A new bill would send NOAA to map decades-old toxic barrels near Catalina Island, where DDT has already been tied to sea lion cancer.

Mayor Jessica Ancona wants Martin Herrera gone after Texas court records revealed DWI convictions and a dismissed child indecency case.

Jeffrey Soros told donors his family's fellowship covered Abdul El-Sayed's grad school bills, fueling GOP hypocrisy attacks.

New state law lets pop-ups open in DTLA storefronts for 120 days while forcing faster permit reviews.

Nearly 139,000 Class of 2026 seniors took the SAT statewide, hedging their bets while UC quietly reconsiders its testing ban.

Mary Osako says releasing the 264-page report could cause “impossible” reputational harm. Seven employees want it public.

Two lawsuits accuse the state of illegally holding back school money as districts report layoffs and swelling class sizes.

Cambium hosts a one-day summit on AI and aerospace as El Segundo cements its status as SoCal's defense-tech hub.

Gov. Newsom signed AB 1448 to choke off state-water support for new federal offshore leases. Oil groups warn it could backfire.

State regulators say the seafood chain sold franchises without disclosing fees, royalties or litigation history to buyers.