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Byline: Jill Cowan The day was shaping up to be another long one for Freddy Bauer. He ambled down the stuccoed outdoor hallways of the Hotel Silver Lake, sidestepping the [...]

I'm a Los Angeles-based national reporter for The New York Times, covering California. My job can be unpredictable, so when I'm not working, I like to unplug with TV that [...]

The day was shaping up to be another long one for Freddy Bauer. He ambled down the stuccoed outdoor hallways of the Hotel Silver Lake, sidestepping the occasional mound of [...]

Byline: Corina Knoll and Jill Cowan It has been a generation since Los Angeles had a major earthquake disaster. Even in an active seismic year, many residents say they refuse [...]

It has been a generation since Los Angeles had a major earthquake disaster. Even in an active seismic year, many residents say they refuse to become alarmist. Los Angeles, in [...]

Andrew Do, an Orange County supervisor, has been asked to resign after directing more than $13 million to a nonprofit run by his daughter and allies. The group was supposed [...]

The quake was centered about five miles northeast of downtown, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no initial reports of serious damage. Millions across Southern California were rattled [...]

The quake was centered about five miles northeast of downtown, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. There were no initial reports of serious damage. Millions across Southern California were rattled [...]

The countdown is on for the city, which will host the next Summer Games and is working on transit upgrades to accommodate hundreds of thousands of visitors. In their winning [...]

The countdown is on for the city, which will host the next Summer Games and is working on transit upgrades to accommodate hundreds of thousands of visitors. In their winning [...]

Byline: Tim Arango, Ana Facio-Krajcer and Jill Cowan Many struggled to find housing and work after the wildfire destroyed the seaside town on Maui last year. But they have faced [...]

Many struggled to find housing and work after the wildfire destroyed the seaside town on Maui last year. But they have faced new hardships. For Ernesto Perez, life on Maui [...]

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom's declaration urging cities to clear homeless camps met its strongest opposition in Los Angeles. Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared this week wearing work gloves and Ray-Ban [...]

A 29-year-old intruder who smashed a glass door to enter Mayor Karen Bass’s official residence pleaded no contest to a vandalism charge. A man who broke into the Los Angeles [...]

Hospital systems across the country reported I.T. disruptions. A spokesman for Kaiser Permanente called the situation 'unprecedented.' Hospitals and health care providers across the United States told patients on Friday […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill that prevents educators from having to notify parents if their child asks to switch names or pronouns. A year after school boards in California […]

The state has had more than 3,500 wildfires this year, and the peak of the annual fire season has yet to arrive. California this week suffered its first death of [...]

When a fast-moving wildfire began marching across thousands of acres of Butte County on Tuesday, David Pittman didn't panic. He packed up his family, including their 90-pound African sulcata tortoise, [...]

The reduction was a sign of progress for Mayor Karen Bass, who started an aggressive new program to move people off the streets in 2022. Los Angeles residents, long exhausted [...]

Voters recalled a Southern California school board president after his conservative majority approved policies on critical race theory and transgender issues. From the start, the three conservative board members of [...]

The strange “no U-turn” signs along Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake were erected in the 1990s to ward off gay men. For many Angelenos, the road signs that have [...]

Byline: Jill Cowan and Mike Kai Chen The vast territory known as the Owens Valley was home for centuries to Native Americans who lived along its rivers and creeks fed [...]

The Post fire northwest of Los Angeles has burned over 14,000 acres and illustrates the danger of built-up vegetation after rainy winters. A wildfire that quickly consumed more than 14,000 [...]

The vast territory known as the Owens Valley was home for centuries to Native Americans who lived along its rivers and creeks fed by snowmelt that cascaded down the eastern [...]

Julio Frenk, a public health expert who has led the University of Miami since 2015, will take over the elite Los Angeles school that has been rocked by protests this [...]

Julio Frenk, a public health expert who has led the University of Miami since 2015, will take over the elite Los Angeles school that has been rocked by protests this [...]

Protesters marched through campus, pitched tents and occupied various quads in demonstrations that became confrontational at times. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at the University of California, Los Angeles, clashed with law enforcement [...]

The votes came weeks after students at a pro-Palestinian encampment were attacked for hours by a large group of counterprotesters without police intervention. The Academic Senate at the University of [...]

Many members believe that the chancellor, Gene Block, failed to protect students and was too quick to have police arrest students and clear an encampment. The academic senate at the [...]

Carol Folt had been under fire for canceling a valedictorian’s speech and calling in the police, who cleared an encampment arrested dozens of protesters. The University of Southern California’s academic [...]

A union representing academic workers said it would file unfair labor charges against the University of California, Los Angeles, and potentially walk out over the handling of protests this week. [...]

The murder trial of O.J. Simpson was a defining part of a turbulent era in Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, where the murder trial of O.J. Simpson was a https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/11/us/oj-simpson-los-angeles.html, [...]

The appointment comes as Berkeley and college campuses across the country are facing turmoil over free speech, racial and political diversity, and affordability. Richard Lyons, an economist and a former [...]

Never before has California’s primary system resulted in a three-way runoff for a congressional seat. California’s primary system — in which the top two vote-getters, regardless of party, advance to [...]

Around Camelback Ranch, the Dodgers’ spring training home in Phoenix, fans of all backgrounds were wearing Ohtani jerseys and many spoke Japanese and Spanish. The fans had been gathering for [...]

A rush of precipitation lifted the state to its second straight year with above-average snowfall, though Gov. Gavin Newsom warned residents not to grow used to it. The Sierra Nevada [...]

Byline: Jill Cowan For a Los Angeles community contending with gentrification in its historic center and an aging population of cultural standard-bearers, Ohtani's accession with the Dodgers has been galvanizing. [...]

For a Los Angeles community contending with gentrification in its historic center and an aging population of cultural standard-bearers, Ohtani's accession with the Dodgers has been galvanizing. Shohei Ohtani's powerful [...]

Tras más de un año del inicio de su mandato, la alcaldesa Karen Bass ha despejado campamentos y trasladado a miles de personas a moteles. No se sabe con certeza [...]

Byline: Jill Cowan More than a year into her term, Mayor Karen Bass has cleared encampments and moved thousands of people into motels. What happens next is unclear. When Karen [...]

More than a year into her term, Mayor Karen Bass has cleared encampments and moved thousands of people into motels. What happens next is unclear. When Karen Bass took office [...]

The front-runners are Vince Fong and Mike Boudreaux, the same Republicans who have already secured a spot on the November ballot to fill the seat permanently. Voters in the California [...]

Samples from an oil sheen in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Huntington Beach, Calif., were more consistent with oil that seeps naturally. An oil sheen that emerged last [...]

The California representative harnessed social media and her committee perch to build a following. But it wasn't enough to survive a brutal Senate contest, and she has nowhere to go [...]

The California representative harnessed social media and her committee perch to build a following. But it wasn’t enough to survive a brutal Senate contest, and she has nowhere to go [...]

Several races in the state could prove crucial to House control next year, including one that might be decided on Tuesday. California’s battleground races for the House of Representatives are [...]

California’s battleground races for the House of Representatives are pivotal again this election year, and Tuesday’s primaries could provide more clues about https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/03/us/politics/house-races-democrats-republicans-2024.html of Congress in November. In one Central [...]

Meteorologists issued rare blizzard warnings as heavy snow halted travel and caused ski resorts and Yosemite National Park to close. The system also triggered a tornado. Residents hunkered down, ski [...]

Meteorologists issued rare blizzard warnings as heavy, wind-driven snow halted travel and caused ski resorts and Yosemite National Park to close. Residents hunkered down, ski resorts closed up shop, and [...]

The strange “no U-turn” signs along Griffith Park Boulevard in Silver Lake were erected in the 1990s to ward off gay men. For many Angelenos, the road signs that have [...]