https://laist.com/news/health/trump-and-rfk-jr-try-again-to-upend-vaccines-for-kids 2026-08-10 LAist eng 2026-08-10T17:46:47-04:00 Trump and RFK Jr try again to upend vaccines for kids Trump Administration https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/trump-review-california-coastal-authority 2026-08-11 LAist eng 2026-08-10T19:41:44-04:00 Trump's review of California coastal authority brings out major opposition Trump Administration, California, coast, Trump, review https://laist.com/news/politics/nithya-raman-out-chair-la-city-councils-homelessness-committee-dawson-bass 2026-08-11 LAist eng 2026-08-10T21:44:45-04:00 Raman to be removed as chair of LA City Council’s homelessness committee  Most read, Karen Bass, L.A. City Council homelessness committee, Nithya Raman, November election , political add https://laist.com/news/transportation/anaheim-debated-a-tax-on-ubers-and-lyfts-to-disneyland-heres-why-it-didnt-make-the-ballot 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-11T13:39:57-04:00 Anaheim debated a tax on Ubers and Lyfts to Disneyland. Here’s why it didn’t make the ballot Anaheim, Disneyland, Lyft, Uber, rideshare https://laist.com/news/social-media-addiction-safety-jackie-big-bear-eagle-ballot-counting-friendslop-gaming 2026-08-11 LAist eng 2026-08-11T11:59:34-04:00 Social media addiction and safety, Big Bear eagle Jackie dies, friendslop gaming and more AirTalk, AirTalk, Big Bear, Big Bear eagle, Big Walk, CA elections, California ballot, Facebook, Instagram, Jackie https://laist.com/news/politics/cant-make-it-to-an-inglewood-city-council-meeting-you-can-now-comment-by-phone-or-zoom 2026-08-11 LAist eng 2026-08-11T13:09:32-04:00 Can’t make it to an Inglewood City Council meeting? You can now comment by phone or Zoom city council meetings, inglewood city council, local politics, not in person, public comments, remote https://laist.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/best-things-to-do/music-arts-events-weekly-weekend-los-angeles-aug-12-18 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T08:00:00-04:00 Best things to do this weekend and beyond in Los Angeles and Southern California: Aug. 12-18 Best Things To Do https://laist.com/news/politics/this-1987-loophole-is-being-used-to-evict-la-business-owners 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-11T13:30:00-04:00 This 1987 loophole is being used to evict LA business owners evictions, loophole, los angeles businesses, micro businesses, protection, renters, small business owners, small businesses https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/almost-nowhere-in-california-is-building-enough-according-to-the-state-heres-why 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-11T15:00:00-04:00 Almost nowhere in California is building enough, according to the state. Here’s why California, apartment units, building new homes, construction, housing, housing crisis, new apartments, rhna, why is california not building enough new homes, why is california not having enough construction https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/long-beach-says-the-fence-around-its-library-is-working-a-homelessness-committee-isnt-convinced 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-11T17:00:00-04:00 Long Beach says the fence around its library is working. A homelessness committee isn’t convinced billie jean king main library, downtown, fence, homeless, homelessness, how much was the fence at the library, library, lincoln park, long beach, unhoused https://laist.com/news/food/diner-en-blanc-beverly-hills 2026-08-11 LAist eng 2026-08-11T17:48:17-04:00 Dîner en Blanc returns to Los Angeles. Was it worth the 7-year wait? DIY, Dinner en blanc, Dîner en Blanc, beverly hills, chambord, culture, dancing, events, exclusive, fancy https://laist.com/news/trump-pivots-back-to-sanctions-for-iran-as-other-strategies-to-end-his-war-fizzle 2026-08-11 LAist eng 2026-08-11T16:30:08-04:00 Trump pivots back to sanctions for Iran as other strategies to end his war fizzle US attacks Iran https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-2026-2027-school-year-budget-cuts-first-day-immigration-raids 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-11T18:21:48-04:00 LAUSD students head back to school. Ambition is high but enrollment is down and money is tight LAUSD https://laist.com/news/education/la-school-year-begins-with-limited-screen-time 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T09:00:00-04:00 The school year begins in LA with one big change: limited screen time https://laist.com/news/politics/oc-voters-finally-know-what-measures-did-and-did-not-make-it-to-the-2026-general-election-ballot 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T13:16:40-04:00 OC voters finally know what measures did — and did not — make it to the 2026 general election ballot Orange County News, Election 2026 https://laist.com/news/politics/alexandra-lozano-former-immigration-lawyer-defrauded-immigrants-what-to-know 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-11T18:22:38-04:00 A former immigration lawyer defrauded thousands of immigrants. What to know about your case Trump Administration, Immigration enforcement and protests, Alexandra Lozano Kennedy, Commerce, LUZ LEGAL, fraud, immigration attorney https://laist.com/news/education/lausd-boyle-heights-environmental-testing-lineage-fire-lead-ammonia-formaldehyde 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-11T19:44:28-04:00 LAUSD flags lead at two Boyle Heights schools, but says campuses are safe after warehouse fire LAUSD, LAUSD, Boyle Heights, Lineage fire, environmental testing, back to school https://laist.com/news/politics/lapd-cop-recorded-colleagues-racist-and-sexist-remarks-will-his-prosecution-chill-whistleblowers 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T08:00:00-04:00 LAPD cop recorded colleagues' racist and sexist remarks. Will his prosecution chill whistleblowers? LAPD, Nathan Hochman, police misconduct, privacy, racist remarks, recordings, whistleblower https://laist.com/news/lausd-first-day-fare-free-la-metro-lakers-hate-groups-regional-theaters 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T12:01:23-04:00 LAUSD first day, Lakers sale, city considers fare-free Metro and more AirTalk, AirTalk, Bob Iger, Josh Kushner, Karen Bass, LA Metro, LAUSD, Lakers, Lineage Fire, Los Angeles https://laist.com/news/transportation/bass-transit-free-mayor-metro 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T12:53:02-04:00 LA Mayor Bass wants public transit to be free. Metro puts that price tag at over $1 billion LAist watchdog reporting, Bass, Metro, Raman, fare evasion, fare gates, free, los angeles, mayor, transit https://laist.com/news/a-blockbuster-12-5b-deal-as-josh-kushner-and-bob-iger-buy-the-los-angeles-lakers-ap-source-says 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T11:36:24-04:00 A blockbuster $12.5B deal as Josh Kushner and Bob Iger buy the Los Angeles Lakers, AP source says iger, kushner, lakers, sold https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/jackies-death-shocks-the-world-how-humans-in-her-socal-home-remember-the-eagle 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T14:36:05-04:00 Jackie’s death shocks the world. How humans in her SoCal home remember the eagle Big Bear, Eagles, Friends of Big Bear Valley, Jackie, Ojai Raptor Center https://laist.com/news/housing-homelessness/federal-officials-decry-las-drug-fueled-homelessness-crisis-in-visit 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T12:00:51-04:00 Federal officials decry  LA's ‘drug-fueled homelessness crisis’ in visit to faith-based program Trump Administration, angeles, center, dream, homelessness, kennedy, los, turner https://laist.com/news/education/eastside-students-go-back-to-school-as-lineage-warehouse-cleanup-continues 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T12:30:00-04:00 Eastside students go back to school as Lineage warehouse cleanup continues children, east la, eastside, la unified, lausd, lineage cleanup, lineage warehouse fire, students https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/newsom-makes-last-minute-push-to-help-california-utilities-facing-wildfire-bills 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T14:00:00-04:00 Newsom makes last-minute push to help California utilities facing wildfire bills Wildfires, costs, disasters, gavin newsom, gov newsom, liability, utilities, wildfires https://laist.com/news/lapd-defends-use-of-tear-gas-during-2025-immigration-protests 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T15:06:47-04:00 LAPD defends use of tear gas during 2025 immigration protests commission, gas, ice, lapd, police, protests, report, tear https://laist.com/news/politics/ice-electric-shock-gloves 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T14:12:19-04:00 AP exclusive: ICE plans to give officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks Trump Administration, Immigration enforcement and protests, electrical shocks, federal agents, gloves, ice agents, ice officers, immigration officers, immigration raids, painful shocks https://laist.com/news/climate-environment/elevated-levels-of-ammonia-were-found-in-the-air-weeks-after-the-lineage-fire 2026-08-12 LAist eng 2026-08-12T15:30:00-04:00 Elevated levels of ammonia were found in the air weeks after the Lineage fire ammonia levels, boyle heights, east la, elevated levels, environmental report, high levels, lineage fire, lineage warehouse fire