Aaron Mendelson

County supervisors followed L.A. city leaders in increasing the county's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2020. The decision will affect those who work in unincorporated areas of the county.

Data portals have sprung up across Southern California, and could expand further if bills in the California legislature pass this session. So how much do they cost?

The Los Angeles Police Department has killed 10 people so far in 2015, more people than any other agency in the nation.

Employees at L.A.'s transportation department maintained "nearly super-human work schedules" and claimed overtime at rates higher than any other department except the LAFD.

President Obama signed an executive order this week halting the transfer of certain military equipment to police agencies. How much of it is in So Cal?

Political action committee spending in this year's Los Angeles Unified election is 15 times higher than it was 2009. Many donors aren't disclosed ahead of elections.

Residents of higher-income areas in Southern California used more water in March than their lower income neighbors, a KPCC analysis found.

The California legislature is considering a trio of bills that would crack open the state's vast amounts of public data.

The city's bike network has been growing at a rapid clip for a decade, according to data the Los Angeles Department of Transportation provided KPCC. But gaps remain.

About 70 percent of fans won't be able to catch a game on their TV this season, so some are tuning in at sports bars or restaurants.

Despite years of effort to make streets safe for bicycles, Los Angeles still doesn't have an interconnected bike grid—at least not yet.

Each UC campus has a version of a siren used in the Iraq war that can harm hearing in just a few seconds. UCLA has used it repeatedly for crowd control.