Emily Elena Dugdale

King - a wire fox terrier - took best in show at last week’s Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. He lives at handler Gabriel Rangel’s kennel in Rialto.

An ACLU lawsuit alleging discrimination of gay, transgender and bisexual inmates by San Bernardino County was settled today in Riverside.

South Central charter school KIPP Philosophers Academy has been talking to their students about love. Especially inclusion and LGBTQ rights as part of a weekly “love committee." The school is working with the Los Angeles LGBT center initiative Out at Schools to create support and awareness on campus.

With heavy rains comes the frequent evacuations in fire burn areas.

L.A'. s Cultural Heritage Commission is considering historic cultural monument status for two well-known downtown institutions: Grand Central Market and the Million Dollar Theater next door.

Los Angeles teachers returned to schools on Wednesday after negotiators for United Teachers Los Angeles and the Los Angeles Unified School District reached a tentative agreement on a new contract.

From the sky, it's clear that much of Southern California is at or just above sea level and protections like sea walls are eroding.

LAUSD picketers aren’t showing signs of slowing down. But teachers also won’t get paid while they’re out marching. We spoke to teachers at Taft High School in Woodland Hills about how they’ll make ends meet.

Thousands of LAUSD teachers are on strike. The district is over 70 percent Latino or Hispanic and serves many non-English-speaking families. How are they getting information about the strike?

LAUSD serves about 60,000 special education students and some parents of these students are worried about what will happen to their care if teachers strike.