Nate Perez

First-year head coach Darvin Ham navigated a rocky start to the season and eventually helped guide the Lakers through the first two rounds of the playoffs. Next up? The top-needed Nuggets, led by two-time MVP Nikola Jokić.

The American-manufactured holiday invites a cross-cultural celebration with no relevance to Mexico's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862.

A Panorama City father and daughter were killed when a high-risk pole failed — and hundreds of these "priority one" poles remain in disrepair citywide.

Despite the increase, Long Beach city officials say the results also show a promising slowdown of growth.

After the end of slavery, the city continued to harm Black Angelenos through land seizures, redlining, restrictive housing covenants and more. The Los Angeles Reparations Advisory Commission wants to right those wrongs.

L.A. County has seen a surge in hate crimes in recent years.

Opening day is like a holiday for some. There are family reunions, barbecues, drinks flowing and hope that the Dodgers can win it all again.

March should be one of Southern California farmworkers' busiest months. Instead, they say their hours have been slashed drastically due to flooded farms and destroyed crops.

Union members are rallying with support from the district’s teachers union to protest for a new and better contract.

The public safety had recommended accepting a donation of the nearly $300,000 robot to the LAPD in January.

The ambassadors are there to help riders get where they're going — and possibly reinforce the safety of public transit, according to the agency.

In response to wage theft and labor violations, the CLEAN Carwash Worker Center's auto detail program teaches workers their rights on top of car-washing techniques.