Rina Palta

When the California legislature returns to Sacramento next month, bail bond reform may be on the agenda. Some lawmakers think it's time for commercial bail to go.

With homelessness on the rise, county supervisors approve plans to spend $400 million in the next fiscal year. Spending on shelters will increase.

Every night, some 43,000 people sleep on the streets of Los Angeles County in tents, cars and makeshift structures. So why do thousands of beds run by the biggest homeless agencies also sit empty each night?

The mayor is betting that the prospect of cleaner streets and sidewalks free of homeless encampments will override L.A.'s history of NIMBYism.

The 19-mile stretch from Vernon to Long Beach winds along a treeless corridor marked by pollution, poverty, and according to local officials, great opportunity.

Some 11,000 currently affordable apartments are at risk of soon being priced at the market rate. Add that to snags in the funding of new construction for low-income and homeless people and a bad situation might be getting worse.

The L.A. Homeless Services Authority is getting about $140 million in new funds. But a state report finds the agency is understaffed and lacks adequate financial management.

Gladstone's, part fish shack, part night club, part brunch spot, is finally slated for replacement after years of speculation over what might become of the site.

Car dealerships won't have to start paying customer service advisers overtime, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday.

L.A. County officials, looking to address massive housing affordability challenges, will look at ways to encourage construction of low-income housing.