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State and local governments, and some private funders, are launching dozens of pilot projects making direct, monthly payments to low-income residents to help meet basic needs. Researchers will study what happens next. Key question: will this money add to, reform, or supplant current welfare programs?

Conditions improved in the morning but drivers are asked to take precautions.

For some people, Valentine’s is a day for blossoming business. Here are their stories.

Starting today, 3,000 USC graduate student workers will decide whether or not to unionize.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, lawmakers blasted tech companies that they said do little to keep kids safe from bullying, addiction and "rabbit holes of dangerous material."

Valentine's Day is one of the most lucrative times of the year for L.A.'s street vendors.

A lot of people don’t see themselves fitting into the ideal of a monogamous couple that prioritizes romance and sex.

Here's how the California Lottery allocates the money that doesn't go to the winner.

For one Long Beach couple, it was “a good auspicious day" to make it official.

As Superintendent Alberto Carvalho hits his one-year mark at Los Angeles Unified, he's succeeded in reducing absenteeism and slowing enrollment drops. But some parents want him to engage more with community.

The measure, from State Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco and Silicon Valley Assemblymember Evan Low, would repeal Proposition 8, which banned same sex marriage in the state.

The idea of a renter’s right to counsel has been floated in L.A. for years. With new voter-approved funding, plans are moving forward.