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Criminal Justice

After years of scandals, CA attorney general asks court to put LA County's juvenile halls under state control

Rob Bonta issued a blistering criticism of the county's handling of its facilities.

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LA History

Altadena’s Historic Highlands was spared by the fires. It’s now trying to be LA County’s first historic district

The L.A. County Board of Supervisors voted to move forward with a designation proposal.

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Health

California looked to them to close health disparities, then it backpedaled

The state has eliminated a certification program and rolled back nearly all funding to train and expand community health workers even though it set a goal of 25,000 workers by this year.

Elementary school students wearing backpacks are walking and standing around a corridor near stairs and a building.

Education

Trump administration releases after school grant money — with a catch

California will get the federal money withheld for after-school programs, but spending must comply with Trump’s priorities.

Fire and smoke rise behind residences and a church at nighttime.

Climate & Environment

The surprising reasons floods, fires and other disasters are deadlier at night

It’s not just that it’s dark and people are asleep. Urban sprawl, confirmation bias and other factors can play a role.

Climate & Environment

Another overcast morning for SoCal

Clouds and accompanying cool weather will be here for the next few days.

A medium-light skin tone hand holds a print out of a handwritten ballad. In the background on a wooden table, there are drawings of butterflies. At right: A black-and-white photograph of a man and a woman, dressed in formal clothes in the late 1800s.

Education

This nearly 100-year-old ballad tells the story of mass deportations. Is history repeating itself?

Indiscriminate raids. Removal of U.S. citizens. Pressure to leave the country. For UC Irvine professor and evolutionary biologist Adriana Darielle Mejía Briscoe, the answer is yes.