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Both the city and county of L.A. have alternative response teams that can be called to respond when someone is experiencing a mental health crisis.

Academic workers at six UC campuses have been on strike over how the university system responded to recent campus protests.

The change could incentivize those businesses to clean up their emissions, which often affect poorer areas of the region.

Faulty lead test kits made by Magellan Diagnostics may have been used as late as 2021 to test children for exposure to the toxic metal. The company agreed to pay $42 million to settle criminal charges that it concealed malfunctions.

For weeks, the UC system and the union that represents the workers have been trading jabs, urging the other side to compromise in time for finals.

Since Gov. Newsom proposed a 28th Amendment one year ago, there has been far more progress on online petitions than in other state legislatures. His team says the effort will pick up speed in 2025.

A state worker safety board is scheduled to vote on the rules June 20, and they would likely take effect this summer.

One in eight children in Orange County are food insecure and depend on school lunches.

Anely Cortez Lopez will start her term as student board member in July: “I'm going to … show students that their voices are meant to be heard and not overshadowed by the noise.”

Wine, music, historic architecture, and what some argue is the best sunset view in L.A.

From tiny homes to big ones built in hours, the Innovative Housing Showcase highlights ways to make housing more affordable and plentiful — at a time when many Americans struggle to buy a home.

Analysis: Nearly a third of all calls for police were for serious incidents including violence.