Take Two

LAist relaunches as a local news source owned and operated by KPCC, potential new L.A. Clippers arena courts controversy, high housing costs affect some college students more than tuition.

CA employers struggle to lure workers due to high housing costs, a mortgage assistance program for six-figure applicants, why the NAACP partnered with Airbnb.

How superhero costumes are made for the movies, a talk with CA community college chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, celebrating the World Cup around SoCal.

Boyle Heights is the center of an LADOT experiment to transform streets into temporary parks, L.A. celebrates its first Buster Keaton Day.

Single moms in L.A. disproportionately affected by high housing costs, a $5 million university donation is causing protests, WeHo's new Sunset Strip trolley.

How California can set the national neutral net standard, homeless services get expanded with toilets in Venice, the World Cup is still important in L.A.

Confusion over upcoming Koreatown election, Santa Monica considers new regulations for dockless scooters, Hotel Figueroa quietly reopens.

A local teacher experiments with grading students for effort, how the rise of Asian evangelicals could affect the November election, why SoCal's blue whales are recovering from population declines.

Exploring Anthony Bourdain's impact on the Los Angeles foodscape, putting an end to those political texts, taco trucks stop at mosques across the Golden State.

How the Inland Empire's politics are evolving, California's special emission standard privilege, how fewer clouds could mean more wildfires.

Los Angeles may get a legal street vending system, where does Cal Fire's budget stand following the Woolsey fire, heartbreaking photos of Camp Fire evacuees.

Alex Villanueva will replace Jim McDonnell as L.A. County Sheriff, talking to your kids about homelessness, Uber scoots into the city.

A new federal climate report spells out a grim future, an unprecedented confrontation at the U.S./Mexico border, a Malibu resident returns home.

Checking in on Malibu now that residents can return, insurance for rebuilding homes after disaster, how to properly prepare a turkey.

How to prevent devastating forest fires in the future, recap of L.A. Rams versus Kansas City Chiefs, Gen Z Voters reflect on the election

A status update on the Camp fire now that 77 people have died, CA task force has a new child poverty report, the two new food critics at the L.A. Times.

President Trump's upcoming California visit, getting water-dropping fire tankers up in the air, New York University will open L.A. campus in 2019.

What happens when people stay and defend their homes from fire instead of evacuating, LA Unified School Board mulls housing homeless student, the Rams COO reaches out with free tickets

Power poles start about 10 percent of all wildland fires in California, why we shouldn't be surprised ballots are still being counted, Governor-elect Gavin Newsom.

Visiting evacuated animals at Pierce College, how private fire fighting agencies could come to your home's rescue, post-election activism.

The latest ballot counts in still-undecided California races, frequent intense SoCal fires are the new abnormal, Paramount ranch has been destroyed.

The latest details on the Woolsey and Hill fires in Ventura and L.A. Counties, what happens to asylum seekers now that President Trump has signed a proclamation, what to do in a car when there's a fire.