Dakota Smith

Southern California saw its fire risk zones expand by 3.5 million acres in CalFire’s new hazard maps. Homeowners in those areas must now meet safety standards.

The U.S. says Israel was behind this week’s remote detonations of Hezbollah’s communication devices. How was the operation pulled off?

SoCal Democrats anxious to help win the presidential election for Kamala Harris are road-tripping to swing states where they can make a bigger impact.

Small business owners and renters are trying to prevent demolition of their Boyle Heights building — by arguing that solving the housing crisis shouldn’t worsen gentrification.

Four years after protesters called to defund the police, voters worried about crime are poised to toss out a reformer D.A. and pass a tough-on-crime bill.

Thanks to a new state law, dozens of churches across Southern California are redeveloping underused properties into affordable housing.

Housing costs are pushing school employees away from the neighborhoods where they work, creating long commutes and high turnover. LAUSD wants to build them housing nearby.

Squirrels are omnivores, eating both meat and plants, but for the first time, they’ve been seen hunting and eating voles at Briones Regional Park.

Proposition 3 would enshrine the right for same-sex couples to marry in the California constitution. It would also repeal and replace language from 2008 that says otherwise.