Category Archives: Local

The union representing Los Angeles Unified teachers has rejected an updated contract offer from the district. The proposal included a retroactive pay raise and a guaranteed additional increase for the...

The shooting in at the synagogue in Pittsburgh is prompting many Americans to examine their values.Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says we have to have the courage to speak up for our nation's core va...

The casino boom - is it a sign of prosperity or desperation? Stephanie Schulte, a reporter with the Southern California News Group, says it's driven by people having more money to spend. "Casino upper...

A fiery dispute between Orange County Supervisor Todd Spitzer and Orange County District Attorney Tony Rackauckas continues, as each official accuses the other of mishandling information in the case o...

A local coffee shop owner is blaming L.A.'s controversial traffic "calming" plans for killing area businesses. Owner Demetrios Mavromichalis says his Venice Grind is one of at least twenty other busin...

The Dodgers and Brewers are tied 1-1 in their best of seven series as they vie for the National League pennant. J.P. Hoonstra, who covers the Dodgers for the Southern California News Group and author ...

Beverly Hills is up in arms about the Metro Purple Line route under its high school, which sits atop abandoned oil wells and pockets of methane gas. Beverly Hills School Board President Lisa Korbatov ...

The Los Angeles City Council's ban on allowing people deemed too disruptive to comment at its open mic sessions has prompted concern by free speech advocates. Civil rights attorney Carol Sobel says th...

Opponents of Vision Zero say it’s been a total disaster in the Mar Vista areaKeepLa Moving.com’s John Russo says Councilman Mike Bonin’s office, who implemented the road diet on Veni...

  Supporters of the gas-tax repeal, Proposition 6, say state agencies are breaking the law in order to defeat it. Carl DeMaio, chairman for the Yes on Prop 6 campaign, has called this week for a ...