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The measure would boost funding for border security and the Defense Department, eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, provide a new tax deduction to seniors and renew the 2017 tax cuts passed during the first Trump administration.

A new study shows that only a quarter of fire cleanup workers in Altadena wore gloves, a fifth wore a protective mask, and a mere tenth donned full Tyvek suits, as required by California's fire cleanup regulations.

Residents in the Eaton burn area and downwind can now send in soil samples from their yard to test for lead, a potent neurotoxin that's especially dangerous for kids.

Heal the Bay has released its annual report card on California beaches. The dirtiest include one in L.A. County and four in San Diego County.

An L.A. Times reader highlights a piece of legislation that would keep monkeys 'in the wild -- where they belong.'

The YULA and Shalhavet baseball teams are facing Southern Section probation for pulling out of playoffs to compete in a Jewish tournament in Ohio.

The Republican-majority Senate's decision to revoke California's planned ban on vehicles that run on fossil fuels defies congressional norms, and threatens the state's climate adaptation goals.

The justices announced they were split 4-4 in a test case heard last month from Oklahoma, which blocks the new Catholic charter school in the state.

'The current U.S. administration seems intent on making it more difficult to be part of our nation, but the trend should be toward the elimination of borders,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Columnist Dylan Hernández writes that the Dodgers could use Shohei Ohtani's arm, but they absolutely need his bat, and even a lack of pitching depth should not expose him to any risks on the mound.