A Crosstown analysis of the data indicates that the pace of actual building may be considerably slower. Bass’s Executive Directive 1 was supposed to slash red tape and accelerate approval times for ...

One year after the devastating Palisades Fire, the pace of rebuilding has begun to sag, with the last two months of the year showing marked declines in the number of permits issued. The blaze, which ...

Where South Figueroa crosses Slauson Avenue, bad things happen. Over the past four years, the intersection has been the scene of 17 felony hit-and-run collisions and five severe injuries. The ...

Nine months after the devastating wildfires, construction in the Pacific Palisades is finally picking up, with the number of building permits issued in the neighborhood nearly from triple the level in ...

The conditions on Los Angeles streets have never been great. As the city contends with a massive budget deficit, the question is: Will they get worse? This June, the city council officially declared a ...

Local leaders on Monday touted the 4% drop in unhoused individuals countywide, and a 3.4% fall in the city of Los Angeles. It followed a smaller decrease in 2024, and marked the first time ever that ...

Amidst Los Angeles’s otherwise out-of-control housing market, one bright spot is emerging: Accessory dwelling units, or ADUs, are popping up all over the place. ADUs are smallish apartments made from ...

Real estate across Los Angeles County has been on a tear, with the assessed value of residential property rising, on average, by 54% over the past eight years. But those gains are not distributed ...

Electric scooters have become the vehicle of choice for many people in Los Angeles, including large numbers of college students. It turns out, they are also increasingly a target for thieves. In 2024, ...

In the wake of the devastating Palisades and Eaton wildfires, a disturbing realization is emerging: Incidents of arson are on the rise. Neither of those blazes appear to have been intentionally set, ...

Los Angeles has a reputation for being extremely liberal. That was borne out in a plethora of results from the now-certified election, including the presidential contest: More than seven in 10 city ...

The year 2023 was disturbingly deadly on the roads of Los Angeles, with the 345 vehicular fatalities surpassing the number of homicides. That includes 108 people who were killed in hit-and-run ...