The school district points fingers at charter schools instead of trying to slim down and compete, a new report says.
The paper found city officials have spent $330 million and don't have much to show for it.
Donn Thompson was paid for more than 9,200 hours of work last year. But there are only 8,760 hours in a year.
After years of treating the city's richest cultural resource like contraband, L.A. flirts with sensible street food policy.
An unreleased analysis of the school district's post-employment benefits shows liabilities climbed from $13.5 billion in 2015 to $14.9 billion in 2017.
There are no angels in this long-running turf war.
Corporations are being asked to take sides in a gun control debate that has very little to do with them.
A new plan would release footage in cases of officer-involved shootings and use of force.
Exclusive city-mandated monopolies lead to sky-high prices and crappy service. Who could have predicted it?
Meet the LAPD couple who made a cool $2 million off the city while hanging out at their condo in Cabo San Lucas.
Arrested by the FBI, the deputy will be suspended without pay during the criminal case.
The city's new Linkage Fee law piles millions in new costs onto developers.
It's a story of assimilation and plain old consumer choice.
Recreational marijuana arrives with a million strings attached.
Payouts to developers are never a win for taxpayers.
Coming soon to a city near you: the misguided movement to force you out of your car and onto a bike or trolley.
The department has made it a policy not to release body camera footage. This is why they shouldn't get to decide.
That is the definition of throwing the baby out with the bath water.
And seven retirees in Los Angeles pulled down more than $1 million each in retirement benefits last year.
Activists fear secret surveillance. Push for firmly enforced rules instead of bans.
Brazil, Russia, Greece, and China were all suckers in one of the oldest scams in sports
Cities, countries, and taxpayers hosting the Olympics typically stumble away much poorer and worse off.
The Atwater Bridge was supposed to be a free gift to the city from a philanthropic investor.
Everything from best political/government reporting to best satire, plus 5 silver medals and 9 bronzes
Short-term rentals are not the source of what ails the city.
Choice advocates win in school board race in second largest district in country.
School board election winner wants to see lessons of successful charters replicated within district.
Another judge rules that behaving legally is no protection from being targeted by law enforcement.
Says officials may not remove, detain or block entry of those with valid immigration visas.
Fear of an immigration crackdown sparks local action.
Elvis Summers crowdfunded $100,000 to build dozens of tiny homes. City officials looking to pass a $2 billion housing plan tried to shut him down.
Ceola Waddell Jr.'s "landmark" has been carted away by the city's Department of Sanitation.
Curriculum changes and marketing strategies.
Donnell Thompson, a 27-year old black man, suffered from mental disabilities. He wasn't armed and had not committed a crime.
Let's not ignore the ordinances and harassment of the poor that led to this.
The bicoastal war against this convenient way for hosts and lodgers to meet for mutual satisfaction.
LocoL will open its second location in Oakland next week.
Mayor Garcetti's hopeless effort to rewrite history.
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