Crosstown LA Traffic, Crime, Air QualityWill easier charging be enough to convince more drivers to switch?

(Image generated with MidJourney) Los Angeles installed more than triple the number of electric-vehicle chargers last year than it did just five years prior, pushing the city ever closer to a point ...

(A row of empty storefronts on Fairfax Ave.) Fewer new businesses are opening in Los Angeles than during any period in at least the past 20 years, raising the specter of dwindling tax receipts at the ...

In November 2022, city of Los Angeles voters approved Measure ULA. A hotly contested tax on real estate transactions north of $5 million, with proceeds going to address anti-homelessness efforts, it ...

(Image generated with MidJourney) 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 ...

Last year, Los Angeles notched the highest number of animals being run over on record. This year isn’t looking any better. During 2024, the city received 32,398 requests to remove dead animals from ...

The number of murders committed in the city of Los Angeles fell sharply last year. Although the final full-year total has not been revealed, through Dec. 28 the Los Angeles Police Department had ...

(Image generated with Midjourney) 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 ...

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 ...

In 2023, the city of Los Angeles recorded 327 murders. It’s a tragic loss of life, and results in a homicide rate that exceeds most big cities across California. A city’s homicide total is often used ...

Los Angeles is going dark at an alarming level, as thieves strip copper wire from street lights and other infrastructure. Repair crews are struggling to keep up. The wire can be resold to recyclers ...

News reports about retail theft were inescapable in 2023, and when the year came to an end Los Angeles had entered unprecedented territory: There were 11,945 shoplifting reports in the city, according ...