In her State of the City address this month, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass boasted that her administration had fast-tracked the construction of more than 30,000 affordable housing units. A Crosstown ...

In 2025, the city of Los Angeles recorded one of its safest years in decades, with crime in many categories dipping below pre-COVD levels. “Across all persons and property crimes, the city experienced ...

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 ...

Following years of growth, Los Angeles’s solar scene is starting to burn out — with the number of solar permits issued having dropped by dropped by nearly a quarter. Permits for rooftop solar ...

Over the past few years, Los Angeles pool builders couldn’t dig a hole fast enough. A pandemic-fueled frenzy prompted homeowners who were stuck inside during lockdown to go all in on backyard pools.

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 ...

A routine trip home from work turned tragic for Juan Luis Gomez Ramirez, who was shot from behind on a Metro bus in the City of Commerce last May. Just hours before the incident, Mayor Karen Bass ...

Los Angeles gives out close to 2 million parking tickets each year. But for the city, it’s not nearly enough. In the fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2024, the city collected $110 million in parking ...

Reports of illegal dumping, long a source of blight in Los Angeles, are up 36% in the first two months of 2025 compared with the same period last year. Some neighborhoods have seen calls about the ...

The price of copper has more than doubled since the pandemic. Thieves have noticed, and are ripping out the wiring from Los Angeles streetlights at rates never before seen. In January the city fielded ...