Weeks later, Lineage’s own data — buried in online reports — shows some unsafe ammonia levels in Boyle Heights.
If Uber and Lyft resort to the stalling tactics corporations commonly use to block higher pay and better working conditions, gig workers will still have a fight on their hands.
Record heat, two rate hikes and a data center boom have turned utility bills — not climate — into the state’s most volatile issue.
Human rights organizations said the minors lack the resources to go home safely and that some may have died trying.
Historian Sheri Berman on the links between declining democracy, neoliberal economics and what’s driving radicalization on the right and left.
Trump’s reelection would be “game over” for multiracial democracy, veteran civil rights attorney Connie Rice predicted. She now thinks we need a new blueprint.
Workers and their families struggle in the aftermath of federal immigration raids that targeted more than 100 car washes in the region.
At Via Avanta in L.A., kids accompany their moms to treatment for substance abuse. But family-centered rehab remains uncommon.
A California health plan uses “Angelica,” an AI program, to keep people from losing coverage. It says it does the work of 40 employees at a fraction of the cost.
Refugees fleeing persecution only to be swept up by ICE win support of congregation, including some who voted for Trump.
Officials are turning to industrial and manufacturing zones to site shelters — and avoid public pushback — a Capital & Main review of 30 cities found.
Ending TPS would disrupt communities nationwide. In California, more than 60,000 immigrant workers could eventually lose legal protections.
A new documentary on playwright and filmmaker Luis Valdez comes at a moment of cultural reckoning over whose stories get told in the Trump era.
Voters angry about rising electricity bills have turned the fight over powering AI into the defining issue of the state’s 2026 elections.
From L.A. to Minneapolis, agents and officers improperly used tear gas, pepper balls and rubber bullets against protesters and journalists.
Pediatric asthma is common in Calipatria, where young athletes compete despite extreme heat and air pollution. Some worry a lithium boom could make things worse.
Economist Gabriel Zucman argues that a permanent 2% tax on the ultra rich could generate billions while addressing the state’s growing concentration of wealth.
As cash flows into Pennsylvania governor’s race, ethical questions over Stacy Garrity’s fracking income loom.
Climate-themed films matter more than ever as the Trump administration weakens environmental protections. Here are some of the best and most meaningful ones.
ICE raids have swept up thousands of immigrant men in L.A. County. Many are primary breadwinners whose families have been left to cope in their absence.