As the district navigates budget constraints and enrollment shifts, key decisions about classroom sizes, magnet programs, and teacher pay will reshape education across the city.
As the city council pushes forward with zoning reforms and development incentives, longtime residents from Echo Park to Koreatown are demanding a seat at the table.
While cities worldwide grapple with pandemic recovery and teacher shortages, Los Angeles is emerging as an unexpected leader in modernizing classrooms through technology and community partnerships.
With migrant arrivals accelerating and resources strained, Los Angeles leaders face critical decisions on shelter, employment pathways, and community support that will reshape neighborhoods from Downtown to the San Fernando Valley.
A perfect storm of reduced funding, personnel shortages, and aging infrastructure has undermined the LAFD and LAPD's capacity to respond to the city's growing safety challenges.
The Los Angeles City Council tackled contentious zoning reforms, transit funding, and a controversial police reform initiative that could reshape the city's priorities for years to come.
As LA pursues ambitious climate targets, local experts say the city is catching up to—but not yet matching—the pace of Copenhagen, Singapore, and other international frontrunners.
A perfect storm of departmental attrition, infrastructure aging, and competing priorities has left Los Angeles fire and police services stretched thinner than they've been in decades.
A sweeping half-cent sales tax on the ballot this fall would fund Metro expansion, but residents deserve clarity on how their money gets spent before they decide.
The City Council's Monday vote on upzoning near transit hubs marks the most aggressive zoning reform in a decade, but affordability requirements remain contentious.
As temperatures soar and utility bills climb, a major sustainability push across Los Angeles offers real financial relief and health benefits for everyday families.
South LA fire response times exceed 6 minutes as LAPD staffing shortages worsen. Inside the budget cuts and population growth fueling LA's emergency services crisis.
