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'We won!' UC service workers get tentative deal for big raises, averting threatened strike

05/14/26 2:23 PM

UC strike is averted as AFSCME Local 3299, representing 40,000 technical patient care workers and service staff, reaches a tentative agreement that it says won major raises and caps on healthcare premium costs.

200,000 Californians create as much power as a nuclear plant to help the grid. Now that's up in the air

05/14/26 10:00 AM

California has one of the most successful "virtual power plants" in the world, but it's on the chopping block.

3 teens help a beloved dojo owner return to fire-ravaged Pacific Palisades

05/12/26 10:00 AM

Soon, the Gerry Blanck Martial Arts Center, a small but much-loved business that burned in the Palisades fire 15 months ago, will return home.

40,000 UC workers gird for a strike, disrupting medical services, cafeterias at all campuses

05/13/26 10:48 PM

More than 40,000 University of California workers plan an open-ended strike Thursday morning unless contract demands are met. A walkout would disrupt some medical procedures, cleaning and dining services system-wide.

A third of the Congressional Black Caucus could lose seats amid redistricting fight

05/15/26 9:30 AM

As many as 19 members of the Congressional Black Caucus -- almost a third of its membership -- are at risk of losing their seats through the 2028 cycle.

Aaron Rai runs away with the PGA Championship, first English-born winner in more than a century

05/18/26 1:28 AM

NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. (AP) — Aaron Rai was just another name among a dozen others who had reason to believe the PGA Championship was theirs for the taking Sunday at tough Aronimink. There was Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm and Xander Schauffele, with 10 majors among them, all ready to seize the moment on a stage [...]

After the L.A. fires, Altadena's Little League almost folded. Then, they had the season of a lifetime

05/13/26 10:00 AM

A new documentary, 'Going for Home,' follows Altadena's Little League in its historic season following the Eaton fire. A community screening of the film will be held Saturday in Altadena's Loma Alta Park.

Altadena's latest roadblock to rebuilding: Sewage

05/15/26 10:00 AM

Hundreds of Altadena residents worry that they may be on the hook for a share of the estimated $70 million needed to build sewer lines in neighborhoods that rely on septic tanks.

Another sales tax hike? Rising costs a concern for L.A. voters in healthcare measure

05/12/26 10:00 AM

With the electorate in a dour mood and reeling from rocketing gas prices, some speculate that voters' willingness to tax themselves may be dwindling as ballots arrive for the June 2 election.

Barabak: Californians on a confounding race for governor: 'I haven't ... a clue who I'm going to vote for'

05/17/26 10:00 AM

Becerra and Hilton have emerged as the candidates to beat. But dozens of interviews across the San Gabriel Valley, a prime campaign battleground, find many voters still undecided. And discouraged.

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