One lucky California Lottery player became a multi-millionaire overnight after buying a winning Mega Millions ticket in Los Angeles County. The ticket, worth $3.665 million, was purchased at Chill Out Smoke Shop, located at 4437 Sepulveda Blvd., Suite B, in Torrance. Lottery officials said the ticket matched five of the six winning numbers, 4, 13, […]

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In January, the Trump administration announced that it had completed its dismantling of yet another Biden-era climate program. This time, the target was the Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office, which Democrats had injected with almost $400 billion to support ambitious […]

“He’s the least crazy,” one Democratic senator said.

Back in November, two National Guard members were shot just blocks from the White House. One was killed. The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, is an Afghan national who came to the US through a Biden-era humanitarian parole program and had applied for a special immigrant visa, which allows Afghans who worked with the US military to […]

Two women arrested in connection with a fancy downtown L.A. brunch that devolved into a violent brawl, which involved stabbings and a bottle to the skull, have been identified. The Sunday afternoon ordeal occurred at Zaya, a bar and restaurant with several lounge areas located inside a historic building at 515 West 7th Street, an […]

There’s growing concern over how the city of Los Angeles is tackling homelessness after people were found to be living in city storm drains near the 110 Freeway. Residents who live in south Los Angeles are frustrated and concerned about the conditions. They said they’re so bad — dangerous at times — and they’re begging […]

UCLA Police Department detectives announced the arrest of a Santa Monica man on charges stemming from multiple incidents, including the alleged kidnapping of two female students. Alexander Schecter, 24, was arrested Friday at his residence. The arrest stems from an incident on March 8 at approximately 3 a.m., according to UCLA police. Officers responded to […]

Editor’s note: O’Rourke ended her candidacy on March 23. On an unseasonably hot October day, a small crowd gathered at Genesis Farm, a 226-acre nonprofit in Blairstown, New Jersey, to help pull up beets before winter set in. It was the farm’s annual harvest festival and for Megan O’Rourke, a former federal climate scientist running […]

On Monday, a federal judge in California ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the return to the United States of a Sacramento mother who was detained at her February green card interview and deported to Mexico within 24 hours. Maria de Jesus Estrada Juarez had active protection from deportation under the Deferred Action for Childhood […]