New York City’s property tax debate has been framed almost entirely around the mayor’s proposed 9.5% increase in tax rates. But focusing only on rates risks missing the larger policy decision now before us: how much revenue the city has chosen to raise through the property tax levy.

Peggy Siegal, once the most powerful publicist in New York, defends herself.

US and Israeli military strikes against Iran that killed several of the country’s top officials, including longtime supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have ushered in a new and unpredictable era in the Middle East. Within hours, Iran retaliated, striking US allies across the Persian Gulf, including US embassies and a military operations center in Kuwait. […]

Loved ones are devastated and speaking out after a man died while in custody at an ICE detention center in Adelanto. On Jan. 9, Alberto Gutierrez, 48, was detained by immigration agents in Echo Park while he was working at a construction site. Alberto, who was a Mexican national, had been living in L.A’s Westlake […]

A 26-year-old Arizona woman was mauled to death by three dogs while shielding her young son from the attack at her mother’s San Bernardino County home late last month, officials announced. Investigators with the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department’s Colorado River Station said the Feb. 27 incident occurred at a residence in the 6700 block of Wingfoot Court in Big River. The […]

A Yorba Linda father was charged after his 12-year-old son was critically injured while illegally riding an e-motorcycle which he and his father had unlawfully modified, the Orange County District Attorney said. His son reportedly ran a red light while riding the e-motorcycle and was hit by a car. Richard John Eyssallenne, 39, pleaded not […]

Kristi Noem faced frustration from some Republicans during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday over how she’s handling her job as secretary of homeland security. During the nearly five-hour hearing, Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and John Kennedy (R-La.) criticized Noem for refusing to take responsibility for the killings of two U.S. citizens, Renée Good and Alex […]

Family members and investigators are asking for the public’s help in finding a 15-year-old girl who disappeared in Cerritos late last month. Ashley Alarcon was last seen around 10 p.m. on Feb. 21 in the 17800 block of San Gabriel Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. “Ashley’s family is concerned for her […]

Police in Pasadena say a suspect is dead and two other people, including an officer, are recovering after being wounded in a shootout near a train station Monday night. The wounded officer was identified on Tuesday as Officer Bryan Vasquez, a five-year veteran of the Pasadena Police Department. He’s currently listed in “stable but guarded” […]

When Donald Trump announced the launch of his war on Iran in a videotaped message, he declared he was “eliminating imminent threats from the Iranian regime.” If there were indications that Tehran was about to strike American targets, that would have been reflected in US intelligence reports. Yet a member of the House intelligence committee, […]