For three years, law enforcement across Southern California have been fighting thieves who rip copper wire from streetlights, ...

This June, the city council officially declared a state of fiscal emergency due to the roughly $1 billion current shortfall, a number that city officials predict will only get bigger. The tightening ...

Property values in Los Angeles County have been on a tear, but several communities have seen a meteoric rise.

When domestic violence victims get a restraining order, abusers routinely violate them with no consequences.

How we did it: We looked at LAPD publicly available data on reported crimes in 2018. For neighborhood boundaries, we rely on the borders defined by the Los Angeles Times. Learn more about our data ...

As COVID-19 precautions relaxed last year and people returned to offices, restaurants and shopping malls, crime across Los Angeles began to surge, hitting its highest level in five years. Throughout ...

Had it not been for an sharp rise in Asian residents, Los Angeles County’s population would have been pretty much flat this past decade.

When the coronavirus pandemic began and stay-at-home orders were issued, many types of crime fell in Los Angeles. That included bicycle thefts. The 2,012 two-wheelers reported stolen to the Los ...

For the past six months, Mar Vista resident Clayton Przekop has been living in his garage while his home is being renovated. It’s a nice garage. Przekop spent $150,000, and two years of permitting and ...

The city of Los Angeles suffered 382 murders last year. It is a death toll that sends a decidedly mixed message. It is down 3.8% from the 397 homicides recorded in 2021. But the figure, once again ...

Los Angeles has a reputation for being extremely liberal. That was borne out in a plethora of results from the now-certified election, including the presidential contest: More than seven in 10 city ...

Los Angeles is going dark at an alarming level, as thieves strip copper wire from street lights and other infrastructure. Repair crews are struggling to keep up. The wire can be resold to recyclers ...