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A yellow ligh trail train crosses an intersection in South L.A.
Los Angeles Metro's K Line — previously known as the Crenshaw/LAX Line — opened Friday, running from the Crenshaw district to Westchester and giving South Los Angeles its most extensive rail service since the 1950s.
A silhouette of oil pumpjacks in motion appears against a sunset-colored sky.
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved an ordinance banning new oil wells and production facilities in unincorporated areas, while ordering existing operations to be phased out over the next 20 years.
A high view of the terra cotta-clad exterior of the Orange County Museum of Art
The new Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in Costa Mesa, California opens on October 8, 2022 with five new exhibitions, including "California Biennial" and "13 Women."
Homeless tents line the side of a freeway ramp in Downtown Los Angeles, with skyscrapers rising in the background.
Los Angeles agencies tasked with addressing homelessness failed to spend nearly $150 million in federal grants between 2015 and 2020 — and returned the funds back to HUD.
Metro buses pull up to intersections in an aerial shot of downtown Los Angeles streets.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to approve Tranzito-Vector for a 10-year contract to install, upgrade and maintain bus stop shelters and shade structures, some with digital billboards.
Two yellow-legged frogs sit perched on a mossy rock
The endangered mountain yellow-legged frog depends on cold-water streams in the San Gabriel, San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains. Frogs and tadpoles were rescued from the 2020 Bobcat Fire burn area and raised by and cared for at Aquarium of the Pacific — and new froglets are now being released back into streams.
A homeless man sleeps on the sidewalk of the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard
The Los Angeles City Council has authorized $2.9 million in additional funding for the demobilization of Project Roomkey, a housing program created during the coronavirus pandemic that is winding down.
A black-and-white photo of a stagecoach passing through Old Chinatown in Los Angeles, near the site of the 1871 Chinese massacre
Los Angeles city officials have released a Request for Ideas to memorialize the victims of the 1871 Chinese Massacre, which took place in the old Chinatown area of downtown Los Angeles.
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Sacheen Littlefeather made Oscar history when she turned down Marlo Brando's best-actor Oscar in 1972 over the treatment of American Indians by the film industry. Nearly 50 years later, the Academy formally apologizes to Littlefeather and welcomes her to a "healing" event next month at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
A view looking up at the front entrance of the Hall of Justice in Downtown Los Angeles
An effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was rejected, with only 520,050 valid petition signatures, well short of the required 566,857.
Los Angeles City Hall rises behind a sidewalk homeless encampment in Downtown Los Angeles.
At a disruptive meeting that resulted in one arrest, Los Angeles City Council voted to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.
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Legendary Dodger broadcaster Vin Scully died at the age of 94 on August 2, 2022.
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