Huntington Park awarded $25 million to get more people online

The money will be used to build a municipal broadband network

It's official — here's what happened to Prop. 32

Prop. 32 proposed raising the statewide minimum wage to $18 an hour. 

Audit finds LA’s homelessness agency misused funds, failed to monitor contracts

A new audit finds that a Los Angeles homeless services agency with an $875 million annual budget has routinely paid service providers late, failed to track whether contracts were followed and, in some cases, gave taxpayer funds meant for other purposes to providers who weren’t supposed to receive t…

LA Community Colleges test out guaranteed basic income for students

The trial program targets students in health careers who struggle to meet living expenses and stay in school.

A hardline Orange County school board wages a final battle

An outgoing school board in Orange County is trying to lock in some controversial changes after losing its majority in the recent election.

The latest on the super tight Steel-Tran race in OC

It's so close, there's already talk of a recount. Here's where things stand... right now.

Too young to vote, but not to care: Three LA high schoolers navigate the election’s aftermath

Students are already thinking about how they’ll make a difference during Donald Trump’s presidency.

Trump’s mass deportation plan requires help from police and sheriff's deputies. Will he get that in SoCal?

Top law enforcement leaders in Southern California are seeking to assure immigrant communities that their officers will not be involved in any mass deportations under the incoming Trump administration. “We don’t do that kind of thing,” Los Angeles police Chief Jim McDonnell said during his confirm…

Climate and environmental action used to be bipartisan. What happened?

Environmental protection wasn’t always so politically divisive. Former Gov. Ronald Reagan established the California Air Resources Board, which regulates air pollution, in 1967. President Richard Nixon signed the federal Clean Air Act into law in 1970 and was instrumental in establishing the Envi…

The role that 'undervoting' played on Election Day

If you looked closely at some ballot counts in the wake of the Nov. 5 election, you may notice that some races have more votes than others. Here's why the math doesn't always add up.