Opinion: California housing and the environment are often at odds. They don’t have to be
New legislation in Sacramento encourages urban and suburban housing while discouraging exurban sprawl that paves over wilderness and invites fires and floods….
A homeless housing nonprofit’s buildings are in shambles. City plans intervention.
Los Angeles housing officials are planning to step in with immediate help to stabilize residential buildings that the financially strapped Skid Row Housing Trust is unable to maintain in habitable condition. …
Legendary Fox Studio Lot set for $1.5-billion expansion
Murdochs plan $1.5-billion upgrade to legendary Fox Studio Lot — formerly 20th Century Fox — where filming began nearly a century ago….
A Black couple settles lawsuit over a home valuation that rose when a white friend posed as the owner
The home valuation increased substantially when a white friend posed as the homeowner. The suit was settled for an undisclosed amount….
What’s the deal with Burbank’s gigantic castles? We have answers
Massive turrets. Stained glass windows. Sneering stone gargoyles. We discovered the story behind the enormous castles dotting Burbank. …
Winner of $2-billion Powerball jackpot drops $25.5 million on Hollywood Hills mansion
Powerball jackpot winner Edwin Castro dropped $25.5 million on a Hollywood Hills home shortly after winning the $2-billion lottery. …
A chunk of Rancho Palos Verdes is sliding into the sea. Can the city stop it?
A decades-long landslide has reshaped a 240-acre section of Palos Verdes Peninsula known as Portuguese Bend. The city is mounting a plan to slow it….
L.A. County moves to require quake retrofits as Turkey-Syria death toll exceeds 50,000
L.A. County’s proposed earthquake rules would require certain older concrete buildings in unincorporated areas, and those owned by the county, to be retrofitted….
Historic movie lot that gave Studio City its name to get $1-billion makeover
Historic movie lot in Studio City that was home to iconic television shows, from ‘Gunsmoke’ to ‘Seinfeld,’ is getting a $1-billion makeover….
How renovation of an iconic Chinese mall represents a shift in L.A.’s Chinese community
Columnist Frank Shyong first visited Focus Plaza as a seventh-grader with his family. He sees the mall’s renovation as a symbol of Southern California’s changing Chinese population….