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As Los Angeles politicians face mounting pressure to combat the homelessness crisis, the City Council is weighing two measures aimed at clearing obstacles to getting more people into housing.

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The White House and the Doghouse

Will White House Chief of Staff John F. Kelly stay or go? That’s the latest personnel drama unfolding in the Trump administration, as the fallout over domestic violence allegations against former Staff Secretary...

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Welcome to California Inc., the weekly newsletter of the L.A. Times Business Section.

The most entertaining hockey in the world right now is not being played in the NHL. It is not being played by men at the college level or at any level. It is being played by women, especially those on the American and Canadian Olympic rosters.

This is a problem the world thought it had fixed.

Scientists discovered in the 1980s that chlorofluorocarbons — used for refrigeration and in aerosol sprays — were creating a hole in the stratospheric ozone layer far above Antarctica, which could have devastating consequences for life on Earth....

Over the past year, the number of refugees who resettled to the United States fell from about 97,000 to fewer than 34,000. The primary victims of this reduction are displaced people escaping violence and oppression, many of whom have been living in refugee camps for years.

Los Angeles is in the grip of a housing crisis. Rents have been skyrocketing for years, and the diversity and vibrancy that make our city great are in danger of being snuffed out as low-income Angelenos are displaced and evicted. The growing consensus is that we need to build far more housing to...

Across the steep hills and hollows of this remote Appalachian county, many do not trust what flows out of their faucets — if anything flows at all.

For once, a mass shooting seemed to create a bipartisan consensus — rare in the polarized debate over gun control — that something had to change.

Seven years ago, at the depth of the state’s budget crisis, Gov. Jerry Brown eliminated an urban renewal program that provided billions of dollars annually for economic development and low-income housing. Ever since, lawmakers have tried and failed to bring it back.

We could be headed into another drought. There’s little Sierra snow and valleys are dry. Is California ready this time?

As a little girl, Mirai Nagasu formed her Olympic dreams while she slept on a cot in the storage room of her parents’ sushi restaurant in Arcadia. After years of disappointments and near-misses Nagasu made those dreams come true — and made Olympic history.

Subzero wind tore through the Phoenix Snow Park, transforming the tricky series of rails and jumps on the slopestyle course into a treacherous, wipeout-inducing gauntlet.

Authorities shut down Pacific Coast Highway on Sunday night after a car fatally struck a pedestrian near the Malibu Pier.

Jordan Peele took home the top prize Sunday evening at the Writers Guild Awards for his racially conscious film “Get Out.” He is the second consecutive black writer to win the prize for original screenplay.

A more appropriate nickname for these so-called Peace Games would be the Geopolitical Public Relations Olympics, as North Korea has claimed gold in media manipulation with a contingent that has included Kim Jong Un’s sister, red-clad cheering sections and low-caliber athletes that have become the...

Authorities shut down Pacific Coast Highway on Sunday night after a car fatally struck a pedestrian near the Malibu Pier.

Laguna Beach police shot a woman after she got out of her car carrying a handgun, authorities said.