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Apartments under construction in West L.A. on Wilshire Boulevard.

Editorial: How L.A. got so many oddly shaped streets — and why it’s finally doing something about them

California lawmakers and the City Council are undoing counterproductive policies requiring developers to widen roads in front of their projects.
2024 California's Senate District 35 candidate Laura Richardson. (Courtesy of Laura Richardson)

Laura Richardson completes a political comeback, winning tight race to represent South L.A. in the California Capitol

LOS ANGELES-CA-AUGUST 31, 2024: Dogs available for adoption look out of their kennels at Chesterfield Square South Los Angeles Animal Services Center on August 31, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Mayor Bass said she’d save L.A.’s shelter animals. More dogs and cats are dying

LOS ANGELES, CA - MARCH 05: Mark Ridley-Thomas attends an ecumenical and interfaith service where community members and clergy across Los Angeles gather at Holman United Methodist Church to offer spiritual support to Ridley-Thomas on the eve of his trial on Sunday, March 5, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

Former L.A. City Councilman Ridley-Thomas’ ultimate campaign: To clear his name

LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 20, 2024 - - "They already have us in tents," said Gwendolyn Shine, 69, right, responding to President-elect Trumps promise regarding the homeless, and has been living homeless on the streets of Skid Row in Los Angeles on November 20, 2024. "We're not criminals," said Keith Aaron Robinson, 44, second from left, who has been living in Skid Row for over 5 years. President-elect Donald Trump has promised to arrest thousands of homeless people sleeping in American streets and move them to large tent cities on "inexpensive land," one of several planks of his agenda that would upend a national strategy that focuses on finding people housing on a voluntary basis. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

Trump takes a hard line on homelessness. Why L.A. Mayor Karen Bass hopes to find common ground

Abcarian: George Gascón, ousted as L.A. County’s top prosecutor, was his own worst enemy

New LAPD chief says people aren’t calling the police enough — and that needs to change

Editorial: L.A. County voters agreed to another tax to reduce homelessness. Let’s make sure it does

Arellano: Ysabel Jurado vanquished Kevin de León. Will winning change her?

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LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 20, 2024 - Los Angeles City Council Member Kevin de Leon is lost in thought inside council chambers at City Hall in downtown Los Angeles on September 20, 2024. (Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times)

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The sad, desperate, Hispandering end of Kevin de León’s career

Hubris was long the engine of De León’s 18-year political career. Hubris was also his downfall. De León conceded to his opponent, tenant’s rights attorney Ysabel Jurado, in a historic defeat.

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