L.A.’s Westside is finally getting its first Ikea outpost. The furniture company known for its Swedish meatballs and blocky “Kallax” shelving units has found a home inside the…
Read more A sprawling Culver City space will soon be home to IkeaThe Sacramento City Unified School District’s board of education approved motions involving workforce cuts that could impact 423 positions.The two resolutions impacting preschool and classified positions come as…
Read more More than 400 Sacramento City Unified preschool, classified positions could be laid offA California veterinarian’s license has been revoked after an inspection that found a stomach-churning list of more than two dozen violations including “deceased neonatal puppies” discovered in open…
Read more Inspection is gruesome, and vet’s license is revoked. Pet owner cautions, ‘Don’t stay silent’Less than a year after taking over the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and appointing himself chairman, President Trump has announced that the venue will…
Read more Trump says ‘dilapidated’ Kennedy Center will close for two years for renovationsIn what might be the most decisive critique yet of President Trump’s remake of the Kennedy Center, the Washington National Opera’s board approved a resolution on Friday to…
Read more Washington National Opera is leaving the Kennedy Center in wake of Trump upsetMore than 200 students at Legends Academy Charter School are facing uncertainty after the school’s board voted to close the Orlando campus just weeks before students are set…
Read more Charter school to close after nearly 25 years, leaving 200+ students searching for new schoolsA Delta Air Lines flight from Orlando to Los Angeles was diverted to Tampa on Saturday after the crew detected an odor on board, the airline said.Delta flight…
Read more Delta flight from Orlando diverted due to onboard odorThe paramedic who was injured in a medical helicopter crash on Highway 50 in Sacramento earlier this month has been released from the hospital, according to the Sacramento…
Read more Paramedic injured in Sacramento helicopter crash released from hospitalStop me if you’ve heard this before: a sea otter stole a surfboard in the waters off Santa Cruz. It happened on Wednesday, when calls for a water…
Read more Sea otter steals surfer’s board in Santa Cruz; woman uninjuredThree crew members were injured when a medical helicopter crashed on Highway 50 in Sacramento on Monday night shortly after taking off from the UC Davis Medical Center.Those…
Read more What we know about the crew members involved in medical helicopter crash on Sacramento highwayHelicopter crash critically injures 3, shuts down highway in California UPDATES. ANY VEHICLES IMPACTED? I DO NOT HAVE THAT INFORMATION AT THIS TIME. DO WE KNOW IF THIS…
Read more Helicopter crash critically injures 3, shuts down highway in CaliforniaGov. Newsom on Friday waded further into the controversy surrounding a higher education compact President Trump has presented to nine universities including USC, chiding campus leadership to “do…
Read more Newsom chides USC to ‘do the right thing’ for academic freedom and resist Trump compactThe Sacramento City Unified School District is facing a $43 million budget deficit, leading to a spending freeze starting Oct. 1.Administrators said the freeze is necessary to cover…
Read more Sacramento City Unified School District faces unexpected $43 million deficitAn oversight body that has documented and exposed substandard jail conditions for decades would cease to exist if the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors moves forward with…
Read more Jail watchdog that exposed grim conditions faces elimination under L.A. County planGrammy-winning songwriter Brett James, known for penning hits including Carrie Underwood’s “Jesus, Take the Wheel,” died in a small-engine plane crash on Thursday, according to the Nashville Songwriters…
Read more Brett James, Grammy-winning ‘Jesus, Take the Wheel’ songwriter, dies in plane crashAfter 10 months of negotiations, Loyola Marymount University abruptly announced it would no longer recognize its faculty union. The news, delivered in an email to students and employees…
Read more Loyola Marymount abruptly rescinds recognition of faculty union after months of negotiationA Trump administration policy to deny bond hearings to immigrants who entered the country without authorization was upheld by an immigration appellate board Friday, expanding mandatory detention to…
Read more Top immigration court rules judges can deny bond to millions of migrantsTwo people are in the hospital after they were injured in a plane crash Friday morning in New Smyrna Beach, the city’s fire department said on Facebook. It…
Read more Small plane crashes in New Smyrna Beach; 2 injuredSACRAMENTO — A day after his younger brother was denied release, Lyle Menendez also saw California parole officials reject his bid for freedom, ruling he will remain behind bars for…
Read more Lyle Menendez denied parole, will remain in prison along with younger brother ErikErik Menendez was denied parole Thursday after serving decades in prison for murdering his parents with his older brother in 1989.A panel of California commissioners denied Menendez parole…
Read more Board denies parole for Erik Menendez despite reduced sentence for his parents’ 1989 murders