California lawmakers will consider a bill that could force public conversations on the secretive California Capitol Annex project for the first time in years. Assemblyman Josh Hoover, R-Folsom,…
Read more California bill would force lawmakers to start talking about controversial capitol annex projectA buyer has emerged for the notorious graffiti-bedecked towers in downtown Los Angeles — a Riverside County developer who intends to finish the stalled $1.2-billion project. The proposed…
Read more Buyer for Oceanwide Plaza’s infamous graffitied towers emergesThe U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, a panel made up of President Donald Trump’s appointees, on Thursday approved his proposal to build a ballroom larger than the White…
Read more Trump-appointed arts panel approves his White House ballroom proposalPresident Trump’s foray this week into the fire rebuilding process in Pacific Palisades has been met with confusion and rolled eyes from local officials who say he’s now…
Read more Trump rails against low-income housing in Pacific Palisades. But officials say no projects are plannedAs Los Angeles grapples with a housing shortage, it could learn from San Diego, which has proved better at convincing construction companies to build more. The city is…
Read more San Diego is much better than L.A. at building apartments. Here’s whyIn a decision that could complicate Gov. Gavin Newsom’s push to build a giant water tunnel and remake California’s water system, a state appeals court has rejected the…
Read more Newsom’s signature water tunnel is set back by California court rulingDuring her first week in office three years ago, Mayor Karen Bass issued a sweeping directive to speed up affordable housing applications. Now, that plan is permanent. The…
Read more L.A. City Council passes ordinance to streamline affordable housingThe owners of Crypto.com Arena and L.A. Live in downtown Los Angeles have filed plans with the city to potentially add another tower to their multibillion-dollar sports and…
Read more Developer plans to add a hotel and hundreds of residences to L.A. LivePresident Donald Trump demolished the White House’s East Wing, startling historic preservationists and drawing national ire on his way to building what he says will be a new…
Read more Are the White House projects under Trump and Obama similar?Gov. Gavin Newsom has promised to push state lawmakers leading the California Capitol Annex project to be more transparent about how they’re using taxpayer dollars, but documents show…
Read more What is Gov. Gavin Newsom’s role in the California Capitol Annex project?WHEAT RIDGE, Colo. — A drive-thru coffee shop in Wheat Ridge said construction along Wadsworth Boulevard is preventing customers from stopping by. Like most moms, Cassie Grutz’s day…
Read more Drive-thru coffee shop in Wheat Ridge struggling amid Wadsworth constructionA proposed mega-development in downtown Los Angeles, which would replace a cold storage facility with a $2-billion residential and commercial complex, cleared a major hurdle last week when…
Read more L.A. planners clear $2-billion project in Skid Row neighborhoodIn the sweeping Southern California metropolis spanning from Santa Barbara to the Mexico border, Camp Pendleton has long remained the largest undeveloped stretch of the coastline. The 17…
Read more Camp Pendleton is an oasis from SoCal urban sprawl. Feds now consider unprecedented developmentGroves will turn to graves in Woodland Hills, where a developer has plans to redevelop Boething Treeland Nursery into a cemetery. The 32-acre nursery has grown trees and…
Read more A Woodland Hills nursery is turning into a cemetery. Some locals are fighting itEveryone knows that ornamental gardens are gorgeous when they’re in full bloom, but you don’t normally think of how beautiful plants can be after their flowers are done.…
Read more How to Dry and Preserve Flowers, Leaves, and Pods for CraftingCalifornia voters are heavily divided along partisan lines when it comes to President Trump, with large majorities of Democrats and unaffiliated voters disapproving of him and believing the…
Read more On U.S. direction under Trump, Californians split sharply along partisan lines, poll findsA federal judge has ordered the State of Florida to halt all new construction and dismantle infrastructure at a migrant detention camp in the Big Cypress National Preserve…
Read more Court halts construction of Everglades immigrant detention campThe best way to preserve the beauty of the garden is with a flower press. With just a few materials and tools, you can make a handmade flower…
Read more Woodworking for Gardeners: Make a Handmade Flower Press – Garden TherapyA bipartisan congressional committee is investigating whether California’s High-Speed Rail Authority knowingly misrepresented ridership projections and financial outlooks, as alleged by the Trump administration, to secure federal funding.…
Read more House committee launches investigation into California’s high-speed rail projectA residential skyscraper has been approved in the South Park neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, though it’s unclear how soon construction will begin. The City Council last week…
Read more New 51-story apartment tower in downtown L.A. gets city nod