financial crisis she was looking out for the interests of all minority-owned banks — not just o...

were dilapidated eyesores like so many others in a neighborhood hard hit by the housing crisis. The ground...

Some civic leaders worry that the remaining candidates may lack the resolve to tackle L.A.'s fiscal crisis.Los Angeles political veteran Zev Yaroslavsky's decision to forgo next year's race for mayor leaves a field dominated by City Hall insiders and heightened anxieties among some civic leaders about whether the remaining contenders will aggressively confront the city's continuing financial crisi...

The city is the latest to fall victim to questionable financial practices. It could run out of money by the end of the summer.Compton this week became the latest city in California to find itself on the brink of bankruptcy, and as with others in crisis, much of the blame lies with questionable

ballot, taxpayers should know what's at stake and what's necessary to fix California's pension crisis. ...

Stanton has long seen itself as being on the way to Orange County's name-brand destinations. But a fiscal crisis has it on the way to insolvency.The Stanton that Alma Barba remembers was just a wedge of a place in the middle of a growing county. There were the strawberry fields and orange groves

that a "crisis" had developed in a Wilshire Boulevard office building used to house difficult-to-place foster ...

Once a playground for celebrities, more recently for anglers and birders, the Salton Sea recreation area is likely to become a victim of California's budget crisis.SALTON SEA STATE RECREATION AREA — During the heyday of the Salton Sea, when the Hollywood crowd and others came to play in large numbers, this strip of beaches, campsites and fishing spots along the sea's northern shore was one o...

For one reporter, fear of being mistaken for Korean yields to concerns about gray hair and household finances. But tensions between older and newer immigrants are a lingering challenge.Recently, I was jarred to read an essay that ran on the front page of this newspaper two decades ago. "Suddenly, I am scared to be Asian," the author wrote. "More specifically, I am afraid of being mistaken for Kore...

The bulk of the job cuts in the mayor's $7.2-billion blueprint would affect civilian employees at the LAPD. Some officials quickly vowed to oppose any layoffs, saying city employees have repeatedly made sacrifices to solve the multi-year budget crisis.Setting the stage for a battle with city employees and fellow elected officials, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa called Friday for the elimin...

, and they risk becoming little more than a footnote in the history of the AIDS crisis.

L.A. Unified's swift action in response to the alleged sex abuse at Miramonte Elementary is a striking about-face for a district known for trying to contain scandals by sweeping them under the rug.The meeting began like so many post-crisis sessions in Los Angeles Unified:

The new City Council president strips rival lawmakers Bernard C. Parks and Jan Perry of key committee chairmanships. The move is expected to widen the divide between Wesson and the council's only other African American members.Newly installed Los Angeles City Council President Herb Wesson engineered another shake-up at City Hall on Friday, stripping rival lawmakers Bernard C. Parks and Jan Perry o...

With the $100-billion project at a critical juncture, the governor puts his people in key positions.A surprise shake-up of senior leaders at California's bullet-train agency this week was partly Gov. Jerry Brown's response to a growing crisis of confidence and credibility in recent months

The council decides it can't afford to take on the agency and its employees. The council acts after the Legislature eliminated redevelopment agencies to shift billions in tax revenue to the state, cities and counties.Fearing a new financial burden in a budget crisis, the Los Angeles City Council

Permanent and temporary workers were added to the investigations unit and administrators simplified the requirements to close an inquiry, official says.Los Angeles County's severe backlog of child abuse investigations is largely resolved — ending a crisis that once involved more than 15,000

during the state's budget crisis.

of Westwood, a move critics say will create a parking crisis around the UCLA campus.

Steve Staveley accuses the council majority of manufacturing a fiscal crisis to justify trimming staff by half. The city manager condemns the memo as 'unprofessional' and 'potentially libelous.'Costa Mesa's police chief resigned abruptly Monday, leaving behind a blistering four-page memo that calls

The upscale school district finds itself with an embarrassment of riches as it seeks to win community support in avoiding cutbacks and layoffs. It's hard to feel sorry for First Avenue Middle School in Arcadia, even in the midst of the state's most punishing budget crisis in years.

An independent auditor reports 'substantial doubt' about whether Compton can remain solvent. The council approves layoffs to combat budget deficit.An independent auditing firm has concluded that Compton's budget crisis is so dire that it's an open question whether the city can remain solvent.

Even if a court order to ease crowding can be met, sentencing laws could fill lockups again, analysts say.Reporting from Sacramento and Los Angeles -- California's effort to shift tens of thousands of inmates out of its chronically overcrowded prisons to comply with a U.S. Supreme Court order could be undone by the state's tough sentencing laws, persistent recidivism and recurring budget crises, a...

With the state and municipalities in financial crisis, the California Department of Motor Vehicles is cracking down on placard fraud. The issue strikes at the nexus of parking angst, civic revenues and righteous indignation.In Beverly Hills, a DMV agent confiscates a disabled parking placard

to cut a deal on pension and regulatory reform to help solve the state's fiscal crisis.

Brown addressed the state's fiscal woes before educators and law-enforcement leaders at Hart High School in Newhall and called for a renewal of sales, vehicle and income taxes. GOP Assemblyman Cameron Smyth said he couldn't see how tax increases could solve the budget crisis.Republican critics called on Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday to stand up to his union allies in Sacramento as he was joined on ...

Turning up the power is a little-publicized way of getting more electricity from existing nuclear plants. But scrutiny is likely to increase in the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis.The U.S. nuclear industry is turning up the power on old reactors, spurring quiet debate over the safety of pushing aging equipment beyond its original specifications.

, after dealing with the worst budget crisis in memory and constant political pressures from an aggressive...

Villaraigosa calls for a streamlined teachers contract and more choices for students, but also cites various city accomplishments from the last six years. Critics wanted more details on the budget.Civic leaders expressed consternation and puzzlement, but also praise, for Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's focus on education — calling for a revamped teachers contract and more choices for students &...

Peter Cosentini told Montebello council members, who are dealing with a fiscal crisis, that they should hire someone 'more in tune with your approach to municipal finance.'The city of Montebello, already facing the prospect that it may not be able to pay its bills by the end of this year, sank