Bernard Parks

DOWNTOWN — The Burbank Police Department is expected to announce a veteran of the Los Angeles Police Department Robbery-Homicide Division to the post of police captain, sources said. The city is completing a background check on Denis J. Cremins,...

Los Angeles became the largest city in the nation Wednesday to adopt a ban on plastic bags at supermarket checkout lines, handing a major victory to clean-water advocates who sought to reduce the amount of trash clogging landfills, the region's...

In an office of 1,000 trial lawyers, many of whom can be temperamental and self-centered, Jackie Lacey looks and acts like the adult in the room. It’s her best asset as a candidate. Is it also her worst liability? Lacey, 55, is the chief deputy...

When Austin Beutner entered the mayor's race last year, it looked like the wealthy former investment banker and onetime city jobs czar might give the Los Angeles business community its best chance in years at regaining influence at City Hall. His...

The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday approved new maps for school board seats that closely resemble the current seven districts. Overall, the maps will keep together more neighborhood elementary and middle schools and the high schools they feed into....

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Top-rated local radio station KFI 640 AM is under fire from the Los Angeles City Council. The council will debate a resolution on Wednesday condemning talk radio hosts that use racist, sexist and derogatory language on the air. The...

In a public corruption scandal that has tarred one of the city's most treasured landmarks, six men were charged Friday with bilking the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum out of millions of dollars during a six-year spree of embezzlement, bribery and...

Sheriff Lee Baca endorsed businesswoman Laurette Healey for 46th Assembly District. She is one of several Democrats running for the new seat...

In advance of the Jan. 17 special election runoff for the 15th City Council district, and as part of our process for endorsing a candidate, the Los Angeles Times editorial board interviewed candidates Joe Buscaino and Warren Furutani and re-familiarized.....

Los Angeles' Redistricting Commission released its proposed boundary lines for 15 City Council seats, pushing one district deeper into the San Fernando Valley, pulling another completely out of it and employing what Councilman Bill Rosendahl called an...

A West Adams building that housed one of the first companies to offer life insurance to African Americans was designated this week by the L.A. City Council as a historic-cultural monument. Preservationists who say the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance......

Outside City Hall, a string of balloons hovered in the muggy June air. They were red, yellow, green, purple and blue. The rainbow theme was fitting: On Friday, officials launched the city's first Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Heritage Month.........