Latest News

Civil rights groups are pressing the L.A. Unified School District to end its policy of randomly searching students with hand-held metal detectors. Those activists recently got a chance for a face-to-face meeting with top district officials.

As senior homelessness spikes in some parts of the state, Santa Monica is trying out rental subsidies to help keep its seniors off the streets.

Black moms are much less likely to breastfeed, compared to women of other races and ethnicities. More and more support groups are trying to change that.

The Trump administration's proposed changes for coal plants could keep some of them operating longer. But even those in the industry say it won't stop coal's overall decline.

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is offering $100 million in rebates to owners who add or augment attic insulation.  Insulation helps reduce the loss of winter heat and summer cooling through the roof, and it helps save on electricity and gas use.

Yea Ji Sea came to the US when she was 9 years old. After four years in the military she was discharged because of her immigration status, and had to fight to stay.

California may soon become the first state to legalize and regulate home kitchen operations.

Hurricane Lane spun in a dangerously unpredictable path Friday as it lumbered toward Hawaii, dumping rain on the mostly rural Big Island and forcing more than 1,000 people to flee to emergency shelters.

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Christy Lemire and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases.

The rise of the #MeToo movement has continued to shed light on gender inequality and sexual misconduct in Hollywood.

Last week, Walmart filed two patent applications for a technology that would allow customers to shop in a digital version of the store.

On a recent Monday morning in Camarillo, dozens of veterans, their spouses, and grown children settle into their seats at the Ventura County Office of Education, free coffees and sodas in hand, getting ready to hear lawmakers discuss what’s waiting for their families as they enter old age.

China is the Port of LA's biggest trading partner. And some local tech startups — including electric scooter company Bird — rely on Chinese imports.

Scientists are exploring how they can combat the spread of the toxic algae bloom known as red tide along Florida's southwest coast.

The collapse of the housing market a decade ago hit many homeowners hard. Generation Xers, those born from the early 1960s to late 1970s, were particularly affected by the housing crisis.