Brian Finkelstein

Joe Mathews says that focusing on the state budget, when it appears in good shape, obscures California’s systemic failures.

Santa Monica has a reputation as a paradise for lefties. But the city isn’t exactly welcoming to Latinos.

The cost of living surged 5% last month, according to the Department of Labor. That’s the highest inflation rate we’ve seen in more than a decade.

The former Congress member talks to Robert Scheer about his life and the dramatic events surrounding his political rise, as told in his new book “The Division of Light and Power.”

LA City Councilman Joe Buscaino is running to replace Mayor Eric Garcetti, and he held his first official campaign event on Monday along the Venice Beach boardwalk.

Last month, LA saw its first major fire of what’s expected to be a devastating season.

In Tulsa, Oklahoma, President Biden today marked the 100th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre, and he unveiled new measures to address the racial wealth gap.

One year after the murder of George Floyd, an event that catalyzed racial justice movements across the country, organizers in LA gathered at City Hall to encourage activists to…

On June 15, the Golden State is saying goodbye to many of the regulations that have shaped daily life for the last pandemic year.