Jennifer Becker didn't plan to spend her career at City Hall. She came up as a music student, clarinet in hand, before finding her way into public finance. Twenty-five years later, she runs the Financial Services Department for the City of Burbank and is steering some of the most consequential infrastructure projects the city has planned in years.
Chris Nakamura
John Burroughs High School's Vocal Music Association just made California history, and they did it twice in the same weekend.
Elena Vargas
Los Angeles police officials and community advocates clashed Tuesday before the city's oversight board over whether to permanently restrict pretext traffic stops, a practice that LAPD data shows falls disproportionately on Black and Hispanic drivers.
Elena Vargas
A Santa Monica spatial intelligence startup that once focused on helping museum visitors navigate centuries-old Italian architecture is now setting its sights on the U.S. defense sector, and the company says the pivot follows the technology, not the funding cycle.
Chris Nakamura
Devin Whittekiend put together one of the more complete individual performances of the Pacific League season Tuesday night, throwing a seven-inning shutout and driving in four runs as the John Burroughs High baseball team beat visiting Muir 6-0 at home.
Chris Nakamura
Los Angeles City Council District 11 is getting 100 automated license plate readers installed across Westside neighborhoods including Mar Vista, Brentwood, Venice, and Westchester, in a surveillance expansion that has drawn attention for its scale and the questions it raises about data collection.
Chris Nakamura
