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Los Angeles to join lawsuit over immigration raids
LOS ANGELES (CNN, KYMA/KECY) - The City and County of Los Angeles are seeking to join a lawsuit filed against the Trump Administration. The ACLU of Southern California filed the lawsuit last week on behalf of five individuals and immigration...

Los Angeles GOP Chair: There's More Than Enough 'Blame Pie' For Everyone In the LA Fires
By Roxanne Beckford Hoge Six months ago, fires ravaged Los Angeles, hitting both the Pacific Palisades and Altadena, and displacing families and businesses in both areas. Over two dozen people died and almost 20,000 structures were damaged or...

Los Angeles Mayor Bass sues Trump admin to protect illegal aliens from mass deportations
Opposition from Los Angeles officials to immigration enforcement operations from the Trump administration is moving into the courtroom. Democrat L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said the city was filing a lawsuit seeking an injunction to stop the federal...

Uber named official rideshare, delivery partner for Los Angeles Games
LOS ANGELES : Uber will serve as the official rideshare and on-demand delivery partner of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as Team USA, organisers announced on Wednesday. The partnership will see Uber deploy its mobility...

Nessel: Unlawful ICE stops in Los Angeles set dangerous, unacceptable precedent
Federal agents descend on MacArthur Park in Los Angeles on July 7, 2025. Photo by J.W. Hendricks for CalMatters Allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to make unlawful stops during immigration sweeps have terrified immigrant...

Family reunification program to fly homeless out of Los Angeles, Santa Monica getting more than 200 calls
A new family reunification program is helping homeless people in Los Angeles and Santa Monica return to their families and hometowns. LOS ANGELES - A new family reunification program has received hundreds of calls from homeless people looking to...

Olympics-Uber named official rideshare, delivery partner for Los Angeles Games
By Rory Carroll LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -Uber will serve as the official rideshare and on-demand delivery partner of the Los Angeles 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as Team USA, organisers announced on Wednesday. The partnership will see...

Report: LeBron James is ‘poking the bear’ in Los Angeles
LeBron James has never shied away from the spotlight. His recent subliminal messaging has led to a social media storm — and apparently, the Los Angeles Lakers aren’t thrilled about it. ESPN’s Brian Windhorst said that LeBron’s being...

Jordan Romano, front office to blame for walk-off in San Francisco, not Brandon Marsh
The Phillies blew a 3-1 lead in the ninth inning in San Francisco on Tuesday night in the most dramatic and unbelievable fashion possible. With one away and two men on base, reliever Jordan Romano surrendered a blast to centerfield that took a...

Enrollment in Los Angeles Summer Surf Camps Has Plummeted in Wake of Palisades Fire
Surf camps in Los Angeles are reporting a slump in summertime enrollment amid fears that ocean and beach conditions are unsafe due to contaminants from the Palisades Fire. In a recent report by the LA Times, five summer surf camps lamented that...

University of San Francisco School of Law becomes first law program to fully integrate AI, as Anthropic goes big on education
Anthropic, the mind behind ChatGPT competitor Claude, is joining the industry-wide charge into education, as the tech company announces a new university and classroom partnerships that will put their educational chatbot into the hands of students...

CBRE exec: Silicon Valley office market sees uptick as AI firms expand beyond San Francisco

Police serve warrant at San Francisco home linked to Devastating Pyrotechnics
Police serve warrant San Francisco home linked to owner of Devastating Pyrotechnics. SAN FRANCISCO - Police from several agencies searched the San Francisco home on Tuesday linked to the owners of Devastating Pyrotechnics, the company that owned...

AG Bonta calls for end of 'militaristic action' in Los Angeles
California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed an amicus brief on July 7 supporting plaintiffs in a lawsuit against Homeland Security and other agencies for their use of "militaristic action" in U.S. cities. The move comes amidst the Trump...

Californians, check if you can get money in health care settlement
Californians who paid for health insurance from certain providers may be owed some money as part of a recent $228.5 million settlement. The settlement resolves a class action lawsuit against Sutter Health of Sacramento stemming back years....
California’s new crime law fuels arrest surge that hits Black communities hardest
SACRAMENTO — Six months after Proposition 36 took effect, early data shows a rise in arrests with the law disproportionately affecting Black communities in some parts of the state. Also known as the “Homelessness, Drug Addiction, and Theft...

Bank upgrades AST SpaceMobile
Another investment bank has upgraded its views on AST SpaceMobile – which is planning a global direct-to-cellular satellite broadband service. Roth Capital Partners, headquartered in Newport Beach, California, has raised its share price target for...

Phillies lose in once-in-a-century fashion as nightmares continue in San Francisco
Jun 25, 2025; Houston, Texas, USA; Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Kyle Schwarber (12) hits a single in the eighth inning against the Houston Astros at Daikin Park. Mandatory Credit: Maria Lysaker-Imagn Images The adage “You see something new...

Broken Yolk Café Signs 4-Unit Deal For Los Angeles County
By: Broken Yolk Café | 1 Shares 37 Reads Family of Hospitality Veterans to Introduce Beloved Brunch Brand to New LA Markets Multi-Unit Deal Signals Northward Expansion for Broken Yolk Café in California July 09, 2025 // Franchising.com // LOS...

New York, San Francisco most expensive cities in the world to build in
New York is the most expensive city to build in and San Francisco comes second in UK consultant Turner & Townsend’s 2025 ranking of the costliest cities in the world for construction. 99 cities’ construction markets were ranked, with the top ten...