Aaron Mendelson

New Republican-backed laws in several states add large fines or criminal penalties for minor mistakes in voter registration work. As groups pull back, they're reaching fewer voters.

California has consolidated nearly every medical parole patient at a single facility — one with a troubled track record.

And yes, it's a climb up Vin Scully Avenue to the Sunset Boulevard entrance, but you can do it!

At least one Southern California Cal Fire unit is seeing more job offers rejected than usual.

Supporters said the plan will electrify thousands of vehicles across city departments.

The City Attorney cites LAist’s reporting on the troubled empire of rental housing.

An LAist review of millions of criminal cases found a dramatic decline in the rate at which the DA charges misdemeanors.

The indictment this week of Mark Ridley-Thomas follows those of José Huizar and Mitch Englander, who were both implicated in an FBI probe of corruption at City Hall.

Lawmakers at a hearing this week demanded dramatic changes to the state’s nursing home licensing program, citing a recent investigation by LAist.

Despite the move, owner Crystal Solorzano — who the California Department of Public Health has cited for her company's record of poor care — could apply to take them over again in the future.