L.A. City Council approves $14-billion budget, scaling back Bass’ public safety plans
The Los Angeles City Council signed off on a $14-billion spending plan for 2025-26 on Thursday, scaling back Mayor Karen Bass’ public safety initiatives as…
With PCH reopening this weekend, state and city tussle over Palisades security plans
A roughly 11-mile stretch of Pacific Coast Highway is set to reopen Friday ahead of Memorial Day weekend, reconnecting Malibu to the Westside after months…
Lucas Museum of Narrative Art layoffs hit 14% of staff
The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art has laid off 15 full-time employees, many from the organization’s education and public programming team. The layoffs amount to…
Public workers in Africa see wages fall by up to 50% in five years: Survey | Poverty and Development News
Public spending cuts across six African countries have resulted in the incomes of health and education workers falling by up to 50 percent in five…
Love Island star drops HUGE clue she’s secretly engaged after going public with boyfriend
LOVE Island fans have been sent into a spin after convincing themselves one star from the show is set to announce her engagement. Eagle-eyed fans…
L.A. council members were told a vote could violate public meeting law. They voted anyway
When Los Angeles City Council members took up a plan to hike the wages of tourism workers this week, they received some carefully worded advice…
Gov. Ron DenSantis signs bill making Florida second state to ban fluoride from public water
May 15 (UPI) -- Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Thursday banning fluoride in public water, making it the second state to do so.…
Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio agrees to pay $330,000 for misusing public funds on failed White House bid
NEW YORK — Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio has agreed to pay a $329,794 fine to settle an ethics board’s complaint that he misspent…
Bilingual education has been absent from California public schools for almost 20 years. But that may soon change
Reporting from Sacramento — Ricardo Lara was in college when California voters approved a law that required public school students to speak and learn only in English.…
House Republicans push to sell thousands of acres of public lands in the West
WASHINGTON — House Republicans have added a provision to their sweeping tax cut package that would authorize the sale of thousands of acres of public lands in…
Los Angeles Times Interview: James Leach : Viewing Whitewater as a Matter of Public Ethics
WASHINGTON — Not given to overstatement, Rep. James A. Leach of Iowa is the first to admit that, as scandals go, Whitewater is no Watergate. And yet…
Conductor Michael Tilson Thomas takes a bow from the public stage
San Francisco — San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie had declared it Michael Tilson Thomas Day. City Hall glowed MTT’s trademark blue. Davies Symphony Hall, where Tilson Thomas…
Court battle likely over Trump’s executive order to defund public broadcasting
President Trump issued a late-night executive order Thursday calling for an end to government dollars for the Corp. for Public Broadcasting, the taxpayer-backed entity that…
Inside Molly-Mae and Tommy’s £13m fortune & how they cashed in on their public split…even baby Bambi is raking it in
THEY are social media’s hottest couple and fans were delighted when Molly-Mae Hague FINALLY confirmed she had reunited with Tommy Fury this week .After months…
Trump orders funding cuts for US public broadcasters PBS, NPR | Donald Trump News
White House accuses outlets of using public money to spread ‘woke propaganda’ as alarm raised on media freedom.President Donald Trump has signed an executive order…
Republicans in tough swing districts become hard to find for constituents angry at Trump
MECHANICSBURG, Pa. — Many days over the last two weeks, no one answered the phone at any of Rep. Scott Perry’s four offices.Perry’s team did not share…
This California town has a breathtaking waterfall — and no legal public access
DUNSMUIR, Calif. — Less than a half a mile from the city limits of this Northern California railroad town is a natural wonder so enchanting that locals…
Public mourning begins as pope’s coffin arrives in St Peter’s Basilica | Religion News
Three days of public viewing begin before the pontiff’s funeral on Saturday.Pope Francis’s coffin has been taken to Saint Peter’s Basilica, where it will remain…
Haley Joel Osment arrested for alleged public intoxication
Actor Haley Joel Osment’s recent trip to a California ski resort included more than just snowy slopes: a run-in with law officials and his arrest…
U.N.: Men with ‘wrong’ hairstyle, women speaking in public targeted under Taliban law
Afghan women teachers protest near the main entrance of the Ministry of Education demanding their education rights and the reopening the secondary and high schools…