The Latest Breaking News from Los Angeles

JoJo Siwa wasn’t invited to the Kids’ Choice Awards. Fans think they know why

LOS ANGELES — Social media sensation JoJo Siwa was nominated for a Kids’ Choice Award this year and has been a key member of the Nickelodeon family since 2017.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

California public school enrollment spirals, dropping by 110,000 students this year

LOS ANGELES — California public school enrollment has dropped for the fifth year in a row, a decline of 110,000 students as K-12 schools struggle against pandemic disruptions and a shrinking population of school-age children, among other factors.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

Los Angeles woman wins $10m after pressing wrong button at lottery machine when stranger bumped into her

‘I didn’t really believe it at first’

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2022

Karen Bass and Rick Caruso in dead heat, LA mayoral poll finds

LOS ANGELES — Voters upset over crime and a seemingly limitless geyser of cash have propelled Rick Caruso to the front of the race for mayor, reshaping the contest and offering Los Angeles a stark contrast between the billionaire developer and his chief rival, Rep. Karen Bass.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

LA sank them into debt. Will this family find a better life in rural California?

LOS ANGELES — Luz Puebla began the long drive north, her three younger children piled into their old minivan.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

California's renter tax credit has remained unchanged for 43 years. It could soon increase

LOS ANGELES — An estimated 2.4 million Californians could see a boost in their tax refunds next year under a legislative proposal that would dramatically increase the state's renters' tax credit for the first time in more than four decades.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

The Comedy Store, celebrating 50 years, looks to tradition to keep the future funny

LOS ANGELES — For 50 years, the Comedy Store has been a club in need of comics, and a place for comics in need of a club. The relationship is as plain as the writing on the walls of the storied venue, cluttered with the names of its biggest stars…

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

Southern California has given the world so much. And fast food too

LOS ANGELES — In the history of everything, there have been two Big Bangs.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 11, 2022

Why Wallows’ Coachella 2022 set is a chance to take care of ‘unfinished business’ at the festival

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Los Angeles-based indie rock band Wallows is determined to make its weekend appearances at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio this month memorable ones.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022

Who was Oscar Levant? Sean Hayes is playing him in ‘Good Night, Oscar’ — between his wit and neuroses, the talk shows kept asking for him

CHICAGO — Oscar Levant detested success as much as he craved it.

Chicago Tribune · Apr 11, 2022