The Latest Breaking News from Los Angeles

In a frozen luxury housing market, buyers are asking to 'try before you buy' and having sleepovers in multimillion-dollar mansions

Sellers are trying new tactics to get the most money for their homes.

Fortune · Aug 28, 2025

Trees damaged by devastating wildfire used to rebuild Los Angeles homes

The project’s founder however warned more funding and workers are crucial

The Independent UK · Aug 28, 2025

'I’ve been heartbroken since my last album' — Laufey on love, life lessons and her famous fans

The star’s highly personal songs about heartache have earned her a Grammy, celebrity admirers, an adoring fanbase— and criticism from the jazz community. India Block meets the genre-defying artist

Evening Standard · Aug 28, 2025

Scientists discover chemical ‘missing link’ that might explain origins of life on Earth

Experiment may help explain the ‘most intriguing causal paradox in biology’ about how early life forms came together about 4 billion years ago

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Jury awards more than $2 million to protester shot in face with nonlethal projectile

A jury has awarded at least $2.2 million to a protester who was shot in the face with a less-lethal munition by a Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy during a demonstration against police brutality in 2020

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Cardi B denies she spat on or scratched security guard who’s suing her over alleged assault

The lawsuit stemmed from a 2018 altercation outside an obstetrician’s office while Cardi B was pregnant with her first child

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Newsom and Pritzker tell Trump crime is under control but vast majority of Americans see it as ‘major problem’

‘You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You look at Los Angeles, how bad it is,’ the president has said

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025

Kaia Gerber Refines the Rugby Shirt Trend With a Rare Chanel Bag

She's prep student chic.

Marie Claire · Aug 27, 2025

D.C. Is Just the Beginning—the Trump Administration Is Preparing To Deploy Troops to More U.S. Cities.

The president signed an executive order on Monday establishing specialized units within the National Guard to support federal law enforcement in American cities.

Reason · Aug 27, 2025

Missing baby Emmanuel Haro’s parents claimed he was kidnapped while his diaper was being changed. Now they’ve been charged with murder

Rebecca and Jake Haro have been charged as investigators search Southern California for the seven month-old boy’s remains

The Independent UK · Aug 27, 2025