A new report from the Brookings Institution think tank examines AI adoption, talent and innovation in 387 metropolitan areas.

A new wildfire was reported today at 8:14 p.m. in Los Angeles County, California. The wildfire has been burning on private land. There is no information on the containment of the fire and its cause has yet to be determined.

A woman who was struck and killed by a vehicle on the Harbor (110) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles was identified Wednesday. California Highway Patrol officers were called at 4:50 a.m. Tuesday to the northbound side of the freeway near the Exposition Boulevard exit,

Orum Capital, a Los Angeles-based real estate firm that acted through an affiliate, bought the retail site from Longs Drug Stores of California. In 2008, CVS Health bought Longs in a $2.54 billion deal whereby all of the Longs retail sites were rebranded as CVS stores.

During a news conference at the Van Nuys Community Police Station, the L.A. Police Department and the California Highway Patrol revealed that about 145 illegally impounded vehicles had been recovered by law enforcement during the execution of a search warrant last week.

An animal shelter in California has received pets whose owners have been deported, NBC Los Angeles reports.July 15, 2025

Photographer Carlin Stiehl visited the epicenter of California’s homeless problem, Skid Row, to hear what people actually living unhoused have to say. “Immigrants here are being housed before the people who are actually waiting.”

All lanes of the northbound 110 Freeway reopened Tuesday morning after a fatal crash. The California Highway Patrol issued a Sig Alert north at Exposition Boulevard and traffic is backed up to Slauson Boulevard. Authorities say lanes will remain closed until further notice.