Thomas Saffran News Today

The City Council agreed to pay up to $2.2 million for an outside audit — but that may not be enough for a federal judge.

The grinding and sanding of synthetic engineered stone exposes workers to high levels of lung-scarring silica. Experts say the health risk should have been clear long before workers began falling ill.

There is no excuse to allow dangerous working conditions for a product that is used for purely aesthetic reasons when there are safer options.

San Diego tries to revamp Mira Mesa's future with bold plan to replace strip malls with urban villages. New neighborhood growth blueprint would increase population from 78,000 to 143,000, break up super blocks

A lawsuit filed on behalf of homeless veterans demands that Veterans Affairs provide more permanent housing in and around its West L.A. campus.

A plan to build 1,700 units for homeless veterans in West L.A. has been stalled for years. An undisclosed grant from a New York group gives it a boost.