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Hailing it as an advancement that will bolster future water supplies, Los Angeles city officials Thursday cut the ribbon on a Sun Valley project that will dramatically increase the capacity of a stormwater recapture and groundwater-recharge system.

Minimum-wage workers in the Southland will get a modest pay boost starting today, with the hourly rate in the city of Los Angeles increasing to $16.04 and in unincorporated areas of L.A. County to $15.96.

UCLA and USC will both leave the Pac-12 Conference in 2024, announcing Thursday they will join the Big Ten Conference in a move that sent shock waves across the world of collegiate athletics.

Authorities Thursday identified a man who was shot and killed near the Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza.

In a sometimes-raucous meeting that was repeatedly interrupted by shouting from the audience, the Los Angeles City Council tentatively approved an ordinance Friday banning homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and daycare centers.

Jurors began deliberating Friday in the trial of Eric Ronald Holder Jr., who is accused of gunning down rapper Nipsey Hussle and injuring two other men in South Los Angeles more than three years ago.

Just days after reporting a slowdown in the pace of COVID-19-positive residents being hospitalized, the county's public health director announced Thursday a sharp upturn in admissions, increasing the likelihood of a return to an indoor mask-wearing mandate by late July.

A Reseda man is facing a federal charge for his alleged role in a $21 million cryptocurrency fraud scheme that prosecutors say used fake business relationships with Apple Inc., Pfizer Inc. and The Walt Disney Company to create the appearance of legitimacy.

SoCalGas Thursday announced that 25 students from Southern California and elsewhere who study science, technology, engineering, math, accounting or finance have been awarded funds from the utility's scholarship program.

A 62-year-old man was convicted Thursday of gunning down his wife in front of a Lake Forest hotel two years ago.