June 16, 2025, 6:31 a.m. Pacific time
Good morning. Here are the top stories from across California.
New research shows that after recent deportation sweeps, parents kept their children home — with big impacts on how all students learn.
Experts say there could be more large wildfires than usual this year. Here’s a look at why.
Los Angeles is home to the country’s largest population of undocumented immigrants. So when President Trump’s immigration raids arrived, many expected trouble.
At least five carwashes across Los Angeles County and Orange County have been raided since Sunday, according to one labor group.
Ohtani will make his pitching debut for the Dodgers 20 months removed from his September 2023 procedure.
The state’s insurance regulator says the volume of complaints against the company following this year’s catastrophic wildfires in Los Angeles prompted the inquiry.
An artist nearly synonymous with Los Angeles made his name crafting songs playing up his home state’s beachy vibes. His inner life, however, was anything but sunny.
Lexee Smith, who works closely with Addison Rae, is an outlier: a commercial dance artist with an experimental bent.
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