The 1974 Hollywood film, which stars Jack Nicholson as a crusading private detective, chronicles the corruption in LA’s public utility company that controls water flowing to the city.

I mean, how could a city that produced films of itself destroyed by so many unusual disasters—tidal waves, ice storms, earthquakes, volcanoes, zombies, infections, sharknados, and a 50-foot-tall woman ...

The arm of the Los Angeles Fire Department in charge of preventing wildfires faced years of allegations of corruption ... by the most destructive blaze in LA history this month.

Top state inspector calls for tough action amid mounting corruption ...

Many say that the catastrophic fires ravaging Los Angeles weren’t the fault of Governor Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass. Fires are inevitable in Los Angeles, and the water ran out because ...

4:09 p.m. Feb. 2, 2025An earlier version of this story said Baldwin Park’s former city manager pleaded guilty in connection with a cannabis corruption scheme. The plea was from the City of ...

She could have revamped the city council, cleaned out the 1980s-style city bureaucracy, or asked voters to rewrite the city charter, LA’s constitution. Instead, she emphasized collaboration ...