The Supreme Court denied the Justice Department’s last-minute appeal, leaving lower-court rulings that refused to order California to set aside ballots of people the DOJ calls likely noncitizens. Courts cited election-eve precedent and sided with California and Los Angeles County, which called the list unreliable.
An Election Day guide for the 2026 general election says L.A. County vote centers open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., California allows same-day registration, and Metro offers free rides. It also explains ballot fixes, postmark rules, and a results schedule with county certification due Dec. 3.
Survivors of the Eaton Fire wrote and performed a play adapted from interviews collected by photographer Gayle Nicholls-Ali, with help from Cornerstone Theater Company's Sunder Ganglani. The production at the David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo featured fire survivors and honored the 19 people killed in Altadena.
Los Angeles County paused syringe and pipe distribution at its Skid Row Care Campus in August and terminated Homeless Health Care Los Angeles' contract, with 134 workers set to be laid off. The county is replacing the provider amid an HIV cluster among people in and around Skid Row.
Los Angeles plans to install 65 public trash cans in Koreatown after residents complained about inadequate disposal options. The Los Angeles Tenants Union's Koreatown chapter, which started its Barrio Limpio campaign in September, also wants dumpsters at all apartment buildings and businesses and more reliable bulky-item pickup.
California’s early election tallies can show Republicans ahead before later ballots move Democratic, a pattern experts link to partisan voting timing and the time needed to process mail ballots. The piece uses the June Los Angeles mayoral primary as an example and notes that slow counts can be exploited for false rigging claims.
The California Faculty Association, representing 29,000 CSU faculty, is asking members to authorize a strike after contract talks reached an impasse, with voting open until November 19. The union seeks pay raises plus academic-freedom and AI provisions, while CSU says continued negotiations are the best path.
UCLA Voting Rights Project analysts found that 8,880 names, or 42%, on a Justice Department list of suspected noncitizen voters in California do not match the state’s current voter file, according to a legal filing by an immigrant-rights group. The filing also says some U.S. citizens appear flagged.
Every Wednesday at the Good Nite bar in North Hollywood, the L.A. Karaoke league stages themed team competitions in which the crowd votes for favorite performances and costumes and props are encouraged. The league, part of United Karaoke, runs a six-week season plus playoffs and welcomes public spectators.
Cal State LA’s Sounds of the Underground Archive is collecting memorabilia from local underground music scenes on Thursday, Nov. 5, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the university library’s community room, with staff able to scan items donors want to keep.
Los Angeles County prosecutors dismissed felony body armor charges against Michael Angel Alvarez, a city-contracted peace ambassador arrested in MacArthur Park, and he was sentenced to time served for a probation violation. Federal charges against him were also dismissed after a judge found he lacked a violent felony conviction.
Los Angeles has exceeded its annual record for coastal flooding, with 12 such days this year and nine already in a May-to-April window that NOAA models had projected at three to six, oceanographer Karen Kavanaugh said. The San Pedro gauge's count is the highest since 1923, surpassing nine in 1983.
A breach of the BankMobile app used by about 60 California community college districts has delayed financial aid refunds. Roughly 65,000 accounts were affected and about 400 had funds stolen, leaving students rationing gas, food and textbooks while some districts switch to paper checks or a new provider.
The Los Angeles City Council approved an initial $5 million transfer, part of a $10.5 million package proposed by Councilmember Ysabel Jurado, to aid Boyle Heights households, businesses and Lineage workers hurt by the June warehouse fire. The money covers direct financial aid plus sanitation work such as pressure washing and illegal dumping response.
The Justice Department subpoenaed Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder employees as part of its escalating scrutiny of California election administration, amid a lawsuit seeking to set aside up to 20,000 ballots suspected of coming from noncitizens. A judge rejected that request and appointed a special master, while the administration appealed to the 9th Circuit.
The Justice Department asked the 9th Circuit to rule quickly on its bid to keep California from counting ballots of up to 20,000 alleged noncitizens, after Judge David Carter rejected the request as a likely Voting Rights Act violation and a risk of disenfranchising citizens.
The Los Angeles Field Recording Club launched an interactive map described as a living sonic archive of the city and is inviting residents to submit their own recordings of birds, traffic, water, machinery and more. The article also offers practical field-recording tips and ways to contribute.
Cole's French Dip, the 1908 downtown Los Angeles restaurant that shut in March, is set to reopen by Thanksgiving under new owners Sean Maloney and Jeremy Fall. They plan a refreshed menu, added seating and restoration within the building's landmark protections.
Over the past year, Los Angeles has shifted its approach at MacArthur Park through a fence, stepped-up policing, federal immigration raids and a March 2026 drug trafficking operation. Violence has fallen close to pre-2023 levels, though the area remains among L.A.'s most dangerous, and vendors and neighbors report economic harm and displacement.
The Los Angeles City Council voted 13-0 to ban new oil wells citywide and phase out all existing ones within 20 years. Oil companies say they will fight the ordinance as an uncompensated taking, while residents point to health harms near drill sites.
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