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FILE - Dodger Stadium is shown before an evening baseball game, June 20, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Turbulence for Dodger Stadium gondola as Los Angeles officials seek to ground the project

November 13, 2025

A proposal to build a gondola from downtown Los Angeles to Dodger Stadium hit some turbulence when the City Council voted to urge transportation officials to ground the project. The estimated $500 million tramway would connect fans between the stadium about a mile away to Union Station. Supporters say the gondola would help fans avoid nightmarish traffic, but critics point to a study that found it would do little to keep cars off the roads. In a 12-1 vote, council members on Wednesday approved a resolution to advise the county’s transportation authority to kill the project. Mayor Karen Bass must sign off for the resolution to take effect. A full vote on the project is expected next year.

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces CalRx-branded insulin glargine pens available next Jan. 1, 2026, at a suggested retail price of no more than $55 per five-pack, or $11 per pen, during a news conference at Cedar-Sinai's Mark Goodson pharmacy in Los Angeles, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

California to begin selling affordable state-branded insulin beginning next year

October 16, 2025

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will begin selling affordable insulin under its own label on Jan. 1, nearly three years after he first announced a partnership to sell state-branded generic drugs at lower prices. But California won’t be the only state making lower-cost insulin available. The nonprofit Civica says Thursday it will also distribute its economical diabetes medication to pharmacies nationwide. Starting in the new year, insulin pens will be available in California under the CalRx label for $11 per pen, or a maximum of $55 for a five-pack.

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An immigration official wears a face mask depicting a cigar and beard as he waits to transport detained immigrants Wednesday, July 23, 2025, in Baldwin Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Los Angeles County seeks ordinance preventing law enforcement from concealing their identities

July 29, 2025

Los Angeles County leaders want to prohibit law enforcement officers from concealing their identities while on duty, a response to recent immigration raids during which some federal agents refused to identify themselves or covered their faces. The Board of Supervisors voted 4—0, with one abstention, on Tuesday to direct county counsel to draft an ordinance that bars officers, including federal agents, from wearing masks, with limited exceptions such as for medical protection or during undercover operations. Officers would also be required to visibly display identification and agency affiliation while out in public.

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FILE - Denver Broncos consultant John Elway looks on against the Houston Texans during an NFL football game, Sept. 18, 2022, in Denver. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey, File)

NFL legend John Elway won’t be charged in golf cart accident that killed former agent Jeff Sperbeck

July 14, 2025

NFL Hall of Famer John Elway won’t be charged after his business partner was fatally injured falling out of his golf cart. Riverside County Sheriff’s Office says Monday that there was nothing criminal in the accident that killed Jeffrey Sperbeck at a California golf resort community in April. Investigators ruled it a tragic accident. Elway’s partner and former agent died after tumbling out of the cart the former Denver Broncos quarterback was driving at The Madison Club in La Quinta, east of Los Angeles. Sperbeck was 62.

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A protester holds a sign as a Waymo taxi burns near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

California official criticized for appearing to call on gangs to intervene in immigration raids

June 25, 2025

The vice mayor of a tiny Southern California city is under fire after appearing to call on street gangs to organize in the face of immigration sweeps by federal agents in Los Angeles. Cynthia Gonzalez, vice mayor of Cudahy, criticized street gang members in a since-deleted social media post. She questioned why gang members weren’t out protesting or speaking up about the raids. The video seemed to suggest she was calling on them to organize and help out as the Trump administration ramps up enforcement of immigration laws. The city of Cudahy said Tuesday that the video reflected Gonzalez’s personal views and not those of the city.

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