Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, on her relationship with the city, its mythology, and a reckoning with disaster.

On Tuesday, the council drafted and posted a flurry of proposals for same-day voting — so many that they were buried under ...

More than a week after Los Angeles’ devastating fires began, the losses to the region’s rich architectural legacy are becoming clearer. The fires have already destroyed more of the county’s built ...