Crews with the US Environmental Protection Agency began sifting through the rubble of the devastating Eaton Fire in Altadena, California, looking to clear potentially dangerous and hazardous materials from ash-covered lots flattened by the wildfire reut.rs/4hbUKES

Five-time NBA All-Star guard Luka Doncic is formally introduced as the newest member of the Los Angeles Lakers, just days after the franchise completed a blockbuster trade that sent Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks. Read more: reut.rs/3WIQcOg

Ippei Mizuhara, former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to nearly five years in prison for stealing $17 million from the Los Angeles Dodgers star to pay off gambling debts, according to a court document reut.rs/3Q9SUIO

A Los Angeles jury found rapper A$AP Rocky not guilty of two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon in a 2021 altercation with another hip-hop artist in Hollywood reut.rs/4b5eqIg

Even if US President Donald Trump's tariffs on Mexico are not imposed, the threats and uncertainty caused by on-and-off-again levies have already cost the tequila sector money and could drive a temporary slowdown in sales reut.rs/3XSvJa8

SNAP, which provided food aid to 41.7 million Americans last year, and Medicaid, the federal health plan which provides coverage to 72 million low-income and disabled people, could face sweeping cuts under a budget plan taking shape in Congress reut.rs/4hUXtlK

The Texas health department reported 561 cases of measles in the state, an increase of 20 from April 11, as the US government said it was sending seven people to the state to help battle the outbreak of the childhood disease reut.rs/4cz4x6p

Jerry Cook, the owner of Master Hatters Texas, invested in a stockpile of material for his hat-making company even before President Donald Trump was elected. He said he is well-placed ahead of the competition, even as tariffs roll out

Los Angeles is hosting a ‘Sperm Race,’ in what its organizers have called a world first. The founders said this is not a hoax — and is instead about sparking a conversation around male fertility

The Enhanced Games have set their inaugural competition for May 2026 in Las Vegas, with swimming, athletics and weightlifting on the agenda for athletes using substances banned in official competition to the consternation of anti-doping bodies reut.rs/4kgiAkn

Guitarist Terry Kilgore sleeps in a recreational vehicle surrounded by empty lots that were once the site of family homes. Almost six months ago, fierce wildfires in Los Angeles killed 22 people and destroyed nearly 12,000 homes reut.rs/3G8bpfv

George Retes, US citizen and Army veteran, works as a security guard at a cannabis farm in California. The 25-year-old was arrested by US officials during an immigration raid as part of an intensified immigration crackdown launched by Trump administration reut.rs/456Yt2R

An explosion at the Biscailuz Center Academy Training facility in East Los Angeles killed three deputies, Sheriff Robert Luna said reut.rs/40r0dS0

At least 30 hurt after car hits crowd outside Los Angeles club, fire department says reut.rs/3Gyr9sn reut.rs/3Gyr9sn

This construction project was on time and on budget. Then came ICE. - reuters.com/world/us/this-…

The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control is taking in animals whose owners were detained or deported by the Trump administration reut.rs/41nU6OF

President Trump's recent crackdown on crime and homelessness in Washington, DC, while signaling that other major US cities with Democratic leadership could be next, has caused fear and uncertainty nationwide reut.rs/45vcNRX

For up to four hours a day, former barbershop owner Beraldo Gabaldon cuts the hair of the homeless for free near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles

Logs and fallen trees charred by the devastating Eaton wildfire in January that scorched more than 14,000 acres east of Los Angeles are being repurposed to rebuild neighborhoods, like Altadena, destroyed by the blaze reut.rs/47j0MS1

Tony Hawk's skateboard from his groundbreaking '900' trick at the 1999 X Games is expected to fetch up to $700,000 at auction, potentially setting a record for a skateboard reut.rs/4fZH0x3