NEW and EXCLU: The feds arrested Paris Hilton's former business partner at a Dunkin' in Las Vegas last night and charged him with murder for hire conspiracy. He allegedly planned to kill a documentarian making a movie about him... latimes.com/california/sto…

Today's story deals with Huntington Beach City Council passing resolution denouncing hate in the city. Mayor Tony Strickland expanded it to include many different groups, though it was originally intended to be denouncing the antisemetic and anti-LGBTQ fliers from last week.

The Tachi Yokut Tribe is celebrating the return of California’s Tulare Lake, saying water should remain to heal an ecosystem that was drained for agriculture. Watch this piece by Jackeline Luna to learn about Tulare Lake and what its return means to the Tachi people. #SomosLAT

Chris “Spanto” Printup, a Los Angeles streetwear icon and Born X Raised founder, died Wednesday in Albuquerque, N.M., three days after being in a car accident, according to the clothing brand. He was 42. Emily St. Martin latimes.com/entertainment-…

Virgin Galactic launched its first commercial space flight today, and the passengers on board might not be who you'd would expect: latimes.com/business/story…

I went to Miami - after the Florida and Texas governors transported mostly Venezuelan migrants to California - to talk to people in the country's largest Venezuelan hub about their state's immigration politics. latimes.com/politics/story…

Two years ago today, the LAPD detonated homemade explosives on 27th street. The resulting blast damaged 35 properties, injured 17 people and displaced dozens more residents. ‘Catastrophic failure’: How the LAPD blew up a neighborhood latimes.com/california/sto…

It’s the last week of work for many of us at the Los Angeles Times. If you have or know of job openings for lots of talented people with various skills, my DMs are still open! #journalismjobs #mediajobs #commsjobs

w/@MonserratSolis_ -- Brian Hawkins, San Jacinto City councilmember and 2024 Inland congressional candidate, arrested in assault case rb.gy/dk7p7

So excited to be part of the Los Angeles Times new initiative covering everything Latinidad. Let's do this: "Our job is to explore the contours of Latinidad, the good and the bad. We see ourselves as observers and chroniclers of a community coming into its own." latimes.com/delos/story/20…

BREAKING: The LA Times has sold the San Diego Union-Tribune to an affiliate of Media News Group.

The actors' strike is officially on, the writers' strike is on-going. Our look at how LA Mayor Karen Bass is keeping a low public profile in the Hollywood labor standoffs that threaten to upend the city's economy: politico.com/news/2023/07/1…

A bus carrying 35 migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas arrived in Los Angeles on Thursday, the third in a series launched by Gov. Greg Abbott and sent to California. By Jack Herrera & Nathan Solis latimes.com/california/sto…

When a telephone pole’s worth of shade or straw hat is the only relief from deadly heat latimes.com/california/sto… L.A. Times Photos PE Rachel Uranga Priscella Vega Myung Chun

If you live in Southern or Central California, you're more likely than the average American to be drinking water laced with forever chemicals, according to a new USGS study: latimes.com/california/sto… via Dorany Pineda

For the last two years, the LAPD has refused to name the officers responsible for blowing up a neighborhood in South L.A., or outline the discipline they received, if any. Today, Brittny Mejia, Libor Jany and Richard Winton fill in many of the blanks: latimes.com/california/sto…

If you read one story today, make it this one. Proud to call Brittny Mejia and Libor Jany colleagues.

For The New York Times I wrote about the chefs who cook for your favorite musical acts and their crews, including BEYONCÉ, LIZZO, BLACKPINK GLOBAL BLINK, Paul McCartney, Carrie Underwood. nytimes.com/2023/07/17/din…

OK, I think I'm quitting this app. I'll be over at Insta: instagram.com/priscella.vega/