Greig Smith

DOWNTOWN -- The Los Angeles City Council's budget panel deadlocked Monday on how to address the city's mounting deficit, with two council members calling for layoffs of city workers as an alternative to more furloughs. Split on how to proceed, the Budget...

We’ve been getting mixed messages about whether or not we need to conserve water. On one hand, we had a decent local rain year. Last week, the state Legislature pulled a water bond from the November ballot that would have driven statewide conservation.....

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Thursday announced the creation of a 26-member panel to thoroughly review security measures at Los Angeles International Airport, which has been identified as a top potential target for terrorists. The panel will look into...

Six members of the Los Angeles City Council were pulling ahead of their challengers in early returns Tuesday, despite a year in which members struggled to get a handle on a budget crisis. With absentee ballot results tabulated, each of......

An investigative report by The Times' Joel Rubin raises new questions about the LAPD's so-called millionaire cops. ln the last decade, at least 17 officers have won million-dollar-plus jury verdicts or settlements from the city in lawsuits in which they.....

The City Council failed on Wednesday to override Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s veto of a measure that would have given council members the power to fire the leaders of the Department of Water and Power....

A total of 26 candidates have been certified to run for seven seats on the Los Angeles City Council in the March 8 election, the city clerk’s office said Friday....

The March 8 Los Angeles city ballot will include 10 measures. Or maybe 11, if the City Council changes its mind and reinstates the troublesome K. And by the way, is that Measure K, Proposition K or Charter Amendment K?......

A townhall forum scheduled for Monday night in Granada Hills is to feature candidates seeking to replace retiring Los Angeles City Councilman Greig Smith in elections on March 8....

Robert M. Wilkinson, who during four terms on the Los Angeles City Council between 1953 and 1979 helped lay the foundation for the development of his districts in the San Fernando Valley, has died. He was 89. Wilkinson, who had broken an arm and hip in a...

Airport police who patrol Los Angeles International Airport and belong to a separate department contend that Los Angeles Police Department operators have regularly contacted only LAPD officers, even though they may be farther away and take longer to reach...

If the Lakers beat the Boston Celtics and win the NBA championship, the team has offered to pick up the tab for a city parade, a Lakers spokesman said Friday. The offer should spare the city from the political controversy......