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A road in West Hollywood remained closed early Monday while crews patched up a water main break, the latest rupture in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s aging infrastructure. The 12-inch main ruptured before 5 a.m. and gushed water down the 1200 block of North Formosa Avenue near…

The State Water Resources Control Board voted 5 to 0 on Tuesday to adopt sweeping restrictions on how people, governments and businesses can use water amid the state’s four-year drought.... Read more

It was an active seismic day in California, with small earthquakes rattling residents across Northern California and the Inland Empire on Wednesday morning. Although conspiracy theories are tempting, earthquake experts said there’s no reason to think they’re connected... Read more

A judge on Thursday halted a developer’s plan to build two massive skyscrapers in the heart of Hollywood, ruling that the city of Los Angeles failed to fully assess how the $1-billion project would affect surrounding neighborhoods... Read more

Health officials have declared California's measles outbreak over, but the state's legislative response is just getting started. The outbreak started at the Disneyland theme park in December and sickened 131 Californians and 16 people from other states... Read more

COMPTON, Calif. — Alysia Thomas, a stay-at-home mother in this working-class city, tells her children to skip a bath on days when they do not play outside; that holds down the water bill. Lillian Barrera, a housekeeper who travels 25 miles to clean homes in Beverly Hills, serves dinner to her family…

Los Angeles water officials approved new watering restrictions Thursday that could be imposed if the city’s conservation efforts flag in the coming summer months. Residents could be required to cover their swimming pools or limit their watering to two days a week rather than three under revised…