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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved a proposal from Alphabet’s Waymo to expand its fared, completely driverless robotaxi services to Los Angeles and some cities near San Francisco, effective on Friday.Waymo, which already operates in San Francisco and Phoenix, applied on January 19 to expand its driverless services, saying it would work with policymakers, first responders, and community organizations. Last month, the CPUC suspended the application “for further staff review.”“Waymo may begin fared,…

Passengers ride in an electric Waymo full self-driving technology in Santa MonicaAllen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesAlphabet's Waymo robotaxi unit won approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand service to parts of Los Angeles and the Bay Area, according to a notice posted to the regulator's website on Friday."Waymo may begin fared driverless passenger service operations in the specified areas of Los Angeles and the San Francisco Peninsula, effective today," the release said.In…

Shortly after taking off from a nearby airport in Burbank with 16 people on board, the plane's cockpit started to fill with smoke Shortly after departing from Burbank Airport, Karol G‘s private jet made an emergency landing in Los Angeles. With 16 passengers on board, the plane’s pilot reported that there was smoke filling the cockpit and rerouted to Van Nuys Airport, according to ABC 7. Once safely grounded, Karol G and the other passengers on her jet embraced one another after exiting onto…

Hollywood’s biggest stars will descend upon L.A.’s Shrine Auditorium on Saturday for the 30th Screen Actors Guild Awards. The ceremony — the first since SAG-AFTRA reached a deal with the major studios to end their historic strike and ratified a new contract— will be streamed live on Netflix for the first time. The new platform and new format could provide a boon for the awards show, which had seen ratings decline on TNT and TBS.Coming into the night, Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” led the…

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. continued campaign fundraising in Los Angeles Wednesday night with a stand-up comedy event hosted by the independent presidential candidate’s wife and actress Cheryl Hines. The A Night of Laughter With RFK Jr. & Friends evening at the Million Dollar Theater included performances by Jeremy Piven, Bobby Lee, Rob Schneider, Tre Stewart, Mike Binder, Erica Rhodes, Dustin Ybarra and radio host and podcaster Adam Carolla.   The benefit event, with an after party for $1000…

Earlier this month, the future fell on Los Angeles. A long band of moisture in the sky, known as an atmospheric river, dumped 9 inches of rain on the city over three days—over half of what the city typically gets in a year. It’s the kind of extreme rainfall that’ll get ever more extreme as the planet warms.The city’s water managers, though, were ready and waiting. Like other urban areas around the world, in recent years LA has been transforming into a “sponge city,” replacing impermeable surfaces, like concrete, with…

Chinese men holding down a pig in a fenced area in or new Los Angeles Chinatown, circa 1881-1910. Credit: Lisa See Collection, Huntington Digital Library In the late 1800s and early 1900s, anti-Chinese sentiment in the United States was high, as working-class laborers in the country viewed Chinese workers as a threat. Prior research has found that…

Look familiar? This is the jazz club in the movie “La La Land.”Real life is more complicated. You could argue that the Lighthouse’s jazziest days were in the ’50s and ’60s, when performers included Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, Max Roach and Shelly Manne and the talent-filled filled house band was known as the Lighthouse All-Stars. Art Pepper, Ramsey Lewis, Mose Allison and the Modern Jazz Quartet recorded live albums here.These days most of the jazz happens two days per week: Sunday (over brunch, all ages invited) and Monday…

Raul Roa is a photo editor for L.A. Times en Español and the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times’ breaking news team. He has been with The Times since 2009. Previously, he was the photo editor for Times Community News, working with the Daily Pilot and TimesOC. A lifelong resident of Southern California, Roa is an avid nature and travel photographer and enjoys the challenging world of astrophotography. His passion is to document and tell the unique stories in our communities. Raul Roa is a photo…

If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. There are plenty of amazing hotels in Los Angeles, but, for most visitors, we think Airbnb is the way to go. The sprawling city is brimming with unique abodes — from rustic beach shacks to lavish mansions in the hills — that let you experience the city more like a local (because LA can be tricky as a tourist). The Best Airbnbs in Los Angeles If you’re planning…