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Your guide to L.A. County's proposed healthcare sales tax

Faced with federal funding cuts, L.A. County voters will be asked this June if they want to pay a little more at the register to shore up the region's public health system.

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Arellano: The future of Latino politics just played out in Whittier

Whittier elected a Latino-majority council for the first time in the city's history. But for the three winning Latino candidates, their ethnicity was an afterthought.

Your guide to L.A. City Measure CB: taxing illegal cannabis businesses

L.A.'s measure CB represents a hope to crack down on illegal cannabis businesses by closing a legal loophole. Opponents say the measure may normalize illegal activity.

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Your guide to L.A.'s Measure TC: tax on hotel bookings by online companies

Measure TC would require online travel companies to pay taxes on their markups to L.A. customers. Proponents say the change would level the playing field between hotels and their online travel company counterparts.

Waymos, robotaxis can now be ticketed by California police. But how exactly?

Driverless cars haven't always obeyed the rules of the road but, unlike vehicles with humans behind the wheel, they've gotten away with it. That's about to change in California.