Los Angeles

Victims of the L.A. County firestorms are grieving their losses as well as feeling frustration over delays in getting restarted with their lives, which L.A. police say makes them great prey for scammers.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's plan to open a site to process Eaton Fire debris near L.A. County's foothill communities has prompted swift backlash from local leaders.

The centers — which are being opened in Los Angeles and Pasadena — are being created to assist those who lost their home or personal property or have emergency needs caused by the wildfires.

As fires in Los Angeles County continue to burn, interest is piquing in the app run by a nonprofit in Northern California. Launched in 2021, it aggregates several relevant data streams and had 7.2 million users at year’s end.

A few hours before the ball dropped on New Year's Eve, the computer dispatch system for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department crashed, forcing all responders to handle calls by radio.

Twelve L.A. County high school students made it to the Young Innovators Accelerator Pitch Competition last week. Freshman Gabriel Cardenas won first place and $1,400 for his pitch of an AI tool to help students study.

When implementing artificial intelligence in schools, officials from the Los Angeles County Office of Education encourage school districts to create flexible guidelines and include everyone in professional development.

State and local transportation leaders discussed ideas intended to coax motorists away from driving alone at the CoMotion LA conference. The 2028 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles are looming as tech and policy options develop.

In partnership with UK ed-tech company Avantis Education, Los Angeles Unified School District has deployed over 16,000 virtual reality headsets for in-class and extracurricular instruction.

Chief Jim McDonnell voiced concern about the perception of disorder — and the reality that crimes are going unreported because some believe nothing will be done to investigate.

Set to take effect Feb. 18, Los Angeles Unified School District's ban on Internet-enabled devices will allow students to use them before and after school but not during the day, including lunch.

Transit pilot projects in Los Angeles and Chicago are deploying camera technology to identify vehicles blocking bus lanes and issue citations. The programs are designed to make the services more efficient.

The county is already home to six operational Best Buy Teen Tech Centers, but that number is slated to double. The facilities give middle and high school students a chance to learn tech skills that could translate to jobs in entertainment, fashion and other L.A.-centric industries.

The 20,000-square foot museum, whose exact opening date has not yet been announced, is being built in downtown Los Angeles with four gallery spaces by the Gensler architectural firm.

Policies governing artificial intelligence must be broad, yet deep enough to guide years of use cases, officials said at last week’s Los Angeles Digital Government Summit.

Clean energy and transportation goals could get a boost from the charged atmosphere around preparation for the next Olympics, in Los Angeles. Advocates say much remains to be done to electrify vehicles and infrastructure.

A new framework from the Los Angeles County Office of Education offers step-by-step instructions for the implementation and use of artificial intelligence in TK-12 schools that other districts might find useful.

Los Angeles Unified School District Supt. Alberto Carvalho intends to assemble independent experts to conduct a wide-ranging review of what went wrong with the AI chatbot the district debuted in March.