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Exceptionally long heat wave hitting Southern California, could last until mid-October
Saturday is expected to be the hottest day of the heat wave, which could last through mid-October, according to the National Weather Service.
Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment LA: Restructuring public works administration
Los Angeles City Charter Amendment LA looks to change the way the city manages its budget and administers public works to more efficiently deliver basic city services such as repairing streets and sidewalks.
Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment SC: Board of education campaign finance rules
Los Angeles City Charter Amendment SC would clarify language in the city charter to make clear candidates for the LAUSD Board of Education face the same campaign finance rules as mayoral candidates.
Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment PL: Streamlining Planning Department processes
Charter Amendment PL is a bit confusing, but at its core it contains five proposals that would streamline and speed up certain L.A. City Planning Department processes, such as reviews and appeals.
Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment EE: City Council meetings, ethics and elections
An amendment to the L.A. City Charter would reduce the amount the City Council meets from three times a week to once, among other changes to ethics commissions and campaign finance penalties.
Your guide to L.A. City Charter Amendment PRT: Greater public insight into airport, harbor departments
Los Angeles City Charter Amendment PRT would affect the city's departments of airports, harbor and water and power, which operate as self-funding businesses.
Oct 1, 2026
WATCH: This air traffic controller flies to work
Sep 30, 2026
A cooler but a sunnier weekend
North Texas detectives form coalition to solve cold case crimes
A group of North Texas detectives have formed the DFW Cold Case Network to share resources and investigative techniques that can help solve cold cases and bring answers to victims’ families.
NTX professor arrested after sending explicit Snapchat messages to undercover officer he believed was 14
A college drama professor from North Texas is facing criminal charges after allegedly sending sexually explicit messages to what he thought was a minor through an online messaging platform.
Police stop armed parent suffering mental health crisis at Mesquite school
Police officers at Berry Middle School in Mesquite stopped an armed parent who reportedly experienced a mental health crisis on the campus.
Former NBA player J.R. Smith arrested in North Texas
Former NBA player J.R. Smith was arrested during a traffic stop in North Texas on an active warrant out of Southlake for family violence assault causing bodily injury.
Trump schedules North Texas visit to showcase manufacturing growth at Denton truck facility
President Donald Trump will visit the Peterbilt Motors plant in Denton on Thursday to promote his administration's manufacturing policies and economic strategy.
Mother of British woman killed in Prosper denied meetings with Collin County DA, Prosper police
The mother of a British woman killed in Prosper in 2025 has come to North Texas with hopes local law enforcement would reopen the investigation into her daughter's death, but was denied meetings with those entities on Monday.
Oct 3, 2026