Somini Sengupta, a climate reporter who has lived across Los Angeles, reflects on the city, its mythology and its reckoning ...

On the afternoon of Jan. 9, nearly 10 million people across Los Angeles County received a warning that they were in danger.

Somini Sengupta, a Times climate reporter, on her relationship with the city, its mythology, and a reckoning with disaster.

Three local leaders of the MS-13 street gang have pleaded guilty to their roles in nine killings involving machetes and guns ...