Health impacts from the Lineage Inc. warehouse blaze could be severe and long-lasting, experts say. The company has a history ...

Local governments are pushing wages above the state’s already high minimum, even as many workers still can't keep up with ...

The Housing Voucher Program, commonly known as Section 8, is the largest housing assistance program in the country with about 2.4 million households nationwide and some 91,000 in Los Angeles County, ...

The glut of wastewater is so massive industry execs fear it will soon throttle production in the nation's largest oil field.

A longtime reporter and editor, Baram has written for The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Village Voice, New York magazine, and the New York Daily News. He edits and writes stories on the economy, ...