Gene Maddaus

Last month, Amazon launched Prime Now in Los Angeles and Orange County, a service that offers free two-hour delivery for Prime subscribers, plus one-hour delivery for an $8 fee. It's all part of the instant gratification economy, but according to a new class action lawsuit, it comes at a cost......

Hey, remember that giant, five-year construction project on the 405 freeway? The one that was supposed to alleviate traffic by adding a carpool lane through the Sepulveda Pass, but doesn't seem to have done anything? Well, about that. The project has been done for 18 months, but the price tag......

Eric Garcetti ventured to South L.A. on Monday night, and it didn't go well. A group of about protesters turned their backs on him. They booed. Towards the end of the meeting, they crowded the stage and made it difficult for him to talk. As his aides hustled him out......

Sen. Bernie Sanders fired up his supporters at a raucous fundraiser at the Avalon Hollywood on Wednesday night. The crowd skewed young and white, and eagerly cheered the 74-year-old presidential candidate's message of political revolution. "What you have now is a rigged economy, by which the rich get richer and......

You've probably heard that L.A.'s transit system is growing. Young people are embracing urban life, renting lofts in the Arts District and selling their cars so they can take public transportation. And L.A. leaders are adapting to give them what they want, providing WiFi at bus stops and building new......

If you've ridden a train lately, you know that you need a TAP card to pay your fare. But did you know that your card will expire? Yes. At some point, each card is set to expire. And when it does, you will have to buy a brand new card and......

The L.A. Dodgers are heading to the playoffs as the richest team in the major leagues. With a payroll of $300 million, a TV contract worth $8.35 billion and two of the two best pitchers in the world, they are in a strong position to contend for their first World......

It was almost quitting time on Tuesday when John Gordon and his co-workers started talking about whether the Dodgers would clinch a playoff berth. Gordon is the director of social media at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which means he oversees the agency's use of Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. "We started......