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LOS ANGELES, CALIF. MAY 14, 2025 - Ahead of Wednesday's City Council vote on a proposal to boost the city's minimum wage for hotel and airport workers to a nation's-high $30 an hour by 2028, airport,hotel and tourism workers rallied inside and outside City Hall in support of the measure on Wednesday, May 14, 2025. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. council backs $30 minimum wage for hotels, despite warnings from tourism industry

The proposal, billed as the highest minimum wage in the U.S., would take the minimum wage for hotels and LAX workers to $30 by 2028.

Erik Menendez, left, and his brother Lyle, wearing jail outfits, are led into courtroom. June 15, 1990. (Larry Davis / Los Angeles Times)

What happens next for the Menendez brothers? Multiple paths to release now open

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell performs the uniform inspection
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Supporters and family of Erik and Lyle Menendez, including cousin Anamaria Baralt, center, embrace after the brothers' resentencing hearing Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

L.A. judge resentences Menendez brothers, giving them chance at freedom

Rendering of a planned 18-story, 395-room addition to the existing 24-story Hilton Universal City Hotel in Universal City.

Faced with a $30 minimum wage, hotel investors start looking outside L.A.

Drivers or partners? An LAFD role could be nixed amid budget woes

As L.A. resident sues zoo over Billy and Tina, Cher says elephants have ‘served their time’

Suspended LAFD union president disputes allegations of missing receipts: ‘I’ve been unjustly accused’

Menendez brothers’ bid for freedom set to reach a courtroom next week

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A wide and deep pothole at Western and Sixth St. in Los Angeles on January 12, 2023.
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Contributor: Don’t let the mayor’s budget make our streets even worse

The current proposal represents a dystopian nightmare for our streets, sidewalks and public transportation system.

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