The first zero-emission passenger train in the U.S. has rolled into San Bernardino, and passengers should be able to ride the clean-energy line early next year, transportation authorities said.San Bernardino [...]
Long Beach will begin citing and possibly arresting homeless people as part of the city’s effort to crack down on its most problematic encampments.Those actions will be used as a [...]
A few years ago, while visiting Hiroshima, Japan, I attended a talk by a well-known peace activist and hibakusha — an atomic bomb survivor. Keiko Ogura had been 8 years [...]
A gun once registered to Christopher Dorner — the notorious former L.A. cop who killed four people including two law officers — was found in the L.A. Airbnb of a [...]
Mike Juma sat at the end of the bed in his ninth-floor one-bedroom apartment in downtown Los Angeles, staring at the mountains visible from his window.“I don’t like high-rises,” he [...]
California’s strongest summer COVID wave in years is still surging, and an unusual midsummer mutation may be partly to blame. There are a number of possible culprits behind the worst [...]
A legislative proposal to overhaul California’s decades-old wildfire mapping system is generating intense debate, with critics saying it threatens to fundamentally reshape the state’s fire and housing policies and increase [...]
A woman in Northern California was killed this week in what appeared to be a dog attack, and authorities are investigating whether any of the 25 Great Danes found roaming [...]
Brittany West had planned to put down roots and build a life with her fiancé and their new baby in Orange County, a place that’s lauded as ideal for raising [...]
California’s state animal might be the grizzly bear, but today is another bear’s big moment to shine.Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared Aug. 8, 2024, to be California Panda Day — [...]
While much of California braced for triple-digit heat waves and devastating wildfires, a coyote decided the time was right to sneak into a Simi Valley home and try to eat [...]
After years of planning and much anticipation, the world’s largest wildlife crossing is starting to take form over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills.New aerial images posted by state transportation [...]
After months of hearings, a federal judge last month ruled that the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs discriminates against homeless veterans whose disability compensation makes them ineligible for housing being [...]
HAVILAH, Calif. — There was gold in these hills. Hidden in the rugged Sierra Nevada amid sprawling pine forests, Havilah was once a bustling mining town where stamp mills pulverized rock [...]
SAN FRANCISCO — A week into what Mayor London Breed has called a “very aggressive” effort to clear homeless encampments across San Francisco, a key question looms: Where will the people [...]
Wildlife rescuers are reporting an uptick in diseased sea lions along California’s Central Coast.The culprit: domoic acid, a neurotoxin produced by harmful algal blooms.The toxin accumulates in filter-feeding fish such [...]
On Thursday, some L.A. County tenants may wake up to a 30-day notice of a rent hike from their landlord. Other renters may have known about an increase since July. [...]
The University of California admitted the largest and most diverse class of undergraduates for fall 2024, opening the doors of the vaunted public research institution to more California low-income, first-generation [...]
The longfin smelt, a finger-sized fish that once filled San Francisco Bay, has suffered such a drastic decline that the federal government has determined the fish are at risk of [...]
Two men are dead in San Bernardino County after an incident that began with a hit-and-run ended in a fatal shooting — with two young children as witnesses — authorities [...]
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is urging California counties to implement a new law that makes it easier to appoint a conservator to direct the care of people suffering from mental [...]
Just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, as temperatures in Butte County simmered around 106 degrees, a man pushed a burning car down a gully in Chico in what authorities [...]
An officer accused of falsifying records as part of an L.A. Police Department gang-framing scandal pleaded no contest Thursday to six felony counts. Prosecutors alleged Braxton Shaw falsified dozens of [...]
A San Dimas woman has been arrested in the fatal stabbing of her wife with a sword during a fight at their home, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. [...]
Four Los Angeles County men were arrested Tuesday in connection with a series of armed robberies of 7-Eleven stores and a CVS last year that they later allegedly posted about [...]
In December 2022, Delilah Loya took to the field at SoFi Stadium as an honorary Los Angeles Rams cheerleader.The 8-year-old Bakersfield girl had been battling Stage IV neuroblastoma since 2019 [...]
(Photography by Henry Hargreaves; prop styling by Victoria Granof) In L.A., water rules our minds, bodies and yards. That’s why we’re decoding H20 during our city’s most sizzling season. Learn [...]
The next stage of repairs to stabilize the Rocky Creek Bridge “slip-out” on Highway 1 in Big Sur will again close the two-lane road, but the closures will occur only [...]
Temperatures on Venus hover around 870 degrees, but the second-closest planet to the sun got a little bit cooler recently when NASA showered it with Missy Elliott’s hit song “The [...]
Standing before the renowned peristyle at the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the 1984 Olympics opening ceremony was held, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday touted a $77-million infusion of cash [...]
A 5-year-old boy has died after a hit-and-run driver plowed into him, his parents and siblings as they were bicycling in Garden Grove last week. The suspect is now facing [...]
EV drivers braving Interstate 5 will soon get a chance for a double charge — electrons for the car, caffeine for the driver.Starbucks and Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday announced a partnership [...]
Fullerton police said Monday that a man they killed last month appeared to provoke the incident in an effort to die.On June 15, police said they responded to a 911 [...]
Coronavirus levels have jumped significantly in wastewater across the nation, an indication that the summer bump is continuing to grow. National virus measurements in sewage reached “high” levels for the [...]
When a wildfire started in the mountains of Fresno County late last month, much of California was on the cusp of a heat wave that would go on to smash [...]
SACRAMENTO — OK, my choice to replace President Biden as the Democratic nominee is George Clooney. Yes, I am semi-serious. No, I don’t expect anyone else to take me seriously — [...]
Once the sun sets in the Pico-Union area, workers and residents approach the streets with trepidation. Here, and in other parts of Los Angeles, copper-wire thieves have stripped them of [...]
Just like the man they stand behind, backers of President Biden can be a feisty bunch.Even as more prominent supporters jump ship — Hollywood high rollers George Clooney and Rob [...]
Another county in Southern California has confirmed finding mosquitoes that carry the West Nile virus.They were the first mosquito samples to test positive for the virus this year in Orange [...]
Emma Craig was outside the Beverly Hills Medical Center on Wilshire Boulevard, spoiling for a fight. Armed with a bullhorn, sidewalk chalk and “giant photos of dead babies,” the Bay [...]
A driver in Orange County crashed into three children and two adults who were out cycling before fleeing the scene on Sunday night, authorities said.The suspected hit-and-run occurred about 7:30 [...]
For a pair of schoolteachers crammed into a rental with their children, the house for sale in Sun Valley was a dream come true: a modern hacienda with three bedrooms, [...]
Significant delays in the processing of background checks are causing headaches across California, leaving applications for jobs and housing stuck in limbo while making it harder for employers and landlords [...]
To the editor: A November ballot initiative forced legislators’ hands to pass AB 2927 requiring financial planning be taught before high school graduation. Presumably they didn’t want to be embarrassed [...]
This Fourth of July, more county pools will be open and more lifeguards will be on duty — for more pay. That’s music to one local mom’s ears.For Micaela Ramirez, [...]
The federal government granted $8.2 million to Hollywood Burbank Airport for its terminal update project as part of an infrastructure program that has awarded billions to airports across the country [...]
It was almost 10 years ago when Andrew Thorpe received a text from the crew flying overhead in a small aircraft: They had spotted a new methane hot spot. Thorpe [...]
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers have announced plans to pursue bond measures that would add $20 billion to the state’s debt but help fund the response to climate-related disasters, ensure clean drinking [...]
A quick look at census data (more than 11,000 people turn 65 each day in the U.S.), along with my own rough calculations, suggest that several hundred people are turning [...]
A Palmer oak in Jurupa Valley is estimated to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old. The plant, which looks like a sprawling, dark green shrub, is now at the center [...]