Beavers are precious to the Tule River Indian Tribe. They are woven into the California tribe’s stories and appear in ancient pictographs painted by ancestors on the walls of a [...]
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ took the helm seven years ago, amid roiling discontent over free speech conflicts, financial woes, sexual assault scandals and a leadership crisis under her predecessor.During [...]
When a renewable energy company started razing thousands of Joshua trees this month to make way for a sprawling solar farm, it kicked up a firestorm of outrage among Mojave [...]
The violent protest Sunday at a synagogue has prompted Mayor Karen Bass to say Los Angeles should consider rules governing demonstrations and the wearing of masks by those protesting.Bass on [...]
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was reported Monday morning at 5:07 a.m. Pacific time in Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The earthquake occurred less than a mile from South [...]
As soaring fossil fuel emissions continue to heighten global warming, multiple projects seeking to remove carbon dioxide from the air have been launched across Los Angeles Country — an effort [...]
My 1-year-old beagle, Philly, keeps stealing socks, tries to eat horse manure on our morning hikes, and can be as stubborn as a summer heat dome. But I’m glad this [...]
In an era when everybody is staring at their phones, burglars are banking on people failing to notice the hidden camera in their front yard.Residents across Southern California have discovered [...]
To boldly go where no man has gone before.That’s the mission of the USS Enterprise — and arguably the aim of a $1-million prize being offered through a foundation created [...]
Few governmental practices have caused more rapid disruption or erosion of generational wealth in Black and brown communities than the discriminatory use of eminent domain — the legal tool cities, [...]
New cases of mpox in Los Angeles County rose considerably in the last two weeks, local health officials said Monday. The “concerning increase” of the disease took reported cases from [...]
The nation’s top emergency response agency has long been a lifeline for cities and states struggling with disaster. When hurricanes strike, earthquakes rattle, and tornadoes carve paths of destruction, the [...]
In the three years that Adel Hagekhalil has led California’s largest urban water supplier, the general manager has sought to focus on adaptation to climate change — in part by [...]
Los Angeles police arrested a man Friday in connection with a road-rage-fueled scuffle at Los Angeles International Airport that knocked an elderly woman to the ground, leaving her unconscious.Jasan Givens [...]
A couple hiking near Joshua Tree was rescued from a rugged trail over the weekend, prompting warnings from officials about participating in outdoor activities in the stifling heat.The dramatic helicopter [...]
There really should be an alert system in place for TV campaign ads in the run-up to the November elections. Red lights would flash and sirens would wail right before [...]
I have to admit, the case of Los Angeles County lifeguard Capt. Jeffrey Little has me scratching my head.Little is the veteran lifeguard who filed a religious discrimination, harassment and [...]
The house jolts and rumbles, and then there’s the unmistakable boom that Mikayla Shocks has been hearing more and more frequently from her Camarillo home. “One time, I thought a [...]
SACRAMENTO — It’s budget season in Sacramento and there are bound to be screwups. Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democratic legislators are paying now for a huge flub two years ago.They cobbled [...]
One man was fatally shot and several people were stabbed when a fight erupted Saturday at a picnic area on the shore of Lake Berryessa in Northern California, authorities said.Violence [...]
Sacramento officials were elated this week when the results of a biennial point-in-time count showed that the observed local homeless population had declined by a whopping 29% — the biggest [...]
Several current and former Pasadena police officers and supervisors — all of them people of color — suffered assaults, discrimination and retaliation by a pair of department cliques, one of [...]
I don’t know who exactly taught me I was going to hell.It wasn’t my parents. My mother, raised Southern Baptist, was clear that we attended the only Lutheran church for [...]
California needs to repay more than $52 million to the federal government after improperly claiming reimbursement from the Medicaid program for some immigrant patients, according to a recently released report [...]
Cameron Whiting had just finished an easy 1.5-mile open-water swim and was bodysurfing Sunday morning off Del Mar Beach when a member of his swimming group began to scream.At first, [...]
WASHINGTON — Elon Musk and his brother Kimbal were speaking to a crowd of business leaders in 2013 about creating their first company when the conversation seemed to go off script. [...]
Los Angeles County has detected mosquitoes carrying the West Nile virus for the first time this year.The mosquitoes were recovered from a trap in the Winnetka neighborhood of the San [...]
Sharing a salt-and-butter breakfast roll with her grandson at a Newhall bakery, stalwart Republican Jill Brown said former President Trump’s guilty verdict in a Manhattan courtroom won’t dent her plans [...]
Pride Month is almost here, meaning there will be parades, marches and other events to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community.Throughout the month, some streets will be closed in and around Los [...]
When Anaheim police officers arrived at Aaron Romo’s door in March 2023, they knocked and announced their presence. A security guard had summoned them after seeing the muscle-bound Romo violently [...]
A police pursuit that halted traffic for six hours on the 91 Freeway began with a Corona police investigation of a man accused of violating a domestic violence retraining order [...]
Water access at all San Clemente beaches was closed Monday due to “aggressive shark behavior,” according to city officials. The Memorial Day edict came after a shark knocked a surfer [...]
“General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor was fatally shot early Saturday when he came upon three men trying to steal the catalytic converter from his car, according to a law enforcement [...]
Los Angeles County public health authorities are warning residents to avoid the waters of some beaches this Memorial Day weekend after testing turned up bacterial levels that exceed state standards.People [...]
A Fresno man is accused of throwing more than three pounds of methamphetamine into a federal prison’s recreation yard in broad daylight — a case that could land him behind [...]
UCLA Chancellor Gene Block found himself in the nation’s culture wars hot seat Thursday, interrogated by members of Congress about his handling of complaints of campus antisemitism, amid student protests [...]
Memorial Day weekend is almost upon us, meaning Southern Californians will soon gather for barbecues and flock to beaches to mark the unofficial start of summer. In Los Angeles County, [...]
Riverside County and the family of a man who died in custody in 2020 have reached a $7.5-million settlement, a lawyer for the family said.Christopher Zumwalt, a 39-year-old construction worker [...]
As hundreds of striking academic workers walked a picket line at UC Santa Cruz on Monday, alleging the University of California’s response to pro-Palestinian demonstrators has been hostile, a group [...]
SAN DIEGO — California Democratic Party leaders at their annual executive board convention this weekend took positions on a host of statewide measures that will — or may — appear on [...]
Add criminal tightrope walking to the list of problems besieging Oceanwide Plaza, the unfinished, bankrupt, vandalized, graffitied towers marring the skyline of downtown Los Angeles.A 28-year-old performance artist who goes [...]
Jason Rios just wanted a burger.The 15-year-old from Watts sat down with a friend for dinner at an outdoor patio at Freedom Plaza off Century Boulevard on Tuesday when, without [...]
Mayor Karen Bass ordered a “surge” of law enforcement inside the region’s hundreds of buses and miles of subway system, saying Metro riders don’t feel safe after a spate of [...]
Police converged on UC Irvine on Wednesday as a pro-Palestinian protest escalated. Protesters took over the Physical Sciences Classroom Building, a two-story building near their encampment. The escalation of the [...]
Why it took Tom Brady by surprise that his divorce with Gisele Bündchen, her relationship with Jiu-Jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente and other aspects of their private life would be the [...]
Pasadena is reeling from a violent car crash over the weekend that left three young adults dead and three other young people badly injured. The victims, whose ages range from [...]
Federal prosecutors are recommending a 40-year sentence for the man convicted of attempting to kidnap former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and assaulting her husband with a hammer after he [...]
Three people were killed and three others seriously injured in a single-car crash that temporarily knocked out power for hundreds of Pasadena residents early Saturday, authorities said.A Tesla Model 3 [...]
Firefighters are working to contain a brush fire that sparked Friday morning in Kern County, according to authorities. The Sherwood fire started around 10:15 a.m. in the area north of [...]
A name that might be familiar to regular watchers of “The Real Housewives of Orange County” has come up in connection to the criminal case against Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter, [...]