Faith Couts always dreamed of pursuing a college degree but “the timing was never right.” Couts, 50, had her first child during her senior year in high school and enrolled [...]

Months after Pete Davidson allegedly crashed a car into a Beverly Hills home, Los Angeles County prosecutors on Friday have charged the comedian and actor with reckless driving. The “Saturday [...]

With an eye toward enhancing protection against the coronavirus, which is still evolving and circulating, federal health advisors said Thursday that the next round of COVID-19 vaccines should be updated [...]

Two Orange County sheriff’s deputies shot and killed a hatchet-wielding man they suspected was breaking into a home in Midway City on Wednesday morning, authorities said.Sheriff’s officials said deputies were [...]

Southern California Public Radio, which runs local station LAist (formerly known as KPCC), said Tuesday that it would cut staff by more than 10% due to a revenue shortfall.In a [...]

Before the pandemic, Jose Rubio had been pursuing an environmental engineering degree while also working in construction and performing music. Once COVID-19 struck, he lost his job and couldn’t afford [...]

Sebastian Soto wishes there could be an LGBTQ+ Pride parade every day — in every city and every country in the world.Alas, that’s not the case. But for Soto, who [...]

The father of a Black man who was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies in 2020 has tentatively settled a lawsuit that alleged the department used excessive [...]

WASHINGTON —  Along with speculation about Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s health and ability to serve, the California Democrat’s two-month absence from the Capitol earlier this year exposed the deep partisan distrust that [...]

The Los Angeles Police Department seized about 38,000 pounds of illegal fireworks Wednesday from a warehouse in South Los Angeles — and this time it didn’t blow up a neighborhood. [...]

Southern Californians yearning for sunshine can instead expect another week of June gloom, with a chance of thunderstorms and showers on the horizon. A cloudy weather pattern across the Los [...]

Former Bay Area news anchor Frank Somerville, who has spoken publicly about his struggles with mental health and substance abuse issues, was arrested twice in one night after domestic disturbances [...]

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a string of five armed robberies at taco trucks within a week‘s span.No arrests have been made in the robberies, which police said [...]

A fire has scorched a nearly 100-year-old church in Watts for the second time in less than two years, prompting an arson investigation, authorities said. The blaze erupted in the [...]

If you swam off the coast of Santa Barbara or San Diego recently, chances are you had company. You just may not have noticed. A new study from Cal State [...]

Police stepped in to split up protesters in a tense scene outside a North Hollywood elementary school Friday morning as more than 100 parents rallied against a Pride Day assembly, [...]

Jennifer Schuh was walking along Rio Del Mar State Beach in Santa Cruz during the Memorial Day holiday when she spotted something unusual in the sand.The foot-long object resembled a [...]

Gas prices in Southern California are expected to remain high throughout this summer vacation season, pushed up by a rise in travel demand that began with a surge in road [...]

An inmate stabbed two correctional deputies in their hands and shoulders during an unprovoked attack Sunday night at Santa Clara County Main Jail in San Jose, officials said.The inmate left [...]

Metrolink and Amtrak Pacific Surfliner trains resumed service through Orange County on Saturday after rail traffic was partially suspended due to a landside in San Clemente last month.Crews completed emergency [...]

Observed as a federal holiday on the last Monday in May, Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who died while serving in the U.S. military. A number [...]

A 40-year-old Los Angeles man has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault, and police are seeking the public’s help in identifying additional victims.Terrance Hawkins was arrested in downtown Los [...]

Victor Valley High School teacher Noah Padilla.(San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department) An Inland Empire high school teacher has been arrested on suspicion of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 17-year-old female [...]

A salmonella outbreak linked to raw cookie dough has led to 18 cases in six states, including one in California, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Investigators [...]

The bodies of an 8-year-old girl and her 4-year-old brother were found within 24 hours of each other in Fresno County’s fast-moving Kings River, ending a frantic search for the [...]

Two people were killed following reports of a fight early Sunday morning near an outdoor Anaheim shopping center near Disneyland, according to authorities. Officers with the Anaheim Police Department received [...]

A small private plane crashed Saturday in the Pacific about 40 miles west of Half Moon Bay following an emergency call for help, killing two people aboard.The National Transportation Safety [...]

Investigators were searching Saturday for four suspects in connection with an attack in Westlake that left three men and a homeless woman hospitalized with gunshot wounds, the Los Angeles Police [...]

The city of Los Angeles will cover the medical expenses of a Los Angeles Police Department volunteer who was stung by a swarm of bees in Encino earlier this week, [...]

The last message John Denardo received from his daughter came from a phone number he didn’t recognize.Her cellphone had been stolen, she wrote, but she promised to see him in [...]

Dancers at a North Hollywood topless bar will become the only strippers in the United States to gain union recognition after the club’s management withdrew challenges to their guild election, [...]

A former correctional officer at a troubled federal women’s prison in California was arrested Friday in Florida and charged with sexually abusing three inmates, according to federal prosecutors.Darrell Wayne Smith, [...]

Amid warming temperatures, record snowmelt and yet another flood forecast, Yosemite National Park announced that three campgrounds will be closed starting Monday.Housekeeping Camp and the Lower and North Pines campgrounds [...]

A man was shot and killed on the corner of Hill and 1st streets in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night and police were searching for the suspect.Police were called [...]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom detailed plans to begin to bridle his progressive policy agenda to offset an estimated $31.5-billion budget deficit for the state during a presentation Friday explaining his [...]

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for three people who were aboard a U.S. Navy contractor’s aircraft that crashed Wednesday into the water off San Clemente Island, officials [...]

A passenger died late Tuesday at a Red Line Metro station in Hollywood, but no foul play is suspected, according to officials.Officers responded to the death just before 11 p.m. [...]

The football player on the vintage Sports Illustrated cover looks beat.He’s framed from the chest up, the No. 11 on his rumpled purple Minnesota Vikings jersey barely visible. The sky [...]

The Los Angeles Times won two Pulitzer Prizes on Monday for coverage of two of the most troubling problems facing Southern California — homelessness and racial division.The newspaper’s staff won [...]

UFC veteran Tony Ferguson was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence early Sunday after his truck struck other vehicles and rolled over in Hollywood, police said.Ferguson, a former [...]

A 66-year-old Long Beach man drove more than 700 miles to Ogden, Utah, where he fatally shot his brother and set fire to his home before being killed himself in [...]

The Los Angeles Police Department is updating the cameras in its patrol cars to capture wider angles with higher resolution and allow for video to upload from the field to [...]

Lucia Forseth was homeless in 2017. Six years later, she’s a millionaire.The California woman won $5 million playing the state lottery, according to the California Lottery. She told lottery officials [...]

A minivan slammed through a Santa Ana apartment building late Monday, trapping a woman under the vehicle and injuring at least one other person, authorities said.Fire and police officials responded [...]

It’s halftime, so Desus Nice is smoking a blunt in the California sunshine. And the Knicks are up five, so the Bronx native and comedian is in a good mood. [...]

MOJAVE —  Three women and a man were shot to death Sunday evening in the Kern County community of Mojave, according to authorities.Detectives were on the scene early Monday morning where [...]

After a long wet winter, storm-weary Angelenos may see even more rain this week.The National Weather Service is predicting a quarter- to a half-inch of rain in most areas and [...]

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. —  Signs of snowmelt-fueled deluge were everywhere in famed Yosemite Valley on Saturday as the normally placid Merced River surged over its banks, swamping roads, erasing swimming [...]

In perhaps the most consequential session of the year, California air regulators have adopted two landmark rules setting aggressive zero-emission requirements for fleets of heavier vehicles and locomotives, a move [...]

In the last 48 hours, Jonathan Cornejo achieved what had seemed impossible.He committed to UC San Diego.The 17-year-old senior at West Adams Preparatory High School had dreamed of attending the [...]