By Tuesday evening, the Fairview fire near Hemet had burned through 4,500 acres and fire officials continued to expand evacuation orders as the blaze threatened about 3,500 structures.At least seven [...]

Police are searching for suspects who fled after a man was shot to death Tuesday morning near the JW Marriott hotel in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said.The shooting was reported [...]

A former stockbroker from Chino Hills was sentenced Tuesday to 6½ years in prison after pleading guilty to running a $3.2-million securities fraud scheme that targeted low-income Latinos, according to [...]

New COVID-19 booster shots are rolling out in California after federal officials greenlighted a new vaccination formula targeting the latest dominant Omicron subvariants as well as the original coronavirus strain.Who [...]

A cyberattack brought down the computer systems of the Los Angeles Unified School District over the weekend, but officials said late Monday night that schools would open as scheduled Tuesday [...]

A technical problem brought down computer systems in the Los Angeles Unified School District over the holiday weekend, taking the website offline, eliminating access to email and reportedly affecting systems [...]

Southern California remains in the grip of the worst heat wave of the year — along with intense thunderstorms in some areas. The conditions have heightened worries about power supply [...]

In an usual foray into California state politics, President Biden weighed in Sunday in support of a proposed law, now on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, that would make it easier [...]

Authorities recovered two bodies from a Weed, Calif., neighborhood that was burned down Friday by the fast-moving Mill fire in Siskiyou County.The blaze burned scores of homes and other buildings [...]

Excessive heat warnings will remain in place for the next few days, as searing temperatures continue to roast much of Southern California, increasing the risk of brush fires and putting [...]

In a subtle departure from his national image as a liberal champion, Gov. Gavin Newsom successfully pushed state lawmakers to support a series of tough policies in the final weeks [...]

A man was found dead from an apparent gunshot wound on Saturday in the View Park-Windsor Hills section of Los Angeles County, authorities said.Deputies responded to the 3800 block of [...]

Two men were found stabbed to death in South Los Angeles early Saturday and a third man was taken into custody in the case, a police spokeswoman said.LAPD officers responded [...]

One person died and three others were rescued early Saturday when a boat took on water and sank off the coast of Catalina Island, authorities said. The incident occurred near [...]

Just two months before California would face its most severe heat wave of the year, Marta Segura was named Los Angeles’ inaugural chief heat officer and given the monumental task [...]

Conservationists are aiming to carve out nearly 100 acres on the Palos Verdes Peninsula to restore and protect native wildlife by shielding the area from development. The Palos Verdes Peninsula [...]

Two people were shot late Thursday in what police say was a follow-home robbery.Officers responded around 11:55 p.m. to a reported shooting in the 11100 block of Califa Street, the [...]

A Los Angeles clinic diluted more than 2,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, and did not inform some patients until months later, according to a report.Clinica Romero, a federally qualified [...]

VISALIA, Calif. — On a hot morning in August, the pressure gauge on Jesús Benítez’s well read about 10 pounds per square inch — barely enough for a trickle. The 74-year-old has [...]

A brush fire burning near small communities in the Sierra Nevada foothills spurred multiple evacuation orders Thursday night. The Tuolumne County Sheriff’s Office said the fire broke out near Camp [...]

A Superior Court judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in a case against a man facing life in prison because the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department kept him in jail cells [...]

A Petaluma high school canceled classes Thursday because of a social media post sent to students that referred to a shooting and contained photos of guns, according to authorities. Petaluma [...]

Triple digit temperatures and dry vegetation have created rapid spread of the Route fire in Castaic. As of Thursday morning, the Route fire has burned more than 5,000 acres and [...]

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers voted to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant open for five more years, ultimately siding with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s controversial call to lend PG&E up to $1.4 billion [...]

After years of failed attempts to impose health and safety buffer zones around new oil and gas wells in California, state lawmakers on Wednesday sent a bill to the governor [...]

California’s sultry summer days come with an increased risk of power outages and wildfires. But there’s a way you can help: by decreasing how much power you’re using during a [...]

Students whose families come from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and other Central American nations will be able to dive deeper into their heritage’s history and culture through what is [...]

A proposal to strengthen California’s concealed-carry law in response to a Supreme Court decision expanding rights to carry firearms in public failed in the Assembly on Tuesday despite backing from [...]

A student from New Zealand is recovering in a hospital after falling as far as 80 feet from Yosemite National Park’s Half Dome this month. Anna Parsons, 21, broke bones [...]

An Oregon-based dive team that helped authorities locate missing teenager Kiely Rodni’s body and vehicle earlier this month donned its wetsuits and helped authorities search for two other missing California [...]

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Days after they reached a rare deal between affordable housing advocates and labor unions, California lawmakers on Monday approved two significant bills that would guarantee livable wages on projects to [...]

Los Angeles County public health officials issued ocean water warnings for four beaches Monday after recent tests found high bacterial levels in the water.The Santa Monica Pier, Mother’s Beach in [...]

The average life expectancy of Californians has dramatically declined in the last year, according to new data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Californians are losing, on [...]

Rafael González speaks nervously, overwhelmed with frustration and unease. An immigrant from Puerto San Jose on Guatemala’s southern coast, González would like to give an earful to his country’s president, [...]

Three people were killed and two others injured Sunday afternoon when two cars collided on a canyon road in Santa Clarita, the California Highway Patrol saidInvestigators were still at the [...]

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake was reported at 3:48 p.m. Sunday about 29 miles from Bakersfield, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.The earthquake occurred 34 miles from Tehachapi, 34 miles from [...]

Temperatures are expected to hit triple digits in some areas of Southern California this week as a heat wave envelops the region — just in time for Labor Day weekend. [...]

The next generation of COVID-19 booster shots — tailored specifically to combat the super-infectious family of Omicron subvariants — could roll out early next month. The long-in-the-works offering would mark [...]

Three people were arrested in Modesto on Saturday after counterprotesters descended on a planned “straight pride” event outside a Planned Parenthood facility, police said.Objects were thrown from the crowds and [...]

The Buffalo Bills on Saturday said they were releasing punter Matt Araiza from the team, two days after a civil lawsuit accused him and two other former San Diego State [...]

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was arrested on suspicion of driving drunk and crashing his patrol vehicle Friday night in the Santa Clarita area, the department said in a [...]

Experts are warning that employees might be showing up to work while sick with COVID-19, with symptoms so mild even healthcare workers are being fooled. It has long been known [...]

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy briefly went missing after a crash in the Santa Clarita area, prompting a search and major law enforcement presence in the area Friday night. [...]

P-90, a 2-year-old mountain lion, was struck and killed by a vehicle Friday morning on Highway 33 south of Ojai, the National Park Service said.P-90’s death comes weeks after his [...]

Los Angeles police issued an alert Friday saying a TikTok trend may be behind an uptick in thefts of Kia and Hyundai vehicles, with viral videos from across the country [...]

SACRAMENTO — Inside a two-bedroom apartment in Sacramento, three siblings laughed as they watched an eager group of contestants competing to win a Lamborghini on a YouTube stream. Zabiullah Musafer, 43, and [...]

Public health officials on Thursday confirmed Los Angeles County’s first human cases of West Nile virus of the year.Six cases have been confirmed in the Antelope, San Fernando and San [...]

Following dozens of drone sightings — and a handful of reports of a “guy in a jetpack” — near Los Angeles International Airport, the Transportation Security Administration will test new [...]

At a border crossing between the United States and Mexico, border officials said they found 60 reptiles in an Oxnard man’s pockets in February. He claimed they were his pets.Six [...]