It’s a battle that has raged in California since former Gov. Ronald Reagan first signed legislation banning the sale of kangaroo meat and leather in 1970, after years of unregulated [...]

Pasadena police shot and killed an armed carjacking suspect at the end of a vehicle pursuit early Saturday. Officers were in pursuit of the vehicle around 2:25 a.m. and when [...]

In the spring of 1980, Julian Nava found himself about to become a pioneer again.The Boyle Heights native had gone through his life as a man of firsts. First Mexican [...]

Possible showers and thunderstorms could strike across Los Angeles County starting Saturday afternoon and last through the weekend, according to the National Weather Service.There’s a a 20% to 30% chance [...]

Los Angeles school chefs — largely responsible for providing the main source of daily nutrition for tens of thousands of children — served up new back-to-school options Friday, the latest [...]

A fire burning amid all-time record heat and thunderstorms producing dry lightning has forced evacuations in Northern California’s Siskiyou County. The McKinney fire started about 1½ miles west of Walker [...]

The LAPD will bolster its presence on the 6th Street Viaduct on Sunday after a week filled with closures due to illegal activity on the city’s new popular attraction, a [...]

Citing declining cases, Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer announced Thursday her department would not impose a mask mandate to deal with a summer surge fueled by super-contagious [...]

SACRAMENTO — Jamil Wilson was planning to celebrate his 20th birthday with friends, so he didn’t give it much thought when one of them, prior to the party, asked if they could [...]

A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was hospitalized after a hit-and-run crash on the 110 Freeway on Thursday night. The crash occurred around 8:13 p.m. on the southbound 110 [...]

As the sun dawdled Wednesday in the space between the arches of the 6th Street Viaduct, then dipped beneath the city skyline, everyone on the bridge turned to watch it [...]

The Oak fire near Yosemite National Park grew to more than 19,156 acres overnight, but firefighters appear to be getting the upperhand on the blaze with containment now at 39%, [...]

As successive waves of COVID-19 have swept across the Southland, Michael Matteo Rossi, a 35 year-old filmmaker who lives in Los Feliz, has gamely masked up whenever he shopped, ate [...]

Burbank has instituted a 45-day moratorium on new gun retailers as the city considers whether to enact new restrictions on firearms sellers.The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to implement the [...]

California Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye will not seek reelection to the state’s Supreme Court after her term concludes next year, she confirmed Wednesday.Cantil-Sakauye’s departure will mean a third appointment to [...]

As it turns out, nothing about buying back the ’hood to build generational wealth and manage gentrification — as the late rapper Nipsey Hussle so famously encouraged his fans to [...]

MARIPOSA, Calif. — Nearly 3,000 firefighters and first responders have flooded the Sierra foothills of Mariposa County battling the explosive Oak fire, but it’s the guys in camouflage fatigues and surplus war [...]

Authorities have shut down the new 6th Street Viaduct connecting downtown Los Angeles to Boyle Heights for the fourth night in the last five days. The Los Angeles Police Department [...]

Recent declines in cases and coronavirus-positive hospitalizations could pull Los Angeles County back from the brink of a new universal public indoor mask mandate. County health officials have said they [...]

Officials in Beverly Hills will not use city resources to enforce a Los Angeles Countywide indoor mask mandate if the county Public Health Department soon issues that measure.Beverly Hills Mayor [...]

On a block of L.A.'s skid row where the tents cluster corner to corner, there’s a store that most people know as the place with a little of everything.When May [...]

A former Long Beach police officer who pleaded guilty to distributing child sexual abuse material was sentenced Monday to nearly six years in prison.Anthony Brown, 57, pleaded guilty in March [...]

COVID-19 outbreaks have hit Los Angeles International Airport with at least 400 confirmed cases among Transportation Security Administration staff and workers at American and Southwest airlines, according to county health [...]

The Oak fire near Yosemite is the biggest blaze in California this year and has forced thousands to flee their homes.Several mountain communities are under threat. The fire has destroyed [...]

Two people were killed and five wounded after gunfire erupted Sunday afternoon in San Pedro’s Peck Park, authorities said.Police said there were approximately 500 people at the park just before [...]

A combination of heat, low humidity and parched vegetation continues to bedevil firefighters battling an inferno burning in the Sierra Nevada foothills near Yosemite that has forced thousands to flee [...]

Newport Beach police four suspects were arrested in connection with a Neiman Marcus store robbery at the Fashion Island shopping mall, and $58,000 worth of merchandise was recovered. Police also said the [...]

Four years ago, Mely Corado was caught in the crosshairs when LAPD opened fire on Gene Atkins, a pursuit suspect who ran into the Silver Lake Trader Joe's store where [...]

As Los Angeles residents decide who will be their mayor, Rep. Karen Bass is trying to build on her seven-point advantage in the primary over billionaire developer Rick Caruso. But [...]

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. —  My ideas about the Inland Empire have always been seeded with a prickly skepticism. As far as I was concerned, passing through towns like Rialto, Colton [...]

CLOVIS, Calif. — In Washington, Kevin McCarthy is the ultimate party-line Republican, one of former President Trump’s most loyal congressional foot soldiers and leading the charge in the GOP’s quest to regain [...]

Bernard Benedict James sat his young children down in the family living room decades ago in their La Mirada home, where he’d written a set of math equations on a [...]

The monarch butterfly fluttered a step closer to extinction Thursday, as scientists put the iconic orange-and-black insect on the endangered list because of its fast dwindling numbers. "It's just a [...]

Fans of "Shrek" brought out their inner ogre for an unforgettable night in Los Angeles Thursday. The beloved 2001 animated movie is the theme of a rave on its way [...]

A fast-moving brush fire near Yosemite National Park exploded in size Saturday into one of California's largest wildfires of the year, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people and shutting [...]

Dating back to 1904, Mount Wilson Observatory was founded by Dr. George Ellery Hale in the mountains of Pasadena where some of the world's oldest telescopes are housed. When Hale [...]

A victim of its own allure, the 6th Street Viaduct was shut by Los Angeles police for a second night in a row.Two weeks after opening, the celebrated bridge was [...]

Police are chasing a vehicle in the Yorba Linda area of Orange County. This is a developing story, please check back for updates. Stay informed about local news and weather [...]

LA's new Sixth Street bridge has been open less than two weeks and it's already proving to be a bit of a nightmare for police, with the latest trouble involving [...]

More than 600 pharmacists and pharmacy workers at Ralphs, Vons, Albertsons and Pavilions stores in Southern California could walk out following an “overwhelming” membership vote to authorize union leadership to [...]

The fast-moving Oak fire near Yosemite National Park grew to 9,500 acres by Saturday afternoon. The fire, which started around 2 p.m. Friday, was 0% contained as of noon Saturday, [...]

Firefighters were struggling to battle California’s largest fire of the season so far, a fast-moving inferno tearing through the Sierra Nevada foothills north of Yosemite that has burned at least [...]

A car crash, followed by a street takeover, Friday night were just the latest shenanigans to temporarily close the new 6th Street Viaduct, Los Angeles police said.The crash occurred about [...]

One person died after a fire ripped through a Glassell Park home Saturday morning, authorities said.The fire broke out at the home in the 2600 block of West Crestmoore Place [...]

One person was found dead Saturday inside a home destroyed by fire in Glassell Park, fire officials said. The blaze at 2603 W. Crestmoore Place was reported at 9:50 a.m., [...]

The WHO declared monkeypox a global health emergency. The rare designation means the WHO now views the outbreak as a significant enough threat to global health that a coordinated international [...]

Nearly 8,100 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in LA County, along with 20 more deaths, but the number of virus patients hospitalized took a sharp downward turn. According to [...]

LA County's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose slightly to 5.3% in June, up from a revised 5.2% in May, according to the latest figures released by the state Employment Development [...]

Police are investigating a death after Los Angeles city park rangers found a body in Griffith Park early Saturday, Los Angeles Fire Department officials reported.Fire officials worked to recover the [...]

Weekly coronavirus cases are showing early signs of flattening in Los Angeles County, but they remain at significantly elevated levels as a decision on whether to impose a new indoor [...]