A burglary suspect who led deputies on pursuit from Walnut to Pico Rivera early Wednesday afternoon drove onto a rugged dirt road, ditched his vehicle and ran into a storm drain under a heavy canopy of trees.
Lawmakers in the Assembly gave final approval Wednesday to a measure that would require the state's public pension funds to divest from their holdings in thermal coal.
It's over: Avril Lavigne and Chad Kroeger have split after two years of marriage.
The California Legislature recently passed what could be the strongest equal pay law in the nation. The bill, called the "Fair Pay Act," is now headed to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown. One of Brown's aides, Nancy McFadden, tweeted last week that the governor "will sign CA Fair Pay Act when it reaches...
After remaining relatively flat for much of the year, the number of people killed in Los Angeles surged in August, leaving police scrambling to rein in the violence.
"Avengers: Age of Ultron," wasn't all James-Spader-robot scenery-chewing and superheroes, there were also exploding car chase scenes so huge that the crew had to shut down most of Seoul to film them.
In their continuing quest to rebrand their team, the Clippers are in the "planning stages" of having a team mascot, said an NBA official who was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
Determined foes of President Obama's nuclear deal with Iran had vowed to use August to mobilize public opinion with a tea party-like fervor, and to build a bipartisan majority in Congress to sink the landmark pact in a mid-September showdown.
Lela Swift, an early-day TV director who worked with a young James Dean and went on to work on the long-running daytime soap opera "Ryan's Hope," has died. She was 96.
Californians will have an easier time determining who is giving money to political candidates and causes starting Thursday, when a new tool becomes available on the secretary of state's website.
Starter: Fifth-year senior Cody Kessler
Kim Davis, the devout Christian who is fighting against issuing Kentucky marriage licenses to same-sex couples, is hardly the first to be caught in the battle between religious beliefs and civil laws. Modern social issues, including abortion rights and capital punishment, have hinged on the same...
In recent months, the terrorist group Islamic State has destroyed some of most significant historical and archaeological sites in Iraq and Syria. Some of the ravaged antiquities and cultural monuments date back thousands of years. They include UNESCO World Heritage Sites such as castles and temples....
Apple Inc. could be preparing to disrupt yet another industry - Hollywood.
Six couples -- four gay couples and two straight couples -- have sued a county clerk in Kentucky for refusing to issue marriage licenses after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned bans on same-sex marriage nationwide.
Ever since I briefly flatlined three years ago after surgery, and then rose from the dead thanks to CPR from a well-trained nurse, I've found it more difficult to live conservatively and plan for tomorrow.
When NBC cut ties with Donald Trump after he made derogatory remarks about Mexican immigrants during his presidential campaign announcement, the real estate mogul's career as a TV personality appeared to be over.
James L. Starnes, navigator of the battleship Missouri, was 24 years old when he learned he would play a key role in the ceremony to mark the end of World War II.
A dozen years ago on a Saturday morning, a father in Long Beach dropped off his son to take a qualifying test for an AP history class. When the teen got in and the dad later visited the class at Wilson Classical High School, he noticed something odd: Most of the students were white-even though...
Henry T. Perea was having a change of heart.
Maj. Tao Shin-jun, a 97-year-old veteran of China's fight against Japan in World War II, tears up when asked about Thursday's military parade in Beijing marking the 70th anniversary of the end of the conflict. It's not that Tao is sentimental - he's angry.
When the temperature is in the triple digits and the sun feels like it's going to sear your skull, sometimes all you want to eat is a bowl of soup. Right? Well, if it's a chilled gazpacho, yeah. We've got two very different alternatives for you to try this week. In the news: Amazon is getting into...
Paul Royle obituary: In the Aug. 31 California section, the obituary of Paul Royle, a member of the World War II prison camp breakout known as the Great Escape, described the three escapees who made it home as two Norwegians and a Dane. It was two Norwegians and a Dutchman.
It was Dodgers wrestling Giants, Zack battling Bum, hope fighting despair, Chavez Ravine swaying and sighing, and after all the calamities of the summer, you'll never guess what happened.
This was only one game in a season of 162. Only this felt like something more.