PG&E admits its equipment may have sparked several fires this year
The largest utility in California told a federal judge this month that 10 small fires appear to have been ignited by damaged equipment.
The largest utility in California told a federal judge this month that 10 small fires appear to have been ignited by damaged equipment.
A Native American burial site was believed to be discovered in a construction zone for the 405 Freeway. The project has halted in the immediate area where the bones were found.
Political activist Ed Buck is arraigned on charges of providing drugs that led to two deaths. Families of the alleged victims spoke after the hearing.
It has been a bad year for measles. As of last week, 1,250 people have been diagnosed with measles nationwide, compared with 372 in all of last year.
Under a bill signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California parents may administer medical cannabis to their children at school if the school board approves.
Both Fremont High School on San Pedro Street and John Hope Continuation High School on Towne Avenue in South L.A. were on lockdown. Los Angeles School Police said the schools share a location.
Wage inequality has risen more in California cities than in the metropolitan areas of any other state, with seven of the nation's 15 most unequal cities located in the Golden State.
Chatsworth residents protest a planned building that would house homeless people. In the suburbs, sometimes "not in my backyard" involves backyards.
Do voters think things are generally going in the right direction or the wrong direction in California? The Public Policy Institute of California asked, and the reply was largely negative.
Sandy Banks returns as a Los Angeles Times columnist to a very, very different landscape.
Over the past four years, lawmakers have quietly chipped away at zoning communities for single-family homes only, opening the door to smaller backyard units.
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The preventive power outages in Northern California could leave more than 2 million people without lights, air conditioning, computers and refrigerators this week. Gusty conditions are expected through Thursday morning.
Samuel Mayerson, the L.A. County prosecutor who helped win a conviction against newspaper heiress Patty Hearst and then in a stunning display of compassion urged the court to spare her more time behind bars for her crimes, has died.
California utilities are woefully behind on maintenance and new power systems to prevent long-term blackouts.
It began as so many do — while reporting another story. A Times photographer and I were finishing an article about the odd and sometimes ingenious ways that homeless people seek — and find — shelter. Then we heard about a double murder-suicide.
Three people bound by addiction and mental illness were searching for a place to belong. Their journey ended in a double murder-suicide.
Bay Area residents race to prepare for the power going out, and then it doesn't. "They are messing with us," says one.
A coalition of activists wants an immediate moratorium on pretextual stops, in which officers use a minor violation such as a broken taillight to stop a vehicle and look for more serious wrongdoing.
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill aimed at reducing voter confusion, saying it was unconstitutional to force a political party to change its name.
The law declares that the public must be allowed to enter Hollister Ranch by land and access some of its 8.5 miles of shoreline by April 2022.
Geography and weather systems contribute to the strong offshore Santa Anas
An LAPD spokesman said the removals will take place Wednesday night and Thursday.
A San Diego Freeway widening project was halted immediately after the remains were found. Officials consulted with an archaeologist and the county coroner.
Gov. Gavin Newsom acknowledged the widespread dissatisfaction with the massive power outage launched by Pacific Gas & Electric in Northern California.