'Dangerous' heat wave forecast for Southern California's Labor Day weekend
Dangerous heat and fire weather conditions throughout Southern California are expected through at least Labor Day.
Dangerous heat and fire weather conditions throughout Southern California are expected through at least Labor Day.
Firefighters make progress in their battle against historic massive blazes, three of which rank among California's biggest wildfires.
Two commercial pilots radioed the air traffic control tower at Los Angeles International Airport with reports of a man flying with a jet pack nearby.
L.A. plans to spend nearly $10 million on a program to help tenants threatened with eviction, and $50 million to help poor people amid the pandemic.
California lawmakers embraced a plan to slightly loosen the state's year-old law limiting the use of independent contractors.
Los Angeles County officials are expected to meet Tuesday to discuss the state's new COVID-19 guidance for reopening sectors.
The Superior Court judge's ruling came in a case challenging the use of test scores for students with disabilities but will affect all students.
Shooting death of Dijon Kizzee in Westmont renews calls for law enforcement accountability
California could become the first state to develop its own line of generic drugs if Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill approved by the legislature Monday.
Freedom Schools is a six-week summer literacy and cultural enrichment program designed for youth in grades K-12 in communities where quality academic enrichment is limited. The program teaches lessons in social justice and youth empowerment.
Nearly 40 years after regulators warned that the terminal was located too close to the runways, a new facility was set to be built — until the pandemic hit.
California's Legislature adjourned with some lawmakers and activists frustrated that more was not done to address deep troubles facing the state's residents.
Is it appropriate to intervene to help wildlife amid a disaster? That question has arisen in fire-scorched Point Reyes, where Tule elk are short of water.
LAUSD and other districts show a big drop in kindergartners and first-graders amid online classes and the coronavirus crisis.
L.A. housing department employee's moonlighting job with a motel led to a fine and concerns that he should have flagged dangerous practices there.
Senate Bill 1383 by state Sen. Hannah-Beth Jackson (D-Santa Barbara) would provide millions of employees who work for smaller businesses with the same 12 weeks of job protections while taking family leave as those who work for larger companies.
The California Legislature approved two bills, AB 3070 and AB 2542, to reduce racism in the criminal justice system.
A plan to spend $500 million on wildfire response and prevention failed to gain traction in the California Legislature.
The bill approved by state lawmakers on Monday states that a person who knowingly makes a false and harassing 911 call on another person in a protected class — which includes race, color, ethnicity, religion, nationality, country of origin, ancestry, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression or sexual orientation — can be charged with a misdemeanor and punishable by up to one year in a county jail and a fine of not less than $500.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature acted Monday to avert a housing crisis by approving legislation to extend protections against evictions by five months for California renters facing financial hardship because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
California lawmakers acted to close a loophole in state gun control laws that surfaced after a mass shooting at a suburban San Diego County synagogue last year.
At the end of a legislative session marked by the COVID-19 pandemic, legislators passed a series of bills to provide protections for those affected by the coronavirus.
Despite momentum for police reform after the killing of George Floyd, California passed only a few reform bills amid a chaotic end of session.
A notice of plans to seek a referendum on California's new ban on flavored tobacco was filed with the state by an attorney who has represented firms including R.J. Reynolds, which led the opposition campaign to SB 793.
Gregory Wong, 31, of Gardena faces up to three years in prison if convicted of possession of felony weapons possession.