Praying COVID-19 patient, 82, is bludgeoned to death at Lancaster hospital
A COVID-19 patient beat a fellow patient to death using an oxygen tank last week at a Lancaster hospital, authorities said.
A COVID-19 patient beat a fellow patient to death using an oxygen tank last week at a Lancaster hospital, authorities said.
Santa Ana winds are back in Southern California, bringing high temperatures, dry conditions and fire warnings.
Over the last two weeks, more than 3,000 in California have died of COVID-19 — a number that accounts for 13% of the state's 23,303 total such fatalities.
Here are safety tips for getting your holiday shopping done at malls and shopping centers amid the COVID-19 surge.
Padilla's achievement feels bittersweet, Gustavo Arellano writes: Latinos are a plurality of California's population — and we just got a U.S. senator?
The poor condition of the Caltrans-owned homes is no deterrent to families pummeled by the pandemic and affordability crisis.
The state's focus on fighting fires has some experts asking, "Does California need a new agency to focus on wildfire prevention?"
Malls have continued to welcome holiday shoppers, even as officials have banned other forms of gathering amid a massive surge in coronavirus cases.
Bob Harris told his family he didn't want to be on a ventilator, but when his family wasn't ready for him to stop fighting COVID-19, he agreed to be intubated. One week on the ventilator turned into three, and the Harris family faced a terrible decision.
The Grand Princess cruise ship floated off the California coast for days while officials wrestled with the emerging coronavirus outbreak. Here's what it was like on board.
Fines and other penalties are set for bad actors in an industry marked by weak regulation.
It's about time California had a Latino senator, and it's something Newsom couldn't ignore, columnist George Skelton writes.
Fire departments across the county will soon begin vaccinating their employees, bringing relief to agencies whose ranks have been hit by the spread of the virus in the community.
Prison medical facilities have received 18,600 doses of the Moderna vaccine and 3,259 of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine
A gunman opened fire inside a Kohl's department store Tuesday night, killing one person, police said.
Over the weekend, sheriff and police officials broke up at least three parties where dozens of people gathered, making nearly 70 arrests. A man was fatally shot at one of the parties.
Padilla spoke with The Times by telephone shortly after his appointment was announced.
L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti vetoed a plan backed by the City Council to spend $88 million diverted from the LAPD to aid disadvantaged communities, saying it did not meet "the call of history."
Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. made a court appearance before a judge suspended proceedings until a mental competency hearing.
Shirley Weber would be only the fourth woman to ever hold the position of California secretary of state and the first Black woman to do so in state history.
Undersheriff Tim Murakami was accused of referring to employees of color using a Japanese slur, according to interviews and records obtained by The Times.
Former O.C. deputy sheriff indicted, charged with breaking into dead man's home while on duty, stealing 15 guns.
Erika Jayne can't sell or spend assets she shares with estranged husband Tom Girardi, a federal judge has warned her attorney.
The Kern County Sheriff's Office and state attorney general have agreed to policing reforms to resolve an investigation of potential civil rights abuses.