Natural gas leak prompts evacuations in Downey
An emergency alert went out shortly after 12:30 p.m., notifying L.A. County residents to avoid the area. Downey officials said the alert was only intended for those near the area.
An emergency alert went out shortly after 12:30 p.m., notifying L.A. County residents to avoid the area. Downey officials said the alert was only intended for those near the area.
Federal lawsuit alleges LAPD officer shot an anti-Trump protester in the back with a projectile and broke two of his vertebrae in Tujunga in August.
The directive is the largest of its kind in U.S. higher education and would likely take effect this fall after the FDA formally approves the vaccines.
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department released body camera footage showing the moments before a deputy shot and wounded a 25-year-old man in Cudahy.
L.A. County Dist. Atty. George Gascón announces that his office's Hardcore Gang unit will be reduced in size, renamed and reorganized.
Gerald Haslam, a prolific author and historian who chronicled rural life in California's Central Valley and beyond, has died at 84.
Ruben Flores, 80, accused of helping his son dispose of Kristin Smart's body, was released after his bail was reduced from $250,000 to $50,000.
Rob Bonta, 49, will become the first Filipino American to head the Department of Justice when he takes the oath of office Friday.
A return to normalcy seems tantalizingly close. But even as restaurants and malls open up, a glaring reminder of the virus remains: face masks.
Latino parents with health issues ask LAUSD: If we get sick or die from COVID-19, who will take care of our children?
He called me about once a month, showed up to my office every couple of months and emailed me constantly as he slowly revealed the racist core of my homeland like a Gnostic teacher training an apprentice.
Yosemite National Park has reopened with limited capacity. Here are some photos of visitors' return and a few shots of the time when animals reigned one year ago.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department is investigating the incident, in which the deputy also said Derek Chauvin was a "dummy" but not a murderer.
A federal judge's order to move homeless people off skid row and into shelters or housing has been met with doubts from activists.
People with developmental disabilities practice taking shots to avoid anxiety, and potential physical resistance, when time arrives to take the COVID-19 vaccine.
The ultra-wealthy pay too little into state coffers. A 1% or even 1.5% wealth tax would be peanuts to them but a $22-billion boon for California.
Black Lives Matter Los Angeles activists say they will continue to call for the LAPD to be defunded after the guilty verdict against Derek Chauvin and amid Mayor Eric Garcetti's proposal to increase funding for the department.
The couple were walking in an Orange park last weekend when a man ran up and punched them. The suspect is also being investigated in a verbal attack against a Japanese American Olympic athlete in the same park.
Minutes before a press conference on where footage of the mass shooting was to be released, Orange County's district attorney raised concerns that the investigation would be adversely impacted.
The fact that half of LAPD staff still haven't been vaccinated suggests a large number of officers have chosen not to receive the shots.
Governments rely on data that doesn't differentiate between groups of Asian Americans , but wealth gaps, language barriers, technology can all make a big difference
Gov. Newsom has declared a drought emergency in Mendocino and Sonoma counties but said he was not prepared to issue statewide water-use restrictions.
LAUSD Supt. Beutner guided the district through a tumultuous teachers strike and a year of unprecedented coronavirus-forced school closures.
A deputy at the Orange County Jail mental health ward is suspected of deliberately burning the arms of an inmate with hot water.