Authorities in Western states are warning of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave
July 11, 2024
Los Angeles County’s annual count of homeless residents is under way
January 24, 2024
California has fined Amazon a total of $5.9 million, alleging the e-commerce giant worked warehouse employees so hard that it put their safety at risk
June 18, 2024
Nearly all inmates have been transferred out of a troubled women’s prison set to be shut down in California
April 25, 2024
Federal officials are pushing back against a judge’s order that would delay the planned closure of a troubled women’s prison in California where inmates suffered sexual abuse by guards
April 18, 2024
Officails say the planned closure of a federal women’s prison in California notorious for staff-on-inmate sexual abuse won’t happen before each inmate’s status is reviewed
April 16, 2024
The harrowing Holocaust drama “The Zone of Interest,” which explores questions of complicity while depicting the mundane lives of a Nazi family in their home adjacent to the Auschwitz death camp, won the Academy Award for best international film
March 10, 2024
Among those paying tribute to MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer are prison reform advocates
February 10, 2024
The second of back-to-back atmospheric rivers churned through California, flooding roads, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands and leading forecasters to warn of possible hurricane-force winds and mudslides
February 05, 2024
A small airplane that crashed into the ocean off the California coast has been identified as one of tens of thousands of home-built aircraft that are part of a high-flying hobby taking off across the country
January 19, 2024
A federal judge has blocked a California law that would have banned carrying firearms in most public places, ruling that it violates the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and deprives people of their ability to defend themselves and their loved ones
December 21, 2023
State authorities are investigating after a California Highway Patrol officer shot and killed a man on a Los Angeles area freeway during a struggle over the weekend that was recorded on video
November 20, 2023
Repairs to an elevated Los Angeles freeway closed because of an arson fire are moving faster than expected and all lanes are scheduled to reopen by next Tuesday
November 17, 2023
A fire that erupted in storage yards beneath a Los Angeles freeway has renewed attention on the city’s inability to protect the thousands of homeless residents living in such perilous locations
November 16, 2023
Authorities say the 22-year-old driver of a BMW that struck and killed four Pepperdine University students in Malibu has pleaded not guilty to four counts of murder
October 25, 2023
Microsoft may pay Constellation premium in Three Mile Island power agreement, Jefferies says
US workforce system restricts opportunities through racial discrimination, report says
Meta's AI chatbot to start speaking in the voices of Judi Dench, John Cena, others, source says
Zelenskiy says Ukraine closer to end of war with Russia
Nearly a full-fledged war in Lebanon, EU's Borrell says
US seeks to prevent Israel-Hezbollah escalation, State Dept official says
Judge concludes hearing to determine fate of Murdoch media empire
Memphis man testifies that he and another man killed rapper Young Dolph