PG&E notified hundreds of thousands of customers that the utility may shut off power amid dry and windy weather conditions that pose an increased fire risk.

Residents in parts of 25 counties in the Sierra foothills and north Bay Area may have their electricity turned off starting Wednesday amid high winds and fire danger, the utility said.

The California Legislature held a public hearing to scrutinize public safety power shutoffs after millions of residents lost power to prevent wildfires.

The Contra Costa County district attorney's office couldn't meet the standard for filing charges by Monday's deadline, spokesman Scott Alonso said.

Temperatures are expected to soar into the 90s but dip Tuesday as a storm arrives. The rain won't be enough to erase the fire danger, forecasters say.

The girl's father, a Santa Clara County prosecutor, may have put his child in harm's way by videotaping an interaction with a suspected molester, authorities say.

Two gunmen walked through an unlocked side gate at the Fresno home at 7:48 p.m. and shot into a crowd of more than a dozen men, police say.

Authorities are examining weapons seized from the home of the teen shooter and social media accounts to learn more about what spurred the violence.

California and L.A. County sued vaping firm Juul Labs Inc., alleging it targeted young people through advertising and failed to warn of health risks.

It was not immediately clear if speeding or alcohol may have contributed to the Newport Beach crash, which police are still investigating.

Last month's Easy fire in Simi Valley also chewed through the library's internet and cable box, taking down its computer network.

As wildfires intensify, the twin problems of climate change and housing affordability are making it harder to live in California.

They came to Hollywood from Ohio, Tennessee, Idaho, Oregon, and ended up on the streets. One thing they have in common: past trauma.

Demographics are an eye-glazer, but California's historic shift has been a political game-changer. The state has turned from battleground purple to one-sided deep blue in 25 years.

At 74 years old, Nicki Jones has worn many hats.

Sierra Nevada forests are vital for California's water supply and wildlife, but are under siege from drought, beetles and climate change. Can scientists use drought-surviving trees to build more resilient forests?

California remains the top U.S. destination for international students, who primarily come from China and India to attend USC and UC campuses, but enrollment dipped slightly for first time in at least a decade.

Two years after it began licensing marijuana shops, the state agency that enforces cannabis laws in California has not followed the lead of other states in conducting stings to prevent the sale of pot to minors in its multi-billion industry, the largest in the country.

Last week, a Saugus High School student pulled a pistol from his backpack, shooting five classmates and himself. Now, Santa Clarita, still reeling from devastating wildfires, faces an even deeper grief.

The shooting occurred at a backyard party on Sunday night.

All eyes are now on U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton, who is overseeing the cases of 15 parents who have so far maintained their innocence in the college admissions scandal. That includes the actress Lori Loughlin.

L.A. residents are not satisfied with the results of the millions of tax dollars spent on homelessness and think it's time to break with longstanding practices. But even with those reservations, they would be willing to continue or expand funding, a Times poll found.

Multiple people shot at a Fresno home

Thousands gather in prayer and song at a candlelight vigil to remember the Santa Clarita school shooting victims

Beneficial rain with a low risk of flash flooding is predicted for Tuesday through Thursday in Southern California

Temperatures across L.A. County are expected to drop Monday and Tuesday, with rain forecast for Wednesday. Northern California may see red flag conditions midweek.

The Southern California earthquake occurred 20 miles from Imperial, 24 miles from El Centro, 32 miles from Calexico and 42 miles from Coachella.

The couple at the center of the fatal shooting were estranged, police said, and the woman had obtained a temporary restraining order against the man.

A candlelight vigil will be held Sunday evening for the students killed in the Southern California school shooting. The district's other campuses will reopen Monday.

In the Santa Clarita shooting, students at Saugus High had only seconds to decide how to save their lives and relied on their active shooter training, an increasingly controversial lesson.

For these Hollywood residents, L.A.'s homelessness crisis is on their doorsteps: disturbing human suffering, unrestrained drug use, and festering illegal dumps.

Neighbors have again raised concerns about foul smells from the Pico oil site, which has tall walls and a tower obscuring its equipment.

Former California Gov. Pete Wilson is the face of Proposition 187, making him public enemy No. 1 for Latinos who suffered the consequences.

As the shooting upends a community known for safety and stability, religious leaders struggle to answer the question, 'why?'

Hollywood has never been as dominated by homelessness as skid row, but in both places you can find the stark juxtaposition of thriving commerce and intractable collapse.

A former marine is now a cop, walking the streets of Hollywood on the homelessness beat. She sees a flawed strategy, haphazard execution and discouraging results.

Dry, gusty winds are set to return to L.A. and Ventura counties Sunday, returning fire weather to the region.

Bernie Sanders holds an L.A. rally as part of his strategy to mobilize Latinos, particularly younger voters, to help him win California's Democratic primary.

Trump supporters and rival demonstrators clash near site of state Democratic convention in Long Beach

After months of advocating for resilience and hope in the wake of the deadly attack on the Chabad of Poway, Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein is retiring.

As Santa Clarita mourns two slain teens, authorities try to uncover a motive for the attack and how the shooter obtained the gun he used.

From fire weather watch to extreme red flag warnings, we explain the conditions and causes for each level of alert.

After the Santa Clarita school shooting, a brutal question: How do you protect yourself from something you can't predict and don't understand?

Homeless people are honored guests at an elegant dinner called The King's Table in Orange County as a way of bringing them dignity, hope, friendship and connection.

Dominic Blackwell, 14, and Gracie Anne Muehlberger, 15, were killed this week when a gunman opened fire at their high school in Santa Clarita. The two are now united by a tragedy that has become all too common on school campuses nationwide.

A look at California stories from the last week, including the shooting at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita.

A man was killed in an apparent homicide Friday evening near a Burger King in downtown Los Angeles, officials said.

Santa Ana winds will bring elevated or critical fire danger to parts of Southern California this weekend

The proposal, if passed, could require council members to relinquish some of their cherished powers over approval of housing.

Two students were killed in the shooting Thursday at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita. Three others were wounded, and two of them remain hospitalized.

Investigators searched the teenage suspect's papers and computer hard drives for any clues as to a motive, but none has emerged.

Student calls teacher hero for protecting students

A 64-year-old man has been charged with murder in two cold cases following a process similar to the one that revealed the identity of the Golden State Killer.

Gracie Anne Muehlberger, 15, died two hours after being shot at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita, officials said Friday.

California's job market powered ahead in October, as the unemployment rate dropped to a new low and payrolls continued to grow.

California has joined other states in filing a second lawsuit against the administration for revoking the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from automobiles.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has called a March 3 special election to pick a successor to former Rep. Katie Hill in California's 25th Congressional District.

On Nov. 9, 1938, Helen Hulick, 28, wore slacks to court to testify against two men. The judge asked her to go home and put on a dress.

A 17-year-old student at El Capitan High School in Merced was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats against the school.

Shortly before gunfire erupted Thursday morning at a high school in Santa Clarita, a 9-year-old boy shot three fellow students with a BB gun at an elementary school in Pasadena, police said.

New satellite measurements of NOx air pollutants above major North American cities show that Los Angeles had the highest emissions but also the steepest declines.

Across the Santa Clarita Valley, residents come together over their collective heartache caused by another school shooting.

A proposal to divert high-speed rail money from the Central Valley to California's big cities has split the state's political leadership.

The University of California plans to enroll 1,400 additional California undergraduates next year with no tuition increase under a 2020-21 budget approved Thursday by the board of regents.

Authorities said a gunman wearing black shot at least five people. Two were killed.

The shooter is believed to be a 16-year-old student.

Investigators searching the suspected gunman's papers and computer hard drives said there was no immediate indication of motive.

A day that began with the shock of a school shooting in Santa Clarita ended in prayer for many families who gathered for vigils in the area.

Contra Costa County Sheriff David Livingston did not address a possible motive in the fatal shootings in Orinda that sent more than 100 terrified partygoers running for safety.

The suspect, a 16-year-old boy, was found on campus at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita with a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head and is hospitalized.

After a school shooting, advice for parents on how to help children cope.

What we know: The suspect in the Saugus High School shooting turned 16 today and was described by a classmate as a 'quiet kid.'

Almost 85% of California is either abnormally dry or in moderate drought

Joe Biden raged at the gun lobby, congressional Republicans and President Trump as he spoke about the deadly Saugus High School shooting. Biden held his first rally in California since he joined the 2020 presidential race.

Days after the Los Angeles Times reported the U.S.

The Los Angeles Times has a new account on Instagram dedicated to our archival photos.

Here's what we know about the Saugus High School shooting.

The University of California is investigating a UC Santa Cruz student's allegation that a regent repeatedly squeezed her thigh at a dinner meeting.

Santa Clarita shooting: A dad learns his son was one of about 20 students still on campus — eyewitnesses who were being questioned by officials. 'He needs a hug.'

The sound of gunfire, kids running, barricading a classroom door. Saugus High students talk about the Santa Clarita campus shooting.

Santa Clarita shooting: Saugus students barricaded themselves in classrooms, fearing gunman would target them

Organizers say they have enough signatures for a ballot measure to unseat Mayor Tri Tra as well as Kimberly Ho and Chi Charlie Nguyen, whom they accuse of corruption.

At North Park Elementary, parents gradually started pulling their children from the area after news of the nearby Saugus High School shooting.

Santa Clarita shooting: Frantic family members of students at Saugus High School rush to campus after hearing of gunman.

Shady Oak Barrel House's owner blames Pacific Gas & Electric for years of devastating fires in Northern California. His latest brew is [Bleep] PG&E.

In 1934, the third Los Angeles Times building blocked the widening of 1st Street. The city of Los Angeles tried to condemn the buildings to widen 1st.

An exclusive poll done for the Los Angeles Times and Los Angeles Business Council Institute found that 95% of respondents believe homelessness is either a serious or very serious problem.

Unprecedented visualizations have allowed scientists to dig deeper into the details of major earthquakes.

Some of the nine recent deaths of USC students are potentially linked to drug overdoses, reflecting a growing concern among educators and health officials about rising drug use by college-age adults and the need for greater mental health services at universities.

It's been a difficult few days at the University of Southern California, as concern over a recent series of student deaths has intensified.

It's a tale of dedication, perseverance and obsession: one man's effort to write the definitive history of the Illinois Watch Co.

How the poll of Los Angeles County attitudes toward homeless people was conducted.

This poll on homelessness in L.A. County was produced by the Los Angeles Times in partnership with the Los Angeles Business Council Institute, a nonprofit research arm of the Los Angeles Business Council.

Since Proposition 187, the California GOP has been in freefall and still is. Today, Democrats hold a supermajority in each of California's legislative houses and Republicans are essentially irrelevant.

An infant was pronounced dead Wednesday evening shortly after its body was discovered in Walnut.

Betting on sports would be legal in California under an initiative proposed Wednesday by a coalition of Native American tribes.

A man suspected of driving while intoxicated pleads not guilty to murder and other charges in a crash that killed a Long Beach family.

The on-air chief medical correspondent for NBC in Los Angeles and New York is charged with one felony count of contact with a minor for sexual purposes

Southern California Edison settles with 23 public agencies for damage it allegedly caused in the Thomas and Woolsey fires, and Montecito mudslides.

The Lyric Theatre played host to such acts as Chance the Rapper and Anderson .Paak. But it was forced to shutter when a local yeshiva contested its permit.