A city water infrastructure project is scheduled to bring partial road closures to a stretch of Benedict Canyon Drive in Beverly Crest starting next month.

The improvements will center around Liebe Drive and stretch from Mulholland to Hutton drives, said officials with the Los Angeles Department...

Who is Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., the 72-year-old former police officer charged with eight counts of murder and accused by authorities of being the Golden State Killer?

The decadelong trail of the notorious serial killer led officers from a task force of local and federal law enforcement agencies...

Lupe Perez knows the soil outside her Boyle Heights apartment is contaminated with lead. But it’s not easy keeping her 3-year-old daughter away from a yard riddled with the brain-damaging poison.

“I try to tell her not to touch the dirt or play with the dirt, but, I mean, she’s going to step on...

He slipped in through backdoors and windows in the dark. First he struck in the foothills east of Sacramento, raping at least 46 women, before he began killing and headed south.

From 1978 to 1986, he killed 12 people in attacks ranging from the Sacramento County city of Rancho Cordova to the Orange...

Walt Disney Productions went full throttle promoting its third “Herbie” film. Before the wet-concrete ceremony, a parade on Hollywood Boulevard featured a Chinese band, firecrackers, 25 Lancia sports cars, clowns and cheerleaders. The Goodyear blimp flew overhead.

At Mann’s Chinese Theater, several...

Photographer Laura Aguilar was known for works that explored Chicana lesbian identity and for which she employed her own body in sculptural ways. She died at age 58 in Long Beach.

Authorities have arrested a former police officer who is suspected of being one of California’s most prolific serial killers and rapists — the Golden State killer.

A local and federal task force apprehended the suspect late Tuesday evening, after tying him to the crimes through “surveillance and...

A federal lawsuit accusing music mogul Russell Simmons of raping a documentary filmmaker in 2016 was dismissed Wednesday.

The $5-million suit, filed in January by Jennifer Jarosik, was dismissed by agreement from Jarosik’s and Simmons’ attorneys. No reason was given in the court filing for the...

For 10 years, Noe Lopez wore the olive green uniform of a Border Patrol agent.

On Wednesday, the olive green he wore in a San Diego courtroom was markedly different. It was that of a federal inmate.

“You held a position of trust,” U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw said to Lopez. “This was the ultimate...

Families of the Golden State Killer’s victims have waited decades for answers, and on Wednesday they could see the face of a man police suspect in a years-long series of crimes.

Authorities arrested a 72-year-old Citrus Heights resident and former police officer, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr., in connection...

Times were lean for jazz pianist and singer Bob Dorough in the early 1970s when he got an unusual request from an advertising executive. Could Dorough write songs that might help children learn their multiplication tables?

Intrigued, especially by the executive’s idea that the songs not condescend...

Neighbors in this Sacramento suburb watched stunned as a ranch house became became a center of the investigation into the notorious Golden State Killer, who preyed on victims across California in the 1970s and 1980s.

The crush of police vehicles, media trucks and yellow crime scene tape stood out...

For eight years, the Golden State Killer terrorized cities from Sacramento to Laguna Niguel in a series of brazen slayings and sexual assaults.

The attacker was also dubbed the East Area Rapist, and authorities say he is responsible for 12 killings, 45 rapes and more than 120 residential burglaries...

An arrest has been made in one of California’s most notorious unsolved serial killer cases.

Here is a primer on the Golden State Killer from the pages of The Times:

Q: What do we know about the Golden State Killer?

The killer is believed to be responsible for 12 slayings, 45 rapes and more than...

In May 2016, two bottles tumbled off a poorly supported shelf and broke, leading to a chemical spill in a Sacramento State University lab.

The liquid got onto one student’s legs and soaked another’s feet.

Five employees cleaned up the mess, even though no one knew for sure what it was and whether...

When it comes to illegal immigration, California is no longer at war with a single foe — the Trump administration.

It’s now officially at war with itself.

One Southern California town after another has followed the lead of the Orange County Board of Supervisors and voted to side with President...

Just before 2 p.m. on May 22, 1958, a series of oil spills and explosions rocked the Hancock Oil Co. refinery in Signal Hill. Two workers were killed and eight injured. Fires burned for two days.

The photo above by Larry Sharkey appeared on Page One of the May 23, 1958, Los Angeles Times.

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An attorney for the family of a black man who was shot to death by Barstow police said that an independent autopsy reveals Diante Yarber was struck by at least 10 rounds before he asphyxiated on his own blood.

Family attorney S. Lee Merritt also told reporters Monday that witnesses say officers...

The culture of disruption is getting out of hand.

Silicon Valley venture capitalist and Bitcoin evangelist Tim Draper has revived his proposal to carve our fabulous state into smaller parts. His current proposal, Cal 3, is a minor improvement over his 2014 scheme, which was to break the state into...

After World War II, Los Angeles experienced an acute housing shortage. Evictions grew.

This photo accompanied an article in the Aug. 6, 1946, Los Angeles Times that reported:

“If you are tired enough you can sleep anywhere.”

The is the only reason Floyd Heagle, 33, a painting contractor, and seven...

Californians should expect more dramatic swings between dry and wet years as the climate warms, according to a new study that found it likely that the state will be hit by devastating, widespread flooding in coming decades.

UC researchers in essence found that California’s highly volatile climate...

The two men who walked into a Trader Joe’s in Culver City were not interested in Chocolatey Cats Cookies or lemon elderflower soda.

As one man took a position at the door, the other brandished a gun and forced the store manager to fill a white leather bag with about $4,800 in cash. The robbers...

It wasn’t long ago that a complaint of pain at a San Diego County jail easily scored an inmate a prescription for an opioid.

These days, the highly addictive, frequently abused painkillers have been largely swapped out for Tylenol and ibuprofen as part of a program to stem the cycle of opioid addiction...

Growing up in Tijuana, Sergio Sandoval didn’t know how much his birthplace would affect his ability to reach his dreams.

Sandoval plans to be an aerospace engineer and is well on his way to achieving that goal. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology and works for NASA. He’s planning...

On a busy five-point intersection in Boyle Heights is a monolith honoring all Mexican Americans who fought in World War II. Nearby, across the street, a concrete monument reads “Morin Memorial Square.”

Since the late 1940s, the veterans’ memorial has been a symbol of pride for the Eastside community....

Seven snapshot-ready rooms of creamy delights will debut in San Diego in June.

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Three masked intruders pistol-whipped and tied up a man early Thursday in his Silver Lake home in what the victim said was a set-up involving a woman with whom he was in an "on again, off again" dating...

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Renderings of a proposed aerial transit system that would "fly" fans to Dodger Stadium were released Thursday, part of an effort to reduce traffic congestion in neighborhoods near the historic venue.

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A federal grand jury in Los Angeles has indicted a gasoline trucking company, its owner, and two other men on charges they allowed dozens of unsafe tanker trailers to haul volatile fuel across freeways...

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Federal and local law enforcement agencies served warrants at six Southern California locations Thursday morning in a drugs and firearms investigation.

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A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was injured Thursday morning in a San Fernando Valley crash.

Two teen siblings suffered injuries Tuesday when a shooter opened fire on their pickup as they were traveling on a freeway north of Los Angeles.

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Metro riders who take the Gold Line and drivers in the San Gabriel Valley can expect delays after a FedEx big rig struck another vehicle and overturned early Thursday on the 210 Freeway.

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The general contractor for the LA Stadium Project in Inglewood will be hiring Thursday at a job information and resources fair.

Amazon will host a hiring event Thursday and Friday to fill positions at new fulfillment center in Riverside and Eastvale. Click here for details.

On Wednesday night, a woman's body was recovered from the water near Victoria Beach in Laguna Beach.

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Answers may soon be at hand to the question of what exactly is in one community's discolored drinking water. The Los Angeles Department of Public Health expects to have preliminary lab results Thursday.

Capital murder charges were filed against the suspected "Golden State Killer" in connection with the March 1980 murders of a Ventura County couple, officials said Wednesday.

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A 3.9-magnitude earthquake shook the Borrego Springs area on Wednesday evening, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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Gavin DeGraw, Citizen Cope, Brandi Carlile, X Ambassadors, and Fitz and The Tantrums will all play the wine country favorite in 2018.

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Live Nation announced a special offer that allows $20 all-in tickets to celebrate the start of the summer concert season

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A group of parents chased down an alleged sexual predator in Menifee after he allegedly groped a little girl at La Ladera Park Tuesday night.

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Rookie Trevor Richards threw five scoreless innings and the Miami Marlins won their first series of the season, defeating the Dodgers, 8-6, on Wednesday night at Dodger Stadium.

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The late Australian animal activist Steve Irwin will be posthumously honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday.

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The Los Angeles Stadium Job and Resource Fair is looking to recruit more than 2,000 construction workers at a job fair at Rogers Park Thursday to help build the new home of the LA Rams and Chargers.

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A job fair is scheduled for Thursday at Rogers Park in Inglewood. Angie Crouch reports for the NBC4 News at 4 on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.

The NYC sweet shop opens its West Coast flagship on the last Saturday in April.

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*NSYNC is bringing an immersive "Dirty Pop-Up" experience to Los Angeles from April 28 - May 1.

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A free dental clinic will be held at the Anaheim Convention Center over the weekend.

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After being involved in an accident on the 60 freeway, a pet owner is searching frantically to find his missing dog named Panda

NBC4 Southern California, Telemundo 52 Los Angeles and the NBCUniversal Foundation today announced that six local non-profit organizations will receive a total of $225,000 in grants as part of the first...

A suspect was arrested Wednesday afternoon after leading police on an erratic chase in the Downey area.

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A 3.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Anza area on Wednesday afternoon, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

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LAPD Officer Arius George hit this one from way downtown, banking in a full-court one-handed shot with his back to the basket. The video was posted on the department's Twitter feed Monday April 23, 2018. 

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It's winter in springtime for lovers of this quaint, seasonal to-do.

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Pastry chef Justin Chao's new shop has opened.

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A tip from the public and DNA evidence pointed detectives to a man who was taken into custody overnight in the decades-old Golden State Killer case, authorities said Wednesday.
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The Golden State Killer was known by at least four nicknames since his crime spree of rapes and slayings began in 1976. Last year, the FBI announced a $50,000 reward as they renewed their search for the elusive...

A magnitude-3.4 earthquake was reported Wednesday morning in the Riverside County community of Moreno Valley.

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It's been nearly 40 years since tours happened at the plant; now a "select number of tours" will be available over the summer of 2018.

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A high desert man was taken into custody Tuesday after investigators say he was seen on cellphone video performing a sex act in front of a teenage boy.

One man was transported to a hospital Wednesday after his vehicle struck a series of poles in Long Beach.

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A man was shot while driving early Tuesday in a seemingly random attack on the 215 Freeway in the Colton area, according to the California Highway Patrol.

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Tony Cingani was called for a controversial balk in the top of the eighth and the Miami Marlins came from behind to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2, on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.

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A suspected DUI driver surrendered Tuesday night following a short chase in the Downey area.

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