College admissions scandal renews scrutiny of recruited athletes to elite colleges.

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake hits six miles from Ridgecrest

A young Oxnard couple has been arrested on suspicion of strangling a newborn baby boy in a hospital just hours after the woman gave birth.

The nearly hourlong chase started on the 405 Freeway in Orange County, eventually ending as a foot pursuit into the ocean.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson after a fast-moving fire swept through several acres of brush in San Pedro near the Harbor Freeway.

HUD says L.A. failed to ensure properties built with public money were accessible to people who use wheelchairs or have other disabilities.

An aide to L.A. Councilman Jose Huizar is on leave as police investigate possible illegal recordings made inside a district office.

Aaron Carreto was playing outside his Compton apartment complex July 6 when, he says, two adult neighbors approached him with an illegal homemade firework.

California Retrospective: Architect Cesar Pelli created many landmark buildings, but few were as controversial as the Pacific Design Center.

The blast rocked the Riverside County neighborhood and killed Wade Kilpatrick, 31, a construction technician for Southern California Gas Co.

To repair the harm done by the war on drugs, black people in low-income communities were told they'd get a leg up in the newly legal cannabis marketplace. But in LA, the process has been frustrating and slow.

The California Supreme Court froze a death penalty trial that was set to start this month as it decides whether it will consider whether the defendant would get a fair trial given Gov. Gavin Newsom's moratorium on executions in the state.

In Rome, the mass of tourists made me want to stray off course and find the city only locals know. And that got me thinking: Where would I advise someone visiting L.A. to do that?

A look at the top stories of the past week, including a California Supreme Court ruling on the use of private social media posts in murder trials

Mark your calendars. The 60 Freeway will be closed from Ontario to Riverside for 15 weekends.

The son, an Army veteran, was hired by the department in June despite a record that department watchdogs said would generate scrutiny.

Tickets written to motorists on streets where the speed limit had expired are illegal and should be overturned, according to a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court

The California Supreme Court refused earlier this week to hear an appeal by the administration disputing lower court rulings that found the state mistakenly used a portion of the money — paid by large banks and lenders as part of a nationwide legal agreement in 2012 — to pay off housing bonds.

San Diego Union-Tribune finds allegations likely unwarranted

Boxers representing Los Angeles and British police departments will square off in a charity event.

Maty Ezraty, who died July 9 in Tokyo, is credited by many for popularizing yoga in Los Angeles and the country.

The family of Hannah Williams, a 17-year-old girl shot and killed by Fullerton police along the 91 Freeway, has filed a notice of claim.

Northern California's Daffodil Hill could no longer accommodate the crush of tourists and Instagrammers.

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake was reported Friday at 11:40 a.m. , 12 miles from Palm Springs, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Santa Ana police are investigating after a video of what appears to be a sex act inside a patrol car surfaced, the department said Friday.

Rapper YG's bulletproof Cadillac Escalade is at the center of the investigation of a deadly gun battle and pursuit on July 3. He denies any involvement.

Nain DoPorto, 46, who works as a teacher at St. Genevieve High School in Panorama City, was arrested Wednesday.

Oregon has advanced the most ambitious response to housing affordability challenges in the country while California Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers have struggled to pass strong renter protections and legislation that would significantly increase the state's supply of homes.

Experts say the group is not violent and questioned whether police had infringed on the group's civil rights by covertly recording its activity for four weeks.

Isaac Manuel Orozco faces life in prison after being found guilty of aggravated mayhem, attempted aggravated mayhem, burglary and assault with a deadly weapon.

Some of the governor's supporters are baffled by his decision to block two Bay Area cities from raising local taxes above state limits, exemptions he said were unneeded.

For five curmudgeonly decades, Art Beal collected trash and constructed his fantastical ad hoc home on a Cambria cliffside. But is it art or an eyesore? And what will become of it?

After a series of tense exchanges over California wildfires, the Trump administration and the state have agreed to continue their firefighting partnership under existing reimbursement rates.

As Sen. Dianne Feinstein chastises Chevron Corp. for an 800,000-gallon oil spill near Bakersfield, California officials confirm more leaking.

The University of California on Thursday unveiled a plan to raise tuition for incoming class of freshmen and transfer students, but then freeze it for six years.

More Los Angeles police officers will be equipped with an anti-opioid spray to help prevent overdose-related deaths

A magnitude 3.3 earthquake was reported Thursday evening at 5:57 p.m. Pacific time 8 miles from Borrego Springs, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

In an unprecedented move, the California Supreme Court has allowed the defense in a gang trial in San Francisco to obtain private Facebook postings. 

Henry Lozano, a political advisor and mentor to numerous Latino and Latina leaders in Los Angeles, died Monday at 85.

A law allows sanitation crews in Los Angeles to seize and destroy property kept by homeless people on city sidewalks. A new lawsuit challenges that practice.

Former Chief Alicia Ault said she was told it was incoming Sheriff Alex Villanueva's "No. 1 priority" to reinstate Caren Carl Mandoyan by the Friday before Villanueva took office.

Authorities searched the Hollywood Hills home of rapper YG on Thursday in connection with a police pursuit and shootout that left one man dead earlier this month.

Hermosa Beach's historic Lighthouse Cafe jazz jam celebrated its 70th anniversary, led by Gloria Cadena, the 94-year-old widow of its onetime ringleader.

Ophthalmologist John Tanton became the unlikely architect of the modern-day anti-immigration movement in the United States through founding and funding propositions, nonprofits, activists and publications on a local and national level over the past 40 years.

As rumors of raids swirled, the LAPD tried to reassure the community. ICE took issue with the response.

All 67 miles of the Backbone Trail, a major trail in the Santa Monica Mountains, are open eight months after the Woolsey fire.

City officials are offering a $25,000 reward for information after a string of robberies across south and west Los Angeles.

Sheriff's officials say no foul play is suspected in the death of Mario Sandoval, 43, who went missing Saturday and whose body was found the next day in a lake.

When investigators searched the home of the watch commander, they found more than 250 weapons, including 41 machine guns and two short-barreled rifles.

The Berkeley City Council on Tuesday voted unanimously to replace more than two dozen terms used in the city's municipal code with gender-neutral words.

The looped rope was found near a campus residence hall for summer students, many of whom were minorities.

An Orange County massage therapist and caregiver was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman in his care and sexually assaulting two massage clients.

A week after the City of Commerce approved local cannabis businesses, city officials were involved in a brawl at a convention.

A federal indictment detailing killings by the MS-13 gang's Fulton clique shows the Central American gang's bloody tactics could be escalating in the Valley.

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Charles Manson's son, Michael Brunner, speaks to a reporter about his father's legacy and notoriety for the first time in 26 years.

Growing up, there were things about my mom that never changed, like the way she'd take us downtown to shop in her old Toyota Corolla, get spun around and end up terribly lost.

A biological finding by the National Marine Fisheries Service threatens to derail the Trump administration plan to increase Delta water deliveries to Central Valley farmers.

A reporter wanted new sources on Charles Manson. Then he found Manson's son.

Every weekend one of the most colorful markets sets up on the sidewalk of the Piñata District. It's street food theater that overwhelms the senses.

Jonathan Martinez began selling churros in the Piñata District when he was 13 years old. 

El Chapo, whose real name is Jorge Sanchez, sells aguas frescas. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom did the right thing with a new law to help utilities pay for costs associated with wildfires sparked by their equipment.

A magnitude 4.6 earthquake was reported Wednesday evening at 8:59 p.m. near Ridgecrest, Calif.

LAPD officers have cordoned off the area as they search for the suspect.

Deputies were responding to a report of a man with a gun inside his vehicle threatening people.

A judge in the murder case against Robert Durst agreed Wednesday to allow some handwriting analysis of a cadaver note that prosecutors say links him to a murder.

Federal law enforcement agents have seized the records of an L.A. charter school that recently closed amid allegations of fiscal mismanagement.

Rufus the 150-pound tortoise escaped from his 10-acre yard in Santa Ynez.

Los Angeles prosecutors have charged a Hawthorne man with murder, alleging he intentionally drove his family off a wharf, killing his two autistic sons.

Police shut down a street in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday after finding a fireworks-laden drone atop a building.

Officer William Rodriguez, a 10-year LAPD veteran most recently assigned to the Valley Traffic Division

It's a vision that Sean Black and his partner, David Elias, have worked on bringing to life for years.

John Lee Cowell, a 28-year-old parolee, is accused in the "prison-yard type of attack" that killed an 18-year-old and injured her 26-year-old sister.

The incident was reported near UCLA's campus at Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue

Buena Park officials are warning residents of coyote encounters, noting the predators' activity tends to increase in the summer.

A look at the gruesome tactics allegedly employed by a Valley group of the MS-13 gang.

Richard Orcutt, of San Luis Obispo, has been charged with 10 felonies. Authorities say he sent threatening greeting cards to property owners on his street.

The necessity of stockpiling supplies became more pronounced after twin earthquakes rocked Southern California, yet many people still fail to prepare, experts say.

Like thousands of Central American parents seeking asylum in the United States, Patricia panicked when, after she and her son crossed the Rio Grande into Texas last year, U.S. border agents took the boy away.

After nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water seeped into a dry creek bed near Bakersfield, the cleanup continues.

My quest had something to do with my parents dying in recent years, with memories and regrets, with the meaning of family, and borders and what separates and connects us.

A faction within MS-13 used gruesome tactics to kill seven people in the L.A. area since 2017, prosecutors said.

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening at 7:29 p.m.

A magnitude 4.3 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon at 1:11 p.m. near Livermore, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

An accident involving a CHP officer has led to a shut down of the 10 Freeway in San Bernardino.

The leader of La Luz del Mundo church remained impassive in a Los Angeles courtroom as a witness for prosecutors described a video that he alleged showed Naason Joaquin Garcia participating in a sexual threesome involving a minor.

L.A. County agreed to pay $53 million to settle a class action lawsuit over search practices at the Sheriff's Department's Century Regional Detention Facility.

A coalition of skid row advocates accused Los Angeles of wanting to give the bulk of skid row over to luxury housing developers, ignoring the thousands of people living in tents and shelters in the blighted downtown district.

Los Angeles County social workers are under fire again over the suspicious death of a Palmdale boy whose family had previously been investigated after serious allegations of abuse.

Jose Mendez was shot after allegedly pointing a sawed-off shotgun at officers.

The city of Ventura is one step closer to banning the sale of flavored tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, oils, cigarillos, cigarettes and loose tobacco.

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake was reported Tuesday afternoon at 1:15 p.m. Pacific time seven miles from Ridgecrest, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Almost 50 years ago, this house was the site of notorious Manson family murders. Now it is for sale. The real estate agent thinks he can make the sale.

While heat advisories are still in effect, a major cooldown is expected across Southern California on Wednesday.

A grand jury indictment charges more than a dozen alleged MS-13 gang members with gruesome killings committed in the Angeles National Forest.

Here's why it's such a big deal that the public is getting back the names of Ahwahnee Hotel, Curry Village and other historic landmarks at Yosemite.

Officials say a deadly explosion linked to a gas line at a Murrieta house underscores the dangers of home improvements and construction without following gas safety rules.

Girard Damian Saenz, who has ties to the Getty family, faces up to nearly 49 years in state prison if convincted.

California will spend $340 million paying off doctors' debts. In exchange, doctors must pledge that at least 30% of their caseloads will be devoted to Medi-Cal patients for five years.