Calls grow for boosting Mono Lake by easing L.A.’s water reliance
LEE VINING, Calif. — The picturesque tufa towers on the shores of Mono Lake, formed over centuries by underwater springs and left high and dry as Los Angeles diverted water…
Epstein case prompts bipartisan calls for Trump transparency
LOS BANOS, Calif. — When it comes to President Trump, Angie Zamora and Phaidra Medeiros agree on very little. Zamora, a 36-year-old Army veteran, has nothing good to say. “The…
Who is the new front runner in the California governor’s race?
For months, candidates in the race to become California’s next governor had waited for a pivotal question to be settled: Will former Vice President Kamala Harris run or not? With…
Man in need of kidney transplant finds 1-in-100,000 match: His wife
For much of his adult life, Jim Irish was a self-proclaimed bachelor — moving cities every few years, too busy as a business executive and entrepreneur to devote much time…
Ivy League universities paid hundreds of millions to settle with Trump. Is UCLA next?
University of California leaders face a difficult choice after the U.S. Department of Justice said this week that UCLA had violated the civil rights of Jewish students during pro-Palestinian protests…
Alleged illicit cannabis operators face murder charges in deaths
Two Los Angeles County men accused of running an illegal cannabis extraction business have been charged with murder after five of their workers died in two separate incidents, authorities said…
Trump’s EPA puts California in its crosshairs with its proposed car rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s recent proposal to repeal its own 2009 finding that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health marks a major U-turn for the nation’s climate progress. While…
Three people stabbed in Santa Barbara during weeklong festival
Three people were stabbed overnight in Santa Barbara as the city celebrates its annual Old Spanish Days Fiesta Week. Police officers on foot patrol were flagged down shortly before 12:30…
Long Beach man gets 358-year sentence for killing 17-year-old girl
Seventeen-year-old Briana Soto was walking home from her job at McDonald’s last March when she was shot and killed just steps from her Long Beach home. Now, her killer will…
A new law spared her from $500 daily HOA fines for an unapproved door
Jinah Kim’s HOA said she couldn’t fix a doorway inside her condo. She did it anyway. She figured it was fine. After all, the doorway was completely inside her home,…