Mafia hit or family dispute? Gangster’s niece sentenced for killing
When Michael “Mosca” Torres was killed at California State Prison, Sacramento in July 2023, law enforcement officials suspected it was a power struggle within his organization, the Mexican Mafia. Eight…
Newsom counters Trump’s claims about California crime with stats
Gov. Gavin Newsom used his final State of the State address to underscore California’s jaw-dropping crime figures — stats that he said refute the president’s claims about widespread murder and…
Rep. Julia Brownley announces she will not seek reelection
Rep. Julia Brownley, a Democrat who has represented swaths of Ventura and Los Angeles counties for more than a decade, announced Thursday that she would not seek reelection. “Serving our…
Expect to see more coyotes in your neighborhood. Here’s why
If you’ve noticed more coyotes than usual in your neighborhood, it’s because it is the animal’s mating season, which usually runs from January to March. Authorities, including the Huntington Beach…
L.A. clergy, protesters denounce ICE fatal shooting in Minneapolis
A day after a woman in Minneapolis was killed by an immigration federal agent, clergy leaders and advocates gathered on the steps of the downtown Los Angeles federal immigration building…
Newsom proposes education power grab for next California governor
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday previewed a major education system overhaul that would give the next governor more authority over state school policies and redefine — and almost certainly diminish…
Newsom offers a sunny view of California to combat Trump’s darkness
In a State of the State speech that largely ignored any talk of the big, fat budget black hole that threatens to swallow the California dream, Gov. Gavin Newsom instead…
Little Flower Cafe’s Christine Moore dead: Influential candymaker was 62
When Christine Moore followed her Yalie boyfriend to California, she walked off the plane, felt the sunshine, so unlike the dreary East Coast weather she left behind, and decided never…
Amid growing scarcity, a giant Arizona dairy farm agrees to use less
One of the largest farming businesses in Arizona has agreed to use less water and pay $11 million in a deal that state officials say will help preserve disappearing groundwater…
California man convicted of killing five of his kids over a decade
A Central California man has been convicted of murdering five of his infant children within months of each of them being born over the course of a decade. Paul Allen…