In this Utah city, faith reigns supreme. How could Charlie Kirk’s murder happen here?
OREM, Utah — As dusk settled Thursday evening, people bowed their heads in prayer at a city park, struggling to comprehend all that had played out over the last 36…
‘A cancer on our society’ Toxic social media after Kirk shooting brings calls to log off, put down phones
OREM, Utah — The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk set off three days of some of the ugliest and most divisive social media reactions America has seen, leading Utah’s…
Once-booming Santa Monica faces a dire fiscal crisis. The surprising way it got there
Santa Monica, long a beacon of economic strength in Southern California, has endured its share of struggles in recent years. Its once-bustling downtown shopping district has taken a post-pandemic hit,…
California lawmakers pass bill to grant priority college admission for descendants of slavery
SACRAMENTO — State lawmakers on Friday advanced a plan that would allow California colleges to offer preferential admission to students who are descended from enslaved people, part of an ongoing…
Twin brothers charged with running tee time brokering scheme, hiding $1.1 million in income
A federal grand jury has charged two brothers in Southern California with tax evasion on more than $1.1 million in income they allegedly received in part from a years-long scheme…
Some on the right mourn Charlie Kirk as a martyr, seek vengeance
A few hours after Charlie Kirk was killed, Sean Feucht, an influential right-wing Christian worship leader, filmed a selfie video from his home in California, his eyes brimming with tears.…
Unauthorized dive is behind fatal California helicopter crash
A lack of communication and a sudden, unauthorized descent by one helicopter were behind a deadly crash that killed two firefighters and a contract pilot battling a Riverside County fire…
L.A.’s Palisades High football finds new home stadium after fire burned school
Twenty-four days after the worst wildfire in L.A. history burned their stadium, members of the Palisades Charter High School football team stretched and twisted on a middle school field in…
California’s incarcerated firefighters, who earn about $1 per hour, may soon get a hefty raise
SACRAMENTO — In howling winds and choking smoke during the January fires that devastated Altadena and Pacific Palisades, more than 1,100 incarcerated firefighters cleared brush and dug fire lines, some…
High-speed rail slated to get $20 billion in state funding
California’s high-speed rail project is slated to receive $1 billion a year in funding through the state’s cap-and-trade program for the next 20 years — a relief to lawmakers who…