California
Denver authorities have charged California resident Jamal Gamal with distributing fentanyl that led to the death of a Denver resident.
Sept. 14, 2024
Man suspected of igniting the Line fire pleads not guilty to multiple counts of arson. The fire has scorched nearly 40,000 acres and is 49% contained.
Sept. 17, 2024
It is not clear why the off-duty police officer shot the man involved in a road rage argument. News reports say the wounded man may have had a fake gun.
World & Nation
‘Today I maintain that, along with the other men here, I am a rapist,’ Dominique Pélicot testified. ‘They knew everything. They can’t say otherwise.’
Charles Salva, of Fremont, was on a Frontier Airlines flight from Orange County to San Francisco when, authorities say, he began yelling obscenities at flight attendants.
A man accused of raping two women and murdering one of them at the Venice Canals last year will spend his life in prison after pleading no contest.
Sept. 13, 2024
A Minnesota man has been sentenced to a 30-year prison term for fatally shooting a transgender woman in Minneapolis last year.
Sept. 12, 2024
Prosecutors say Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, of Norco had tried multiple times to start a fire. His mother told The Times that he is ‘not an arsonist.’
Books
Pedro Almodóvar’s first book consists of a mix of short stories and personal essays that amount to ‘a fragmentary autobiography.’
Sept. 16, 2024
One of the men arrested in connection with the slaying of actor Johnny Wactor in downtown L.A. pleads guilty to attempted robbery and grand theft.