California

The brother of Carolina Ramírez Pérez said she was fleeing domestic violence in Mexico before she died in a crash March 2 shortly after crossing the border.

A string of shootings in Atlanta and a rise in hate crimes are fueling a movement to address anti-Asian violence in California and across the country.

Cannabis entrepreneurs complain that the sluggish rollout of L.A.’s social equity program is hurting some of the people it was supposed to help.

Last March, Gary Handman drew the first of what would add up to 365 cartoons to mark each day of the COVID-19 pandemic. His daily offerings grew to become his “Journal of the Plague Year.”

Los Angeles Police Department officers fired their weapons Friday in two incidents in Westlake and El Sereno, police said.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department motorcycle Deputy Thomas Albanese, who was killed in a collision in a Lakewood intersection last month while attempting to make a traffic stop, was eulogized Friday as a man who loved his job.

A suspected street racer lost control of his car and plowed into a Prius at Vanowen Street and Valley Circle Boulevard on Friday, killing the driver of the Prius, police said.

Officials have until April 29 to complete their review of signatures. A new report from the secretary of state shows validated signatures are on pace to reach the threshold of 1.5 million early next month.

If you see someone harassing or being violent toward another person, what are your options to act and intervene safely? Plus more tips on how to be a good ally.

Newsom’s March 19, 2020, stay-at-home order was applauded when California was hit less hard by COVID-19 than other parts of the U.S.

AT&T says its revised arbitration clause will help customers. Don’t be fooled. All such provisions favor companies, not consumers, experts say.

Two San Diego projects could become the latest in a string of rural developments blocked in the courts.

Gov. Gavin Newsom could emerge from the recall stronger than ever, and a stronger Newsom could mean an even weaker California Republican Party, columnist George Skelton writes.

Architectural designer Demar Matthews is using the Black vernacular — language, art, landscape, even hairstyles — to inform his work.

After facing fines and the threat of an abatement warrant, El Centro Cultural de México in Santa Ana will agree to work with the city to clear a homeless encampment in its parking lot.

ADUs, also known as granny flats, are poised to transform neighborhoods across Los Angeles and beyond, as cities look to the compact dwellings as a way to ease the region’s severe housing shortage.

California on Monday opened applications for a rent relief program that aims to help those most affected by the pandemic. Funds from the program could wipe away rent debt accumulated by low-income tenants through the end of March.

Never has there been more federal money to spend on hotel rooms for homeless people vulnerable to COVID. L.A. needs to work harder to get hotels onboard.