While it’s not very common for bears to be struck by cars, the summer months do bring more of the creatures down from the Angeles National Forest.

Local Matters: How to Survive the Big One. Join seismologist Lucy Jones, journalists Rong-Gong Lin and Patt Morrison of the L.A. Times, and journalists Jacob Margolis and Austin Cross of KPCC/LAist for a discussion of earthquake safety and resilience in California.

More than 60% of Californians have now received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, federal figures show — the latest milestone in the state’s vaccine rollout.

The Teamsters, one of America’s largest unions, votes to help organize Amazon warehouse and delivery workers, the first such nationwide effort.

Sick of endless fireworks? Cops and firefighters who won’t get vaccinated? I’ve got a plan to fix all that and more.

The shower marked the first rain Palm Springs has recorded on that day since at least 1922, when it began tracking precipitation, the National Weather Service said.

After nearly 16 months, the order is terminated by the City Council as the Orange County Board of Supervisors moves to maintain a state of emergency.

The Delta variant, the fourth most-often identified variant in California, may be twice as transmissible as the conventional strain. Unvaccinated people are most at risk.

Secretary of state affirms enough signatures collected to trigger Gov. Newsom recall election, kicking off a series of procedures to set the date.

Everyone who attended Saturday’s basketball game between the Coronado High Islanders and Orange Glen High Patriots knew it was going to be a classic, the kind of matchup prep dreams are made of. What wasn’t expected were the flying tortillas.

California is contending with what could be the most contagious coronavirus variant to date, prompting officials to warn that residents face significant risk if they are not vaccinated.

A world that has long embraced love, light and acceptance is now making room for something else: QAnon.

A Highland Park man, who says he hasn’t smoked for 25 years, was told by Hertz to pay a $400 fee after workers claimed they smelled cigarettes.

Addressing the court for the first time in two years, pop star Britney Spears was candid and emotional at her conservatorship hearing Wednesday.

Many are feared dead and trapped in the rubble after the collapse of part of a 12-story beachfront condo tower in the Miami suburb of Surfside.