How Sacramento shifted billions of dollars in future wildfire costs to consumers
California will automatically consider utility-caused wildfire costs reasonable unless a third party can prove "serious doubts," experts say.
California will automatically consider utility-caused wildfire costs reasonable unless a third party can prove "serious doubts," experts say.
The state's fierce independence has long been buttressed by a federal appeals court deeply sympathetic to progressive regulation. What happens when that changes?
The best times to drive during this holiday week, to avoid inclement weather
A rodent infestation problem at one high school was so bad it triggered a student walkout last year.
Nationwide, 322 vessels, including the dive boat that burned in California's worst maritime disaster, were allowed to skip rules on escape hatches and fire prevention systems, a Times analysis shows.
Unlike Los Angeles, where the response to homelessness has leaned toward housing instead of law enforcement, Salt Lake City has pursued both equally.
California's emergency planners have done little to help cities and counties identify citizens most vulnerable during disasters and devise strategies to assist them, a new state audit says.
If the University of California drops the SAT and ACT, high school grades are likely to play a larger role in admissions. Is that a good thing?
New phone transcripts in the college admissions case provide a detailed look at how the scheme's admitted mastermind, William "Rick" Singer, pitched his services to potential clients.
The vandalism at one of the country's most prominent Iranian synagogues last Saturday has stunned congregants who said they never thought the anti-Semitic graffiti and intolerance they saw happening at other temples and schools would reach their doorstep.
Flames engulfed three empty buses Saturday night in a new rideshare area dubbed "LAXit," airport officials say. There were no reported injuries.
As Nicole Williams continues to hope that her son's murder case will be solved, she's coping by throwing a holiday party for the children of homicide victims.
A storm is expected to bring widespread rain to Southern California from Sunday through Monday
A joyous New Orleans-style parade to honor the roughly 1,000 homeless people who have died in Los Angeles County this year turned to anger on Friday.