California lawmakers advance plan to decertify police officers for serious misconduct
The bill gives new powers to the state's 17-member Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training to suspend or revoke officers' certification.
The bill gives new powers to the state's 17-member Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training to suspend or revoke officers' certification.
A Mercedes fleeing police struck three other vehicles in Koreatown, the LAPD says. One bystander was killed and three were seriously injured.
O.C. health officials are forbidden by Board of Supervisors chair and vice chair to participate in COVID-19 briefings held by colleague Katrina Foley.
'We've got this thing kind of lassoed, and we just need to keep holding on to it with what we've got,' one official said.
One resident can't understand why he isn't allowed back to his home, miles from the flames. Another worries about paying bills.
The researchers want California officials to commit to a sweeping post-election review of the recall results, an examination that would involve checking the marks made on millions of ballots.
The ubiquity of the Delta variant should be cause for some caution heading into Labor Day weekend, health officials say.
U.S. education officials issued a nationwide warning Thursday after The Times reported that 65,000 fake California community college students filed financial aid applications in a massive attempted scam.
Kevin Paffrath's real estate advice has attracted 1.7 million YouTube followers. The Democrat is a potential contender in the recall.
Buscaino, who is running for mayor, said he intends to ask his colleagues to place his proposal on the June 2022 ballot, one where he also plans to appear as a candidate.
A bill seeking to bolster protections for garment workers fizzled in 2020. The reintroduced legislation, SB 62, would expand liability for wage theft to fashion brands and reform the way the industry compensates workers.
Traditional crime victims groups are emboldened by the possible recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom and some district attorneys. But other groups are redefining the term 'victim.'
Smoke and ash are reducing the clarity of Lake Tahoe's famed deep blue waters. Researchers are studying whether the damage is temporary or lasting.
A generation of American Muslims has grown up in a world in which one terrible day changed their country. Visibility makes young women wearing hijabs especially vulnerable.
No major religions denounce vaccination. That hasn't kept individual churches from providing religious "cover" for those seeking to avoid jabs.
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported at 10:44 p.m. Thursday three miles from Ukiah, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Micah Tillmon, 20, of West Hills faces up to 10 years in prison for burning a Santa Monica restaurant last year.
The robust vaccine rollout, as well as ubiquity of the highly contagious Delta variant, has created a wide spectrum of risk — with people's inoculation status, home lives and job settings all helping shape how cautious they should be.
Although some programs are expiring, Californians currently receiving federal unemployment benefits may still qualify for state benefit programs funded by the American Rescue Plan and California Comeback Plan.
A change in the legal landscape was set in motion abruptly by the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Gov. Gavin Newsom and Republican recall replacement candidate Larry Elder traded accusations on Thursday after a new poll from the Public Policy Institute of California showed support for the recall effort decreasing. Elder is the front-runner among replacement candidates.
The Caldor fire has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes.
L.A. County prosecutors filed indecent exposure charges this week against a transgender woman at the center of a viral video that sparked violent protests outside a Koreatown spa.
L.A. police have arrested a suspect in the stabbing of an anti-vaccination protester in downtown L.A.
Los Angeles school police were treating a gunshot victim near Santee High School and had placed the campus on lockdown.