After a Super Bowl sex trafficking crackdown, NorCal authorities gear up for the World Cup
Santa Clara County law enforcement is preparing to combat sex trafficking ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. A Super Bowl crackdown netted dozens of traffickers and victims.
California restaurant’s service fee sparks anger, threats as it highlights tipping’s racist past
Burdell, an upscale restaurant serving nostalgic soul food, is the latest to be caught in contentious online debates about the U.S. tip culture.
Why Irvine police are sounding the alarm on ‘senior assassin,’ a popular high school tradition
The game “senior assassin,” in which high school students shoot one another with water guns, can be risky if the water guns look real, police said.
Mothers, adventurers, sisters: What we know about the victims of the Sierra avalanche disaster
Many of the women who were caught in the deadly avalanche Tuesday north of Lake Tahoe were among a close group of friends who loved to spend time in the mountains.
Caltech astrophysicist fatally shot on porch in Antelope Valley; suspect charged with murder
An accomplished CalTech astrophysicist with more than four decades of research contributions in galactic astronomy and the study of distant planets was fatally shot in the Antelope Valley.
Fourth measles case confirmed in L.A. County; person visited LAX, restaurants while infectious
The L.A. County Department of Public Health has confirmed its fourth measles case of the year. The infected individual flew into LAX and visited a few San Gabriel Valley fast food restaurants.
SoCal company accused of starting 680-acre wildfire pays $2.5 million
A business owner was operating an excavator on Aug. 25, 2021, to assess the viability of developing a commercial property in Fontana when the steel treads of the excavator ignited dry vegetation in a rocky area, sparking
Trump administration looks to join suit alleging LAUSD discriminates against white students
The Justice Department has petitioned to join a lawsuit challenging LAUSD’s decades-old desegregation policy that provides extra resources and smaller classes to predominantly minority schools.
Commentary: Yes, Wasserman should go. But what about all those other guys in the Epstein files?
L.A. Olympics committee head Casey Wasserman is the rare elite who has been held accountable in the aftermath of the latest Epstein files release.
Long-awaited reports outline problems with Palisades infrastructure
In a road map for rebuilding infrastructure, the reports outlined nearly a billion dollars in projects through 2033, including more than $650 million for electrical undergrounding and $150 million for water system upgrades.