Feds link two Downey men to Sinaloa cartel: One heads to prison, the other is missing
Two men linked to a Downey residence that authorities say was a smuggling hub for Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel faced...
Some big water agencies in farming areas get water for free. Critics say that needs to end
The water that flows down irrigation canals to some of the West’s biggest expanses of farmland comes courtesy of the...
What the Trump administration’s hepatitis B vaccine rollback means for California
For most American infants, the hepatitis B shot comes just before their first bath, in the blur of pokes, prods...
Did the U.S. attack? Maduro flee? No, but in Venezuela, rampant rumors fly
CARACAS, Venezuela — Even in Venezuela, a nation battered by years of economic, social and political turmoil, the Christmas season is a...
As Netflix and Paramount circle Warner Bros. Discovery, Hollywood unions voice alarm
The sale of Warner Bros. — whether in pieces to Netflix or in its entirety to Paramount — is stirring...
What happens to CNN is President Trump gets his way?
President Trump wants a very different kind of CNN if the cable news channel’s parent Warner Bros. Discovery changes hands....
Go ahead. Make parenting mistakes
I had dinner with my son recently, and as tends to happen with us, we started talking about Quentin Tarantino’s...
Notorious ‘winter vomiting bug’ rising in California. A new norovirus strain could make it worse
The dreaded norovirus — the “vomiting bug” that often causes stomach flu symptoms — is climbing again in California, and...
Surfer injured in shark attack off Sonoma County coast
Frigid ocean water in Sonoma County wasn’t the only thing sending a chill down the spine of a surfer riding...
An O.C. man killed his neighbor over his smoking habit. Now he’ll spend 50 years to life in prison
In an Orange County apartment complex, Sidney Bararchi Clarke clashed with his neighbor over his smoking habit — until prosecutors...
Trump administration delays decision on federal protections for monarch butterflies
MADISON, Wis. — President Trump’s administration has delayed a decision on whether to extend federal protections to monarch butterflies indefinitely despite years...
A micro-indie with a huge heart, ‘Burt’ tells a slender, stirring story of belated connection
You often hear that short stories make the best movies, as if the notion is to take something compact and...
U.S. accuses Rwanda of violating peace deal as rebels seize key city in eastern Congo
UNITED NATIONS — The United States accused Rwanda on Friday of violating a U.S.-brokered peace agreement by backing a new and deadly...
L.A. County court system launches mobile effort to expunge records, educate public
Leaders of the Superior Court of Los Angeles County on Friday rolled out a new effort to offer self-help services...
Sheriff employee stabbed while changing her baby in Macy’s bathroom
A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department employee vacationing in New York City was stabbed inside a Macy’s bathroom while she...
