California would allow college athletes to earn money from the use of their names and likenesses under a bill passed by the state Legislature on Wednesday.

FULLERTON — A Compton couple facing criminal charges stemming from a brawl at Disneyland that was captured on video that went viral failed to appear in court for arraignment scheduled on Monday, Sept. 9. Andrea Nicole Robinson, 40, and her husband, Daman Petrie, 44, were scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, but they did not…

A fugitive already wanted in connection with the slaying of a woman has now been linked to the killings of two other Hesperia residents, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said Wednesday, Sept. 11. The suspect, Phillip Williamson, 37, knew all three slaying victims, sheriff’s spokeswoman Jodi Miller said in an email. The exact relationship…

FULLERTON — Cal State Fullerton police said Wednesday a student who reported being raped in a campus parking garage elevator later said that the alleged attack occurred somewhere off campus, possibly in Yorba Linda. “After further investigation and working with the survivor we found out that it actually did not occur on the campus, but…

An El Modena High School student died this week after apparently crashing a school golf cart on campus into a pole, Orange police said on Wednesday. Officers were called to the campus on East Spring Street at around 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 9, after the crash, Sgt. Phil McMullin said. “He was on some…

A 47-year-old mystery as to who killed an 11-year-old girl last seen on Thanksgiving Day in 1972 has been solved, Torrance police said on Wednesday, as they named a man who died in Arizona in 2003 as the murder suspect. Terri Lynn Hollis had gone on a bike ride and never returned home, with her…

GARDENA — A former reality TV show producer convicted of killing his wife is back home in Southern California after his release from a Mexican prison. KTLA-TV says former “Survivor” producer Bruce Beresford-Redman was released about two months ago. The station says the 48-year-old had no comment when interviewed Monday at his home in Gardena,…

At least a dozen Trump administration officials are in Los Angeles to examine the homelessness crisis, a source of criticism from the president.

Investigators have still not determined the cause of the worst maritime disaster in modern California history and believe being able to examine the boat could help locate a ignition source and answer why none of the victims were able to escape.

Before the 1964 presidential election, Harold E.