L.A. Mayor Garcetti shares photos on social media of his visit with Pope Francis, who has had strong words about global warming.

NEW YORK — Financier Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide while awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges in New York, a former law enforcement official said Saturday. He was found in his cell at the Manhattan Correctional Center Saturday morning, according to the official, who was briefed on the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity because…

At the Museum of Death, interest in Manson isn’t heightened. It’s never really gone away.

The oversight of hospice care is sorely lacking, and too little information is available to family members on how to make a smart choices for the best care.

To avoid officer-involved shootings and “suicide by cop,” some California law enforcement agencies no longer handle calls about lone people acting suicidal.

A look at California stories from the last week, including the stabbing rampage in Orange County.

FBI agents who raided the Los Angeles DWP sought information about cybersecurity and physical security, says a federal warrant reviewed by The Times.

Dozens protest at the West Hollywood Equinox over parent firm owner’s fundraiser for President Trump, who says the controversy makes Stephen Ross ‘hotter.’

Helmuth Hauprich didn’t feel comfortable with his new next-door neighbor, Zachary Castaneda. He thought Castaneda, covered in tattoos and prone to staring him down, was just bad news. “My father-in-law said he looked dangerous. He was afraid of him,” said Irvine resident Eddie Nawabi. On Friday, prosecutors charged Castaneda, 33, with four counts of murder…

An attorney for Hossein Nayeri on Friday raised doubts about key testimony and forensic evidence prosecutors allege ties him to the abduction, torture and sexual mutilation of a Newport Beach marijuana dispensary owner, as his high-profile trial wound to a close. A Newport Beach jury on Monday, Aug. 12, is expected to begin their deliberations,…