A man wearing a green wig and a clown mask took the California Highway Patrol on a pursuit from Orange County to the sand of Venice Beach, where he playfully helped bury a man and then laid down as officers approached for his arrest. Along the way, before hopping out of his car on Venice…

The sound and power of the explosion that leveled a Murrieta house and killed a man were captured in a neighbor’s security video that has surfaced. The video, obtained by ABC7, shows the neighbor’s porch being damaged and a cloud of debris. A SoCalGas company employee, 31-year-old Wade Kilpatrick of Murrieta, died in the July…

Three people were arrested after a search warrant led to the discovery of illegal gambling machines, firearms and ammunition in the MacArthur Park neighborhood of Long Beach Friday night, July 19, authorities said. About 9 p.m., Long Beach officers served a search warrant at a home in the 1400 block of Cherry Avenue and found…

HUNTINGTON BEACH – A 59-year-old man crossing Beach Boulevard in Huntington Beach, apparently outside a crosswalk, was hit by a car on Friday night and later died, police said. At 10:49 p.m., officers responded to a crash near Blaylock Drive and found the pedestrian on the sidewalk, said Sgt. Eric Warken of the Huntington Beach…

To repair the harm done by the war on drugs, black people in low-income communities were told they’d get a leg up in the newly legal cannabis marketplace. But in LA, the process has been frustrating and slow.

The California Supreme Court froze a death penalty trial that was set to start this month as it decides whether it will consider whether the defendant would get a fair trial given Gov. Gavin Newsom’s moratorium on executions in the state.

In Rome, the mass of tourists made me want to stray off course and find the city only locals know. And that got me thinking: Where would I advise someone visiting L.A. to do that?

A look at the top stories of the past week, including a California Supreme Court ruling on the use of private social media posts in murder trials

Mark your calendars. The 60 Freeway will be closed from Ontario to Riverside for 15 weekends.

The son, an Army veteran, was hired by the department in June despite a record that department watchdogs said would generate scrutiny.