Efforts to restore river floodplains are expanding in California. Making space for water is increasingly seen as a natural solution for floods and droughts.

Inaccurate pulse oximeter readings are more common in Black patients than non-Black ones. It was a problem that could be ignored — until COVID-19 hit.

Authorities, fearing the effect of additional rain on hillsides and creek beds already saturated by a massive storm earlier this month, issued flash flood warnings for a swath of L.A. from Malibu to Griffith Park as well as portions of the San Fernando Valley.

Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Burbank), the front-runner in California’s Senate race based on polling and campaign cash, is going full bore to boost Republican former baseball star Steve Garvey in the March 5 primary election.

A flash flood warning was issued for western L.A. County, including the Santa Monica Mountains, Hollywood Hills, Griffith Park, Malibu and parts of the San Fernando Valley.

The West Covina Unified School District is working with police and Child Protective Services to review the allegations against the substitute teacher.

Marco Troper, 19, was found dead Tuesday in his dorm room at UC Berkeley, where he was in the second semester of his freshman year, relatives said.

A Rancho Cucamonga man is accused of initiating a high-speed chase and driving off a cliff, surviving a 200-foot fall to the bottom of a canyon.

They used fake names and addresses to purchase packages and postage that included insurance for lost or damaged items. Thousands of fraudulent claims followed.

Heavy rain and flooding over the last year have caused roughly $100 million in damage to Los Angeles water and dust control systems in the Owens Valley.