California students did slightly better in English and math on this year’s state test than they did last year, state education officials announced Tuesday morning, Oct. 2. In the state, 49.88 percent of students met or exceeded the English Language Arts/Literacy standards, a 1.32 percentage point increase from 2017, a news release states. In math, 38.65…

The master suite, with a sitting area and opening to a terrace, is one of five bedrooms in the home. (Photos by Antis Photography) Sound The gallery will resume inseconds Show Caption of Expand That was quick. “Real Housewives of Orange County” cast member Tamra Judge sold the Ladera Ranch house she bought in December…

Orange County home prices rose as sales counts dropped in August vs. a year earlier. That’s according to the latest homebuying report from CoreLogic. Here are five trends you should know about the local market, data for the month compared to 12 months earlier and how those results looked vs. the six-county Southern California region…

Twenty Los Angeles Times employees died in the Oct. 1, 1910, bombing. After the funerals and memorials, the suspects are caught and convicted.

LOS ANGELES — Detectives are expected to share details Tuesday about the arrests they’ve made in connection with recent burglaries at the homes of Los Angeles celebrities. Capt. Lillian Carranza, commanding officer of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Commercial Crimes Division, and detectives from that unit will detail the arrests at a news conference at…

By DAVID KEYTON and JIM HEINTZ STOCKHOLM  — Three scientists from the United States, Canada and France won the Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for work with lasers described as revolutionary and bringing science fiction into reality. One of them, Arthur Ashkin of Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, entered the Nobel record books by…

By NINIEK KARMINI and STEPHEN WRIGHT PALU, Indonesia  — The death toll from an earthquake and tsunami that decimated parts of the central Indonesian island of Sulawesi jumped to more than 1,200 on Tuesday as disaster officials began reaching coastal areas that were cut off by blocked roads and downed telephone lines. Officials said hundreds…

A Los Angeles police officer did not use excessive force when he fatally shot an armed 18-year-old man in the back, a jury decided Monday. Attorneys for the family of Kenney Watkins had filed a civil lawsuit, arguing that the officer, Evan Urias, should have stopped and waited for backup when Watkins…

A woman says she was sexually assaulted in high school by a hard-drinking kid who has grown up to become a Supreme Court nominee. Her story gets out. A second accuser comes forward. Then a third. His nomination is imperiled. What happens next? Time for another round of Let’s Blame the Women! But…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested 84 people across San Diego County in a large-scale enforcement operation over the past two weeks. ICE reported similar enforcement efforts across the country. ICE officers arrested 150 people around Los Angeles, 98 people in North Texas and…