The driver died after crashing into a guard rail during a police pursuit.

Steve Hideg was nearly broke when I met him in 2017, and wasn’t sure he’d be able to keep covering rent. But I’d never encountered a more upbeat guy.

In this big, beckoning land full of wide-open spaces, there’s almost nowhere for working people to live. More than 90 percent of the land is owned by government agencies that have little interest in making housing available for the flocks of tourists or the workers who serve them.

It’s a battle playing out in bedrooms and living rooms in New York and Los Angeles. With so many residents of the country’s two biggest cities moving back and forth from coast to coast, it might be the most common mixed couple combination for the World Series.

In some California races that could determine which party controls Congress next year, Republican attacks link Democrats to pedophiles.

The civil lawsuit brought against Roman Polanski that alleged child rape will not go to trial next year. The parties have reached an unspecified settlement deal.

Berkeley chemists have created a reusable material that pulls carbon dioxide from the air and holds onto it until it can be stored.

Flooding across all lanes was reported about 1:30 a.m. The southbound lanes were expected to remain closed until at least 9 a.m., the California Highway Patrol said.

Walmart could pay up to $7.5 million in penalties following a 2021 lawsuit alleging the retailer dumped over 80 tons of hazardous waste in California landfills.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and his New York Yankees counterpart Aaron Boone began battling on a baseball diamond 32 years ago at age 19 when UCLA faced USC.