The president is set to declare two new national monuments in California, in the desert near Joshua Tree and amid forests and lakes near the Oregon border.

The LAPD recorded an uptick in robberies in some areas, which records obtained by The Times show was caused by shoplifting incidents that resulted in felony charges. Officials say some retailers are asking security guards to be more confrontational with thieves.

As of Jan. 1, San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate that has been decades in the making.

Years of neglect left the Morrison Hotel in disrepair. And just as it was set for a new lease on life, a fire tore through the downtown building.

Mary Shojai was brutally murdered in her San Diego home in 2012. Her killer was released last year. Her daughter wants to change California’s reform laws.

A Temecula woman was lured by a former housekeeper to pick up toys for a holiday toy drive only to survive an attempted kidnapping.

A man is taken into custody after apparently attempting to drive away in a self-driving Waymo taxi, L.A. police say.

California may have been a union state, but it has its own north-south rivalry.

Many college-bound students with undocumented immigrant parents are hesitant to submit federal financial aid applications as President-elect Donald Trump vows to deport immigrants who are in the country illegally.

The Hall of Administration was named after Janice Hahn’s father in 1992. She argues it shouldn’t be razed, even after the county bought a nearby skyscraper.