Construction worker Heber Enoc Diaz of Pasadena was convicted of brutally slaying Chyong Jen Tsai, 76, with a hammer, a jab saw and a box cutter during a 2019 burglary.

As firefighters make significant progress against Ventura County’s Mountain fire, officials have confirmed another 60 destroyed structures and millions in agricultural losses. A total of 207 structures, many homes, have been ruined, another 90 are damaged.

Angelenos can hail a robotaxi with the Waymo One app starting Tuesday. There are about 100 taxis in the Los Angeles fleet — but they don’t drive freeways.

Bay Area voters sent a clear message in last week’s election, ousting the mayors of San Francisco and Oakland and rejecting a handful of left-wing candidates, as pent-up frustrations with crime and homelessness took center stage.

Zoox’s self-driving vehicles began rolling out in San Francisco this week and are expected to compete with Waymo robotaxis.

Legal aid centers report receiving hundreds of inquiries from immigrants wondering what they should do ahead of Trump’s promised mass deportations.

Researchers at UC San Diego ordered vaping products to test whether deliveries followed federal and state laws. For the most part, they didn’t.

The Mountain fire could have been a second coming of the 2018 Woolsey fire or even the 2017 Thomas fire — if not for a few conditions that changed on the ground last week.

The Valley View High School history teacher called Trump a ‘rapist draft-dodging coward’ during an emotionally distraught lecture, according to a recording.

The decomposing body of a man was discovered early Monday between two concrete pillars along the 101 Freeway north of Mulholland Drive, authorities said.