San Fernando Valley shooting rampage started out personal, then turned random, LAPD says
Police say Gerry Dean Zaragoza, 26, first shot three members of his family at their home in Canoga Park.
There may be a day when a driver license is not needed
Q. What changes might be in store when obtaining a driver license with the advent of driverless cars? Would the rules change in regard to the knowledge, the physical ability and the vision requirements now in place? The answers are going to be important to people getting on in age: Should they get a new…
What is a concentration camp? It’s an old debate that mostly started in California
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ignited a national debate when she compared the government-run facilities packed with migrant detainees near the U.S.-Mexico border to Nazi concentration camps. But this debate started decades before — in California.
In tiny Oildale, the local barber, a Trump fan, has had it with California
Chris Vaughn, a barber in a red MAGA hat, is fed up: “Their attempt to make people hate Trump is a waste of time,” he says.
FBI found clues to college admissions scandal years earlier in massive Medicare fraud case
Years before William “Rick” Singer’s college admissions scandal was uncovered, FBI agents in South Florida nearly discovered his scam.
California’s troubled bullet train project getting one of biggest management upheavals in years
The California bullet train project is going through one of its biggest personnel upheavals in years, several months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed he would be “getting rid of a lot of consultants.”
We used a 3-D printer to map the power of the Ridgecrest earthquake
Look at The Times’ 3-D image of the Ridgecrest earthquake’s power
Yorba Linda Middle School music director arrested on suspicion of child molestation
Authorities arrested the music director of Yorba Linda Middle School Thursday, July 25, on suspicion of molesting a former student when she was a minor. Deputies took Daniel Methe, 44, into custody at his home in Yorba Linda at about 9:45 a.m., Orange County Sheriff’s Department officials said in a news release. He was booked…
Drummer’s tribute concert held yards from where he was killed in Anaheim
Troy McCabe walked into the Doll Hut for the first very time this week. But he was greeted like family by longtime patrons of the tiny red building that serves as a bar and concert venue in Anaheim. Some told stories about his father, a 48-year old man known by friends as Super Dave, who…
Mastermind of $1 billion spinal surgery fraud hid millions from government, DOJ says
The imprisoned mastermind of a $1 billion spinal surgery scam faces new federal charges that he violated a court order to forfeit his classic car collection, including an iconic 1965 Aston Martin made famous by fictional British spy James Bond. Michael Drobot, who operated Pacific Hospital Long Beach, has agreed to plead guilty to charges…