Column: Live L.A. like a local. Tips from readers on where to take visitors
The best places in Los Angeles to take people from out of town.
MS-13 gang created beachhead at Valley high school, but authorities insisted on secrecy
MS-13 gang members are suspected of stabbing a student at Panorama High School before luring another student, Brayan Andino, off-campus and killing him. The accused gang members included Panorama High students.
Essential California Week in Review: A climate deal with automakers
A look at the top California stories from the past week, including a deal between major automakers and air regulators.
3.8 earthquake registered near Hollister, Calif.
A magnitude 3.8 earthquake was reported Saturday morning at 2:37 a.m. eight miles from Hollister, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
California bullet train authority gets U.S. permission to handle its environmental reviews
The California bullet train authority has received federal permission to handle its own environmental reviews.
Man who sent emails posing as his San Juan Capistrano business partner he had killed sentenced to life behind bars
A man who killed his friend and business partner at their San Juan Capistrano office and then posed as the dead man through email for months in an attempt to cover up the slaying was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A tearful Jennifer Shin, mother of Edward Shin, who…
Day after San Fernando Valley murder spree, family and friends remember the victims
A day after police say a 26-year-old man killed four people and wounded two in a shooting rampage across the San Fernando Valley, neighbors, friends, activists, and co-workers remembered the victims, who included three members of the suspect’s own family. Gerry Dean Zaragoza is accused of three separate shootings. Police said he first killed his…
Arrest made in death of drummer found beaten in Anaheim
Homicide detectives have arrested a suspect in the murder of a Dana Point man found beaten to death in an Anaheim cul-de-sac last weekend. Police said that Arthur Williams, 34, of Santa Ana, was arrested Wednesday afternoon, July 24, without incident at a local hospital, Anaheim police said Friday, July 26. He was booked into…
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…
