Homebuying in Aliso Viejo, Dana Point, Laguna Niguel and San Clemente fell 13.4% in what was Orange County’s slowest nine months of home purchases since 2012. For nine consecutive months through April, CoreLogic housing stats show countywide sales failing to top the year-ago period. We wanted to see how these lethargic sales trends played out…

Firefighters are trying to put out a blaze that broke out in a row of businesses in North Hollywood early Monday morning, authorities said. The commercial buildings in the 5200 block of North Lankershim Boulevard, including Tokyo Delve’s Sushi Bar, erupted with heavy flames before 5:33 a.m. and…

Two years ago, Los Angeles began testing an alternative to homeless shelters called safe parking, giving people living in their cars a secure spot to sleep at night. The first site was quickly deemed a success, so the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority agreed to fund nine more lots in the…

By LINDA DEUTSCH LOS ANGELES — After 25 years living under the shadow of one of the nation’s most notorious murder cases, O.J. Simpson says his life has entered a phase he calls the “no negative zone.” In a telephone interview, Simpson told The Associated Press he is healthy and happy living in Las Vegas….

For anyone who’s had trouble parking when running to City Hall to pay the water bill or trying to grab a bite at the Anaheim Packing House, city leaders have heard your groans of exasperation. To make parking less of a pain, Anaheim will be adding a “smart parking” system that can monitor where spaces…

A shallow magnitude-3.1 earthquake was reported Monday morning four miles from Anza, Calif., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:12 a.m. PDT at a depth of 1.2 miles. According to the USGS, the epicenter was 18 miles from Valle Vista and 20 miles from Hemet. In the…

John Diepersloot squinted under a bright Central Valley sun, pointing to the damage to his fruit orchard that came with the California bullet train. He lost 70 acres of prime land. Rail contractors left mounds of rubble along his neat rows. Irrigation hoses are askew. A sophisticated canopy system…

When Los Angeles teachers went on strike in January, a major issue was charter schools: Union leaders talked about halting the growth of these privately operated campuses and exerting more local control over where and how these schools operate. California took a step in that direction last week…

The first time that Bob Hung had to handcuff his sister, in 2010, he was afraid. He was just two years into his career as a patrol officer for the Monterey Park Police Department when his father called and told him that his older sister, diagnosed with schizophrenia, had run away from home. He…

PLACENTIA — A police officer responding to a house fire call Sunday ended up in a collision with another vehicle at a Placentia intersection, a sergeant said. It happened about 11:45 a.m. in the intersection of La Jolla Street and Melrose Avenue, Placentia police Sgt. Chris Anderson said. The officer was heading east on La…