Cindy Borgeson was eating a cheeseburger at In-N-Out when she got a call from Newport Beach police that she thought would never come. It had been more than four decades since her 11-year-old sister, Linda Ann O’Keefe, had been sexually assaulted and strangled. The killer had vanished after dumping…

Parts of Southern California are having a snow day — or at least a few snow minutes — as a cold storm dropped snow levels unusually low. Communities including Malibu, West Hollywood, Pasadena and Northridge got hit with a bit of snow Thursday. But very little of it was sicking to the ground. The…

Most people familiar with the life story of John Wayne are aware that the late movie star was a dyed-in-the-wool right-winger — after all, he was still making a movie glorifying America’s conduct of the Vietnam War (“The Green Berets,” 1968) well after the country had begun to get sick of the conflict. …

LOS ANGELES — A cold storm system will bring snow showers to Southern California through Thursday night and brought the snow level down to an unusually low 1,500 feet, National Weather Service forecasters said. “This storm system will likely bring the lowest snow levels of the season, with snow levels locally falling to 1,500 feet…

A new report by the Orange County Human Trafficking Task Force that looks at law enforcement and community support in the past two years highlights continued progress in arrests and convictions, along with positive outcomes of growing assistance for victims. The 2019 Human Trafficking Victim Report, the subject of a news conference scheduled for Thursday,…

By JULHAS ALAM DHAKA, Bangladesh — A devastating fire raced through densely packed buildings in a centuries-old district in Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least 81 people, officials and witnesses said Thursday. The fire in Dhaka’s Chawkbazar area was mostly under control after more than 10 hours of frantic firefighting efforts. About 50 people were injured,…

For a few days in mid-February, if the water is running and the sky is clear, dusk injects Horsetail Fall in Yosemite with the brilliance of molten lava in a phenomenon called “Firefall.” The setting sun turns the waterfall an igneous gold and orange as it tumbles 1,500 feet down the eastern edge…

The Trump administration’s decision to cancel a $929-million grant to California’s troubled high-speed rail project and claw back $2.5 billion in funds already spent has thrust the federal government into uncharted legal territory and poses an existential threat to the state’s largest investment…

Oakland teachers are headed to the picket lines Thursday morning, the latest group of educators to demand better wages, smaller class sizes and stronger support staff by walking out of schools. Representatives of the Oakland Education Assn. and Oakland Unified School District met Wednesday morning,…

By DON BABWIN CHICAGO — “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett turned himself in early Thursday to face accusations that he filed a false police report when he told authorities he was attacked in Chicago by two men who hurled racist and anti-gay slurs and looped a rope around his neck, police said. Smollett turned himself in…