California rebounded from the Great Recession, yet Imperial County struggles. Some see salvation in new industries such as hemp and renewable energy.

By THOMAS ADAMSON and ANGELA CHARLTON PARIS — Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claimed 10 lives Tuesday, sending fleeing residents to the roof as flames engulfed their apartment building before dawn. A 40-year-old female resident of the building, said to have a history of psychiatric problems, was arrested as police opened an investigation…

The Libertarian Party’s reputation for attracting exotics is infamous in political circles. There’s the candidate in San Francisco who has run for multiple local offices under the name Starchild. The 2016 presidential hopeful who wanted marijuana taxes to fund “galactic expansion for generations.”…

The Cessna plane had flown about 10 miles, reaching an altitude as high as 7,800 feet, when witnesses saw it coming through the clouds in one piece, authorities said. Moments later, its tail came off. Then its wings. The plane plummeted rapidly into a Yorba Linda home Sunday afternoon, setting…

Two potent racial symbols — MAGA hats and blackface — have been in the news. They may not appear related at first blush, but they belong on a political continuum that ranges from racial provocation to outright racism. They share DNA. Wearing a “Make America Great Again” hat is not necessarily an…

This image of the Vadanta Hollywood Temple was number 23 in the Los Angeles Times 1955-56, Know Your City photography series.

Police found a man dead after he was apparently struck by his own car in Fullerton on Monday, Feb. 4. A caller reported a single-vehicle collision on the 800 block of Morningside Drive at about 7:45 p.m., said Fullerton Police Lt. Michael Hines. He said responding officers found a man dead in the street with…

C.Y. Lee, whose novel “The Flower Drum Song” became a best seller and the basis for a popular stage musical and Oscar-nominated film despite mixed critical reactions and concerns about stereotypes, has died at age 102. Lee’s son, Jay Lee, said his father died Nov. 8 in Los Angeles. The family decided…

Disgraced former Centinela Valley school Superintendent Jose Fernandez was “extremely” eager to secure a supplemental retirement plan for the district from which he stood to gain $294,000, according to court testimony Monday. Jose Fernandez sits with his attorney Vicki Podberesky during his preliminary hearing in Los Angeles on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. Fernandez was arrested…

Authorities on Monday identified the pilot whose plane crashed into a Yorba Linda home, killing four people inside over the weekend, as 75-year-old Antonio Pastini. Julia Ackley, a Torrance resident and one of Pastini’s daughters, said in a brief interview with The Times that her father was a veteran…