A Minnesota-based law firm specializing in sex abuse cases released a 76-page report Thursday listing all clergy accused and/or convicted of sexual abuse in San Bernardino and Riverside County parishes dating back to 1950. Unlike the report released in October by the Diocese of San Bernardino listing 34 priests, the new list comprises 84 priests…

By Michael Finch II and Sammy Caiola, The USC Center for Health Journalism Collaborative State lawmakers are expected to receive a first look Friday at the costs tied to an ambitious plan to provide health insurance for more California residents. The report represents California’s response to the Trump administration’s retreat on the Affordable Care Act,…

Three California men have been granted French citizenship for their role in thwarting a terror attack on a French train in 2015. Spencer Stone, Alek Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler were naturalized Thursday at a ceremony in Sacramento. They were honored by Emmanuel Lebrun-Damiens, consul general of…

When pregnant Chinese women called You Win USA Vacation Services, they didn’t receive information on visiting Disneyland or the Grand Canyon. Instead, they sought coveted advice on how to make a very different type of trip — one aimed at giving birth on U.S. soil so their children would be American…

Country Music Hall of Fame guitarist Harold Bradley, who played on hundreds of hit country records and along with his brother, famed producer Owen Bradley, helped craft “the Nashville Sound,” has died. He was 93. His daughter Beverly Bradley said he died Thursday morning. Bradley switched from…

A plastic manufacturer has agreed to a $1.6 million settlement to end a long-running civil lawsuit related to a fatal explosion at a Rancho Santa Margarita plant, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday. In a settlement approved by an Orange County Superior Court judge that heads off a civil trial, the owners of…

Weighing in on a statewide legal battle over law enforcement records, the author of California’s landmark police transparency law formally notified the state Senate on Thursday that her bill was intended to open up records from the past as well as those going forward. The move comes amid a flurry…

An Orange County Superior Court judge agreed to set bail for a doctor, who volunteered at a Newport Beach campus and is accused of sending “sexually motivated” messages to two high school girls, after authorities say the man while awaiting trial traveled to a cheerleading event in Florida and sent similar messages to a cheerleader….

One day in 2008, Rigo Maldonado went out to eat with his friend, L.A. nightlife promoter Ignacio “Nacho” Nava Jr., when the murder of Larry King came up. King was the 15-year-old Oxnard student whom a classmate had just killed for being gay. The death had rattled Nava, who was slowly becoming famous…

The Orange County district attorney has ordered an examination of all evidence, including numerous videos, in the case of a Newport Beach surgeon and his girlfriend charged with sexually assaulting seven women. Dist. Atty. Todd Spitzer said that after the review, he will determine how to proceed…