The historic former Morrison Hotel, which was featured on the cover of a 1970 Doors album, was destroyed by a fire.

Fresno Police and the California Department of Justice are investigating a shooting they said occurred when a fight broke out between a parole officer and a parolee Tuesday.

Volunteers and employees prepare floral-covered floats for the 2025 Rose Parade on New Year’s Day in Pasadena.

Three people were found dead inside a Baldwin Park home a day after Christmas, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials said.

Strong storms have repeatedly pounded Santa Cruz in recent years, most notably collapsing a chunk of its wharf this week. Is it just bad luck that has left the coastal city vulnerable to dangerous surf?

A woman in Sonoma County tried to get away with retail theft by pretending to be a 12-year-old girl, police say.

Crews were helping homeless people evacuate from the building by placing ground ladders leading to the fire escapes, according to the L.A. Fire Department.

The elderly man with dementia was located in a field of thick brush off the side of a roadway about a quarter-mile from his home.

A shocking series of murders stunned the rural California mountain town of Placerville in the 1980s. Authorities were under intense pressure to solve the cases, and for a while it seemed they did. But Times reporters Anita Chabria and Jessica Garrison spent more than a year reexamining the crimes and found troubling questions about both…

The odds of winning Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302 million, according to lottery organizers.