California policymakers and environmentalists view recent Supreme Court actions as a small victory for clean air, but worry about future legal challenges.

The investigation of Lt. Garrido led to criminal accusations against a captain.

San Diego supervisors voted to restrict law enforcement’s cooperation with federal immigration officials, but Sheriff Kelly Martinez said she would not comply with the county policy.

Forty years ago, Michael Anthony Cox was convicted of the murders of three girls in the Sierra Nevada foothills. Years later, the two main witnesses at his trial, also teenagers, recanted, saying police had pressured them into false stories. So why is Cox still on death row?

Hannah Kobayashi, who disappeared after missing her connecting flight at LAX, says she didn’t learn of the media coverage until she returned from Mexico.

Nima Momeni, a tech entrepreneur, killed Bob Lee over an argument over drugs and sexual assault.

Police arrested their suspect in a cold case killing, but have not presented their evidence for charges to be filed.

Next year’s events that are visible to Californians include a rare peek at Mercury; Venus and Jupiter cozying up; and a total lunar eclipse.

The city failed to protect and train staffers and also failed “to evaluate and correct overcrowding at their animal shelter, which resulted in animal attacks and bites on employees,” Cal/OSHA said.

For nearly two years, trash has been smoldering in a long-dormant portion of Chiquita Canyon due to the rare chemical reaction.