The shrub-like oak tree has been a fixture of the landscape since mastodons and saber-toothed cats last roamed Southern California.

Jamie McBride, director of the union for most rank-and-file Los Angeles Police Department officers, faces multiple internal investigations related to his company, Watermark Security.

Heather Thomas was a TV star and a pin-up sensation in the 1980s. But she has long been a Hollywood political activist and fundraiser

An uncontrolled wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest forced mandatory evacuations in Running Springs and Arrowbear Lake.

The announcement from Southern California Edison came as around 200 other homes in the area were already without power, some indefinitely.

The quakes, of magnitudes 3.5 and 3.9, occurred within about a half hour of each other. Shaking was felt as far away as Los Angeles, Orange County and San Diego County.

The National Weather Service in Oxnard said Saturday morning that “dangerously hot conditions” will continue in the region through Monday.

A 4-year-old girl was fatally mauled by a pit bull in the San Joaquin Valley city of Visalia, according to authorities.

A bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk would set standards for industrial warehouse development near homes and schools. Opponents say those standards are weak and won’t lessen health risks for residents living in the shadow of e-commerce.

The filing comes nearly eight years after The Times published an investigation into political donations linked to real estate developer Samuel Leung.