A 5-year-old boy from Woodland Hills was injured Sunday when a mountain lion attacked him while he was out for a picnic with his family in Malibu Creek State Park, authorities said.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department sergeant, who successfully sued for whistleblower retaliation in 2015, says she was transferred after filing another grievance.

COVID remains at stubbornly high levels in California, and officials warn that transmission could again accelerate following the busy Labor Day holiday weekend.

Has a UC Berkeley chemistry lab discovered the holy grail of plastic recycling? Maybe, but with a lot of caveats.

A heat wave is forecast to bring temperatures of up to 119 degrees to Southern California this week, with scorching conditions peaking Thursday and Friday.

Siding with environmental groups, a judge has ruled that Sonoma County must take action to protect creeks and salmon from excessive groundwater pumping.

A year ago, thousands of workers went on strike across California, and what became known as “hot labor summer” was reflected in mandatory wage increases and other state policy wins remarkable even for a Democratic-controlled Legislature sympathetic to union concerns.

Gov. Gavin Newsom should now narrow his focus from national politics to the elections in his own backyard.

A human-caused brush fire that sparked near San Jacinto on Sunday grew by hundreds of acres over the course of several hours, injuring six firefighters.

A vigil was held in Culver City just hours after Israeli authorities said six hostages, including a California-born man, had been killed by Hamas.