Even when someone tries to get in the driver’s seat, Waymo cars are designed so that people cannot override the automatic driving system, the company said.

Months into the rainy season, Southern California is now experiencing moderate drought conditions, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.

I don’t regret my decision to turn on Fox News on New Year’s Day, because it was a sobering, necessary reminder of the fetid information ecosystem that put Donald Trump in the White House,

California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered state agencies to recommend ways to reduce health harms and limit the purchase of candy, soda and other ultra-processed foods.

The president is set to declare two new national monuments in California, in the desert near Joshua Tree and amid forests and lakes near the Oregon border.

The LAPD recorded an uptick in robberies in some areas, which records obtained by The Times show was caused by shoplifting incidents that resulted in felony charges. Officials say some retailers are asking security guards to be more confrontational with thieves.

As of Jan. 1, San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate that has been decades in the making.

Years of neglect left the Morrison Hotel in disrepair. And just as it was set for a new lease on life, a fire tore through the downtown building.

Mary Shojai was brutally murdered in her San Diego home in 2012. Her killer was released last year. Her daughter wants to change California’s reform laws.

A Temecula woman was lured by a former housekeeper to pick up toys for a holiday toy drive only to survive an attempted kidnapping.