The neurotoxin domoic acid is blamed for the extreme distress and deaths of many sea lions along the Central Coast, as well as the deaths of two dolphins and two seals.

A renewed effort to list burrowing owls under the California Endangered Species Act just cleared an early hurdle. Conservationists say the situation for the owls that nest underground has only gotten worse in recent years.

Mathew Bowyer, whose clients included Shohei Ohtani’s former interpreter Ippei Mizuhara, agrees to plead guilty to federal charges of running an illegal gambling business.

The National Park Service said the falcon species has made a ‘remarkable comeback’ in Yosemite since the 1970s, when there were zero nesting pairs at the park.

L.A. County has agreed to hire an expert to make sure voting sites are accessible to all and to publicize its curbside program, in which workers deliver ballots to voters on the street.

A Santa Cruz County mother is facing multiple felony charges for the death of her infant. Early autopsy reports show the baby was exposed to cocaine and fentanyl.

In the L.A. County city of Alhambra, police warn that someone is leaving fake parking tickets on vehicles, with a QR code directing to a non-city website.

A former Anaheim church ministry volunteer was sentenced to more than 120 years to life in prison for molesting girls as young as 6 years old, according to authorities.

The hidden camera in a bathroom may have captured 20 patients who visited a chiropractor’s business in Valencia, a lawsuit claims.

University of California President Michael V. Drake announced Wednesday he would step down at the academic year, after managing the pandemic, policing, protests and budget woes during a challenging four-year tenure.