Beverly Hills developer Leo Pustilnikov will buy 17 homeless housing properties in Skid Row out of receivership. The deal is to be approved next month.

After a weekend of lower temperatures and increased humidity that helped fire suppression, officials worry that a new shift in weather could again fuel elevated fire activity.

Cal Fire says a man has been charged for starting the Flora fire in Sonoma County. The fire agency said the man drove his truck for miles without a front tire, sparking the fire that charred 36 acres in four days before it was fully contained on Sunday.

Officials continued their search Monday for a teenager who disappeared while swimming in Huntington Beach on Sunday night.

The person was part of a group of four people who police say broke into a home in the 2600 block of Halm Avenue early Monday.

The Los Angeles Police Department says the four victims were shot as they were crossing the street.

Rancho Palos Verdes’ sliding land triggers short-notice gas shutoffs to coastal homes, adding to the miseries they have endured.

Firefighters on Sunday made some progress against the massive Park fire burning in Butte, Plumas, Shasta and Tehama counties.

A new state law makes it easier to appoint a conservator to direct care of people suffering from mental illness or substance abuse to prevent further crisis.

A Los Angeles County case poses a test of whether companies that make engineered stone can be successfully sued amid the devastating rise of silicosis, which has killed more than a dozen countertop cutters across California in recent years.