Villaraigosa, who has been out of elected office since leaving L.A. City Hall in 2013, joins a crowded field of high-level Democratic candidates for California governor.

Shiloh Jolie-Pitt’s lawyer touches on ‘painful events’ behind her name-change request, which led to the placement of a legally required notice in the L.A. Times

Another bout of prolonged heat has kicked off across the West, which could cap the hottest July on record.

In a complaint to the Justice Department, a campaign finance reform group says the former Dodgers All-Star omitted data from a required financial disclosure form.

Democrats are celebrating Vice President Kamala Harris’ expected ascension to replace President Biden as the party’s nominee to battle Donald Trump. Democrats could do better than Harris and should.

Secret Service chief says authorities observed the man who shot at Donald Trump 18 minutes before the former president took the stage in Pennsylvania.

Deaths from drug overdoses and poisoning reached a plateau last year in Los Angeles County — the first time in a decade that such fatalities had not continued a year-over-year rise, public health officials said.

Kamala Harris’ life has been filled with milestones and firsts. Now, she is close to becoming the party’s Democratic nominee for president.

Harris may be the logical alternative to Biden but isn’t a consensus favorite. There are worries about her failed 2020 campaign, and questions about whether her race and gender help or hurt.

The next stage of repairs along the Rocky Creek Bridge “slip-out” on Highway 1 in Big Sur will again close the two-lane road, but the closures will occur only overnight, according to the California Department of Transportation.