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.

The state’s latest plan to manage the black bear population shows a much larger population than its last estimate. More hunting would fund more conservation and research.

In the Western U.S., the vast majority of oil wells in high wildfire risk areas are in California, and 2.6 million people live in close proximity.

Alison Chao, 15, hasn’t been heard from since Tuesday, when she left home on her bicycle for a short ride to see a family member in San Gabriel. Police are searching for clues.

Portions of Los Angeles County, including Palmdale and Lancaster, as well as smaller towns in the San Gabriel Mountains and the Antelope Valley, can expect to see temperatures of 100 to 110 degrees.