The Los Angeles County district attorney has declined to file sexual assault charges against Leslie Moonves, the embattled chairman and chief executive of CBS Corp., saying accusations made against him date back three decades and therefore exceed the statute of limitations. An unidentified woman…
There are 15 serious wildfires burning throughout California. As of Tuesday, 12,300 firefighters were on the lines battling infernos that have burned more than 280,000 acres across the state. “It’s a horrendous battle,” said Scott McLean, a deputy chief with the California Department of Forestry…
Outside a homeless outreach center in Van Nuys on June 16, Guillermo Perez grabbed a woman and put a knife to her neck. Three police officers shot at Perez, 32, killing him — and also the woman. On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department released dramatic video of the incident. As in the recent…
After pushing the federal government to reunite families who had been separated at the border, a San Diego judge called for reunification plans for parents who were either deported or released into the U.S. Because of the class-action lawsuit, federal officials have already brought children back…
The northern Sacramento Valley was well on its way to recording the hottest July on record when the Carr fire swept into town Thursday. It was 113 degrees, and months of above-average temperatures had left the land bone-dry and ready to explode. Within a few hours, hundreds of structures were lost…
The neighborhood looked like a patch quilt of destruction. One home, reduced to a heap of smoldering rubble. Next door, another home stood unscathed. The pattern continued until Elizabeth Barkley, acting commander of the California Highway Patrol’s Northern Division, drove up to her own property…
At a Little Tokyo bar, drinks fueled a heated discussion among a group of lawyers and a Los Angeles police investigator. Then talk turned to police corruption. Veteran LAPD Det. Brian McCartin told his three companions about his experience encountering black gang members. He referred to them using…
Galvanized by the images and voices of migrant children separated from their parents by President Trump’s immigration policies, hundreds of thousands took to the streets Saturday in major cities and small towns across America to express outrage that they hope will carry over into the fall election. …
On a recent Friday, a group of visitors from San Diego that included attorneys and a federal judge sat in a Tucson courtroom and watched as illegal border entry cases were adjudicated from start to finish in a matter of hours. Dozens of unauthorized immigrants, wearing the same clothes they were…
Talk about a buzz kill. California is marking the six-month anniversary of legalized recreational marijuana sales with consumers and the cannabis industry complaining about everything from steep prices to high taxes to a scarcity of licensed pot shops. Although they’ve known about the deadline…
