An unusually expensive Costco breakfast order led Seaside police to arrest two staff members at Monterey International School, accused of embezzling nearly $300,000. The school's chief financial officer is accused of spending public funds on massages, luxury travel and Pilates classes.

Mario Alberto Morales was driving an unmarked SUV when he struck and ran over Miguel Parra Hernandez who was running away during a pursuit, the District Attorney’s Office said.

President Trump said Friday his administration is looking into the $6.3 billion hacking of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, the largest such hack on record. “We don’t know,” Trump said in the Oval Office when asked if the hack should be attributed to a suspected North Korean hacker group. “We’re looking at that,” he continued. TraderTraitor,...

Los Angeles police Officer Anthony Gutierrez has been charged with kidnapping, assault and two counts of child abuse likely to cause serious injury.

Federal grand jury subpoenas have demanded that county election officials turn over internal communications and testify, raising concerns that investigations could intimidate workers.

Pike, 50, said she has been in constant pain since she survived two doses of pentobarbital on Sept. 30 for the 1995 stabbing death of 19-year-old classmate Colleen Slemmer.

High tides damaged 114 structures in Huntington Beach this week as flooding continues to bash coastal communities across Southern California.

Austin Police said Shankar Temple Grace, 20, was charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon following the stabbing at a coffee shop.

Meta settled a social media addiction lawsuit with an 18-year-old plaintiff on Friday, avoiding its next bellwether trial, which began jury selection this week. The case, filed by a woman from Mississippi dubbed "K.D.B.," alleged her use of Instagram and Snapchat as a child worsened her mental health and contributed to her eating disorder, suicidal...

Federal biologists made a last-minute decision to relocate the eggs after forecasters predicted high tides would swamp their nests on Orange County beaches.

Storms will start to arrive Friday, with stray showers in isolated areas and maximum temperatures slightly lower than average, according to the forecast from the National Weather Service.

Early voting is significantly outpacing the last midterm election, with millions more Americans casting ballots in advance of tightly contested races.

A North Korea-based cybercrime group appears to be behind a $6.3 billion hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Binance, according to two blockchain intelligence firms. Both TRM Labs and Chainalysis tied the largest crypto hack on record to TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking unit that has previously targeted the digital asset industry. Billions of dollars' worth...

A key Democrat is looking into a massive amount of money that was appropriated to the National Science Foundation (NSF) but reportedly not spent. In a letter first shared with The Hill, House Committee on Science, Space and Technology ranking member Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) accused the foundation of violating “Congress’ power of the purse and...

The crash killed 38-year-old Tyler Sturdevant, a pilot; 22-year-old Maddie Aasbo, a flight instructor; and a student pilot from the U.K., whose name has not been released.

The Los Angeles Community College District is the largest community college district in the nation. Voters will elect three members to the board.

Voters decide four runoff contests for Superior Court seats on Nov. 3, choosing who will preside over criminal and civil cases across the region.

Proposition 40 would affect hundreds of billionaires. Foes have funded two measures that could stymie 40 even if it passes.

Everything you need to know about how to vote last-minute in the 2026 California general election, including how and where to register, check your status and more.

Proposition 38 asks voters to approve $8.4 billion in funding for immunology and immunotherapy research that aims to cure and prevent cancer, heart disease and Alzheimer's disease.

There is a ballot measure besides Proposition 40 that also would tax California's wealthiest citizens. What you need to know about Proposition 3.

Proposition 44 asks voters to require federally funded community health centers to spend at least 90% of their total annual revenue on "program services advancing their charitable purpose."

Incumbent Karen Bass faces off against Councilmember Nithya Raman in the fierce race to lead L.A. Here's where they stand on housing, policing and homelessness.

There are some obscure races that are important on the L.A. County ballot. Here are seven to keep an eye out for.

To win the race, Mayor Karen Bass will need to boost turnout among the city's Black voters and across South L.A. But Councilmember Nithya Raman is also fighting for those votes.

Many Westside residents without air conditioning told The Times they drastically altered their daily routines due to oppressive heat and humidity. Some avoided cooking and slept on friend's couches.

Roughly two months after fire ripped through Newhall's historic downtown, four people are under arrest, accused of arson and conspiracy in the devastating blaze.

Cal Fire does not credit Watch Duty as the inspiration for the AwareCA app. But it does address the uneasiness of many fire officials that residents are getting life-and-death information from a nonofficial source.

The importance of AI data centers is growing this election cycle as the fight over the infrastructure's costs and environmental impacts may be threatening Republicans in battleground states like Texas and Ohio. Grassroots movements in rural communities, particularly where President Trump won by double-digit margins in each of his presidential bids, are threatening the rural...

Elon Musk and his business's role in a recent dispute over Ukraine's access to Starlink and its military network is putting a spotlight on the tech mogul's outsized influence on the international stage.  Following about 10 days of confusion and finger-pointing over what caused the slowdown of Starlink and its military-grade version — Starshield — in Ukraine, Musk acknowledged his company, SpaceX, was behind the restrictions on Starlink's...