After months publicly absent from the campaign trail, Democrat Xavier Becerra has increased public appearances and begun airing television ads as mail ballots reach California voters.

The delayed automated people mover at LAX, lags in street improvements and road safety initiatives are some of the challenges that mayoral incumbent Karen Bass or challenger Nithya Raman will face next year.

The release of convicted serial rapist Andrew Stuart Luster on parole is garnering outrage in the San Gabriel Valley community where he reportedly lives.

A small plane carrying three people crashed onto a San Jose roadway Saturday, causing a minor fuel spill and traffic jam. The passengers sustained minor injuries.

Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio) called for an investigation into Ukrainian forces losing access to a military version of Starlink temporarily last week. Appearing on CBS News’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Turner was asked if Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying the outage “sort of happened” was sufficient explanation for lawmakers on the House Armed...

Comedian and satirist Nathan Fielder’s documentary about Elizabeth Holmes drew 2,000 sold-out shows in its limited release across the United States.  The documentary – called “You Can See Everything” – was released on 855 screens over the weekend, with sold-out shows showing the nearly three-hour film that was expected to focus on Holmes’s life before...

Los Angeles police responded to reports of two stabbings near the Taste of Soul festival on Saturday, and issued an hourslong citywide tactical alert.

California-based Il Fornaio will pay $3 million to settle an EEOC lawsuit alleging widespread sexual harassment and retaliation affecting at least 100 female employees, many of them teenagers.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Sunday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “should be careful” with “reckless” comments about the U.S. slowing down Starlink. “President Trump and Secretary [of State Marco] Rubio have categorically said that no one in the Trump administration did that. And I think it is very reckless for President Zelensky to make...

Mayor Karen Bass is a big booster of the '28 Summer Olympics in L.A.; challenger Nithya Raman? Not so much.

California's $1-billion clean truck and bus subsidy program was designed to cut pollution and accelerate zero-emission sales. It is now facing allegations of fraud, waste and poor oversight.

Two men were found dead inside a home after police exchanged fire with a man inside, prompting a standoff with police in Long Beach, police said.

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) is defending herself after coming under fire for sharing a video — which seemed to be AI-generated — in which she appeared in the place of rapper Kendrick Lamar during his 2025 Super Bowl LIX halftime show performance. In a clip Fox 13 Memphis's Rob Sneed posted to Instagram Friday, the...

Participants in Saturday's widespread 'No Kings' protests are shouting about voter participation.

With a fall forecast that includes a Super El Niño, Kelvin waves, hurricanes and a rising sea level, piers, beaches and homes could be lost.

Firefighters are bracing for another day of Santa Ana winds and extreme temperatures as they continue to battle the Norte fire, which has destroyed six homes in south Orange County.

Named after late South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham, the legislation had sought to clamp down more quickly on the flow of financial resources fueling the war against Ukraine.

Hackers stole data from millions of California students who took state tests. The security breach affects current and former students who attended public schools over the last three years.

Los Angeles firefighters Jason Powell and Freddy Escobar have a history, and on Friday that apparently led to an altercation at their union's headquarters.

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story GOP senators press Pentagon over Starlink restrictions in Ukraine Four Republican senators joined their Democratic colleagues in pressing the Trump administration for information about whether Pentagon officials ordered restrictions on Ukraine’s access to the satellite-based Starshield network. © Tom Brenner, Associated Press Ukraine needs access to fast Starshield data...

L.A. City Controller Kenneth Mejia said Olympic organizer LA28 must release more bank records and other information. His subpoena escalates a fight with the 2028 Olympic group.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Friday it is restricting unauthorized drones along the ​U.S.-Mexico border. This move comes as the government ramps up efforts to address concerns about illegal drug shipments across the border, Reuters reported Friday. It is a temporary flight restriction that bars any unauthorized drone activity up to 400 feet above...

President Trump claimed on Friday that neither he nor SpaceX founder Elon Musk caused Ukraine’s Starlink outage earlier this week as the president clashed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries. “I didn’t do that. No, we didn’t do that at all. In fact, I don’t even think it was...

Mary Carole McDonnell is accused of defrauding nearly $30 million from banks and other financial institutions in a year-long scheme while posing as a fake heiress.

Arizona has joined in Nevada in suing to challenge the Trump administration's plan for water cutbacks along the Colorado River.

As peptides are pushed by self-prescribed 'wellness influencers,' experts weigh in on their targeted uses, consequences of misuse, and how they became a social media trend.

Tech mogul Elon Musk agreed to settle two lawsuits over his $1 million check handouts to battleground voters in the 2024 election, according to court filings published Thursday. The suits, filed in the Western District of Texas, accused the Tesla and SpaceX CEO of defrauding voters when his America PAC offered a $1 million giveaway...

A conservative AI safety group is calling for the U.S. to implement tighter restrictions on advanced chip sales to China and limit the development of “vastly superhuman AI” as part of a new framework for AI policy. Humans First, chaired by former Tea Party leader Amy Kremer, laid out what it described as an “America...

Tesla just unveiled its latest vehicle, the Roadster 2, which it says will be available with performance options that will allow it to 'fly.'

Firefighters worked to contain two other fires that had sparked Thursday and triggered evacuation orders in the city of Azusa, north of LA, and Camp Pendleton, near San Diego.