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Apr 2, 2025

WATCH: Obama accidentally photobombs family’s picture in DC

Portia Moore was taking a photo of her children surrounded by the blooming cherry blossom trees in Washington, D.C., when the former president accidentally stepped into the shot.

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Apr 2, 2025

More water recycling could help fix Colorado River shortfall. California has a ways to go, report says

UCLA researchers say California and other states aren't recycling enough water. They recommend reusing much more to ease water shortages along the Colorado River.

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Apr 2, 2025

Elizabeth Warren launches campaign to investigate Department of Education closure

Elizabeth Warren is launching a "Save Our Schools" campaign against Donald Trump and Linda McMahon's attempt to dismantle the Department of Education.

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Apr 2, 2025

Trump ally and rising California GOP star Essayli is named top federal prosecutor in L.A.

The attorney general has selected Riverside County Assemblymember Bill Essayli — a rising and controversial Republican voice — to serve as interim U.S. attorney for L.A. and surrounding areas.

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Apr 2, 2025

County supervisors create new homeless agency, despite warnings from L.A. mayor

The plan would move more than $300 million and hundreds of workers out of the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority and into a new county department.

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Apr 2, 2025

LAPD chief ousts lawyer blamed by union for disclosing thousands of officer photos

LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell has removed the head of the department's constitutional policing office, a lawyer who had drawn the wrath of the police union for her role in releasing thousands of mugshot-style photos of officers.

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Apr 1, 2025

WATCH: Baby pygmy hippo has big day out at Richmond Zoo

Poppy, the baby pygmy hippo born just before Christmas in 2024, ventured outside for the first time at the Metro Richmond Zoo.

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Apr 1, 2025

Santa Monica offices get unexpected tenants: Children from five fire-ravaged schools

After the Palisades fire upended the education of thousands of students in and around the coastal enclave, Santa Monica relaxed rules so that displaced schools could move there.

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Apr 1, 2025

Cybertruck vandal captured on camera in California, latest in spate of violent Tesla attacks

A person was captured bashing a Cybertruck windshield with a rock and slashing its tires in Northern California as violent attacks on Teslas continue.

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Apr 1, 2025

Violent courthouse brawl with fleeing defendant lands 3 SoCal sheriff's deputies in hospital

A Riverside County man is accused of injuring three sheriff's deputies while attempting to flee a court hearing on domestic violence charges.

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Apr 1, 2025

Trump's Department of Energy targets California and other blue states for budget cuts, according to internal documents

A major national effort to develop clean hydrogen energy is facing funding cuts — but only in Democratic states.

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Apr 1, 2025

Between a Rock: Gripping survival stories from the California wildnerness

In our Between a Rock series, we share thrilling tales from local adventurers about close encounters in California nature, whether it's a story of being stalked by a mountain lion or getting snowed in on a simple day hike.