About 300 LAX passengers scramble to tarmac after chaos, confusion in terminal
Police say two people were detained after chaos and confusion between passengers at LAX briefly grounded all flights at the airport before the tarmac eventually reopened.
American Airlines flight diverted after passenger assaults flight attendant over mask rule: Cops
A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York allegedly attacked a flight attendant over a mask requirement. The flight to Southern California was diverted to Denver.
California TikTok star pleads not guilty to double murder
A TikTok star with nearly a million online followers pleaded not guilty to shooting and killing his newly estranged wife and a man she was with last week at a San Diego high-rise.
LAPD officers give toy quad to birthday boy who recovered from being hit by car
A young boy who has recovered since being hit by a car in 2020 was given a toy quad by Los Angeles Police Department officers on his birthday.
UC Berkeley professor resigns over free speech battle
A leading climate physicist at University of California, Berkeley, resigned in protest after his colleagues rejected his bid to invite a speaker to campus following outrage on the speaker’s views on the sweeping violence last summer after George Floyd’s death.
Kobe Bryant lawsuit: LA County demands Vanessa Bryant take psychiatric exam ahead of trial
Court documents show that the county is not only looking to force Kobe’s widow to undergo a psychiatric evaluation but also evaluations of the children and siblings of other crash victims, including a five-year-old.
Robert Durst sentenced to life in prison for murder of best friend
Robert Durst, the New York real estate heir, was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of his longtime friend Susan Berman.
Port of Los Angeles going 24/7 to ease shipping backlog, White House says
The Port of Los Angeles will become a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week operation to help relieve supply chain bottlenecks and move stranded container ships.
Mom accused of throwing drunken parties where teens were sexually assaulted
A mother threw parties with alcohol for young teenagers where she encouraged and watched sex acts, including assaults, according to charges filed by the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office.
California plane crash: UPS worker among ‘multiple fatalities’ after truck hit
A small plane crashed into a Southern California neighborhood Monday, killing at least two people, injuring two others and setting two homes ablaze, authorities said.
Calif. mom who received $4.9M after police killed her son arrested for buying guns for other son, gang
A California woman who received a nearly $5 million settlement after the police killed her son has been arrested for using some of that money to buy guns for another son and gang members.
California oil spill: Mystery lingers around cause of pipeline leak
Key questions remain: Could the line have been hit days before the leak started? What ship is responsible? And if a ship anchor is not the culprit, what else could it be?
California fires may have killed hundreds of giant sequoias
The lightning-caused KNP Complex that erupted on Sept. 9 has burned into 15 giant sequoia groves in the park.
Young mother shot by Long Beach school safety officer dies after being taken off life support
Mona Rodriguez, who was shot in the head by a Long Beach school safety officer and declared brain dead, was taken off life support Tuesday night and her organs were donated to five people, the family's lawyer released in an email statement Wednesday morning.
Powerball jackpot: Winning $699.8 million ticket sold in California
A lucky winner in California matched all six numbers of the nearly $700 million jackpot prize.
California oil spill: Authorities investigate if ship’s anchor struck pipeline
One of the largest oil spills in recent California history over the weekend closed beaches and continued to threaten wildlife on Monday.
Company suspected in Huntington Beach oil spill had dozens of violations
Beta Operating Co. suspected in one of California’s largest oil spills has been cited 72 times for safety and environmental violations that were severe enough that drilling had to be curtailed or stopped to fix the problem, regulatory records show.
'Life is too short': Mom moves family into an RV to help pay debt, travel full time
After two years of "barely scraping by," and living in debt, Karen Akpan and her husband Sylvester decided it was time to move their family into an RV to travel full time.
California oil spill: Wetlands may face ‘ecological disaster’ from pipeline failure
“We are starting to see oil-covered fish and birds washing up along our coastline," Huntington Beach Mayor Kim Carr said.
Cause of deaths of California family on hike remains mystery
Authorities have so far determined the California family's deaths were not caused by a gun or any other weapon, a lightning strike, carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, cyanide exposure, illegal drugs, alcohol or suicide.