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A man hired to kill the spouse of a California Highway Patrol captain was sentenced to life in prison this week.

A tunnel fire at the 110 freeway shut down traffic in both directions Tuesday morning.

Your morning catch-up: LA28 Olympics has a human rights plan, L.A. mayor's race heats up and more big stories

In California, we've grown tragically used to homelessness — the homelessness of others.

In the wake of the January 2025 firestorm, Vein's energetic optimism and informational dispatches helped buoy the spirits of a traumatized community.

Micah Moore and Tucker Collins lost hearing and sight respectively after being shot at 'No Kings' protests. They're taking legal action and hoping for justice.

Authorities have arrested an Uber driver accused of attempting to kill a law enforcement officer while fleeing a traffic stop in Lennox then holding a woman hostage in his vehicle.

In an extraordinary episode in U.S. migration history, Los Angeles police stopped fellow Americans from crossing state lines into California.

How bad are sales of Tesla's cybertrucks? Nearly 20% of the vehicles went to Elon Musk's other companies, raising questions about the vehicle's future.

KNBC4 says L.A. Mayor Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt of 'The Hills' and Councilmember Nithya Raman qualified for its debate Wednesday. Candidates Adam Miller and Rae Huang criticize their exclusion.

Crowds in recent years have damaged trails, trampled plants and clogged rural roads at Burney Falls.

A large bear in the Hansen Dam area of the San Fernando Valley was captured Monday by California Department of Fish and Wildlife officials and released in Angeles National Forest.

A 12-year-old suffered life-threatening injuries after he was riding an e-bike and crashed with a Tesla on Saturday in San Diego.

A 56-year-old man is in custody after police responded to reports of him wielding a knife and behaving erratically near homes and businesses in the Arden neighborhood.

The Los Angeles Times photography staff was recognized as a finalist in the breaking news photography category for its coverage of the January firestorms that devastated the region.

The conviction of Thomas O’Donnell, 64, brings to a near-end a multi-year, multi-state saga that has left two people dead and one facing life in prison.

Lakers governor Jeanie Buss, Saturday Night Live's Colin Jost and baseball legend Dave Winfield are among the celebrities and wealthy donors contributing to L..A. mayoral candidates.

An intoxicated driver allegedly struck an ambulance as it responded to an emergency in Salinas on Saturday night, police said.

Sprinter Brittany Brown, a bronze medalist at the 2024 Paris Olympics, now has a mural at the Claremont elementary school where she ran to escape childhood hardships.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris endorsed Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for reelection on Monday. The Democrats are longtime allies.