Southern California

LOS ANGELES—Revered as a comedic and storytelling genius by Hollywood's top entertainers, Gene Wilder was a humble man who downplayed his comic gifts, was a serious director and remained deferential ...

LOS BANOS, Calif.—A drone whirred to life in a cloud of dust, then shot hundreds of feet skyward ...

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Hillary Clinton mingled with Hall of Fame basketball player Magic Johnson and Apple CEO Tim Cook, ...

LOS ANGELES—A devastating earthquake in Italy on Wednesday that killed at least 250 people was a lot weaker ...

LOS ANGELES—Since the early 1990s, crime dropped a whopping 78 percent in Los Angeles, a city well-known for ...

LOS ANGELES—During an hour-long chat at his Los Angeles home, Henry Winkler does impressions of George Foreman, Terry ...

MALIBU, Calif.—Sometimes even Barbra Streisand needs a little help from her friends. The 74-year-old stage and screen legend ...

SAN DIEGO—As the November presidential election neared, it looked like David Rector would once again be unable to ...

LOS ANGELES—A judge has ruled in favor of a Southern California museum in its 10-year legal battle over ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif.—A 2014 California voter-approved initiative that reduced penalties for certain drug and property crimes has led to ...

FONTANA, Calif.—Within hours, towering, fast-moving flames had ravaged pine forests near the California ski town of Wrightwood — ...

Two new baby penguins that hatched in May joined the Magellanic Penguin exhibit on Thursday at the Aquarium ...

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.—A ferocious wildfire has swallowed up many homes across more than 49 square miles of mountain ...

LOS ANGELES—A German man set nearly 50 fires in a California arson spree because he wanted revenge for ...

SAN FRANCISCO—Google is pulling another lever on its influential search engine in an effort to boost voter turnout ...

LOS ANGELES—Renata Phillip was 11 years into a satisfying teaching career when she shocked her friends and family ...

PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif.—Carl Kepner, 48, owner of Kepner Farms, says his career is in his blood.With Jewish-German farming ...

LOS ANGELES—The death sentence of the "Grim Sleeper" serial killer last week put to rest a case that ...

LOS ANGELES—Friends and supporters of Wang Zhiwen say he has been severely mistreated for the past 17 years ...

LOS ANGELES—Harmful lead exposure in the United States has steadily decreased since the 70s and 80s due to ...

LOS ANGELES—Two fatal police shootings in the Los Angeles area in the last two weeks began the same ...

MONTEBELLO, Calif.—A Los Angeles-area park has been closed after coyotes attacked three people. The Los Angeles Times reported ...

LOS ANGELES—A serial killer known as the "Grim Sleeper" was sentenced to death Wednesday for the murders of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO—Los Angeles leaders pitched their bid Tuesday for the 2024 Olympics as a "risk-free" project that ...

LOS ANGELES—Filmmaker Nanfu Wang, based in New York City, filmed her first feature documentary in China on a ...

CRESTLINE, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California wildfire has surged to nearly 11 square miles and put thousands ...

CRESTLINE, Calif.—A wildfire in the San Bernardino National Forest about 55 miles east of Los Angeles tripled in ...