'Like a pillar of fire over the rooftops.' Witnesses describe deadly Bell Gardens blast

01/29/26 6:50 PM

Officials on Thursday said they suspect someone in the apartment was making homemade fireworks when the deadly explosion took place.

'National shutdown' brings protests to L.A., across the nation; demonstrators clash with police

01/30/26 9:19 PM

Nationwide protests take place Friday as part of a "national shutdown" in response to immigration actions in Minnesota. Protestors clashed with police

'We want a change to happen.' L.A. County students walk out over ICE raids

01/31/26 3:42 AM

Middle and high schoolers walked out of classrooms across L.A., Long Beach and Pasadena districts to protest the Trump administration's ICE crackdowns. UCLA, USC, Cal State and other college campuses also held protests.

A 100-foot tunnel, secret bunker and weapons stash found at MAGA activist's California home

01/27/26 4:31 AM

Authorities discovered a massive stash of illegal firearms and a secret underground bunker at the base of a 100-foot tunnel on a MAGA activist's property in Northern California.

A push to end a fractured approach to post-fire contamination removal

01/28/26 11:00 AM

Assemblymember John Harabedian is introducing new legislation that would create statewide science-based standards for the testing and removal of contamination left by wildfires.

After Minneapolis shootings, California advances a bill allowing lawsuits against federal agents

01/27/26 11:37 PM

The California Senate advanced legislation that would allow Californians to sue federal immigration agents over constitutional violations such as excessive force and unlawful searches.

Anti-ICE 'National Shutdown' protests planned in L.A. County. Here's where to find them

01/29/26 10:55 PM

Here are locations where 'ICE Out' protests are planned in Southern California.

Army vet wins $6.8 million from jury after suing LAPD over mental health '5150' hold

01/26/26 10:37 PM

Slade Douglas filed a lawsuit against the LAPD and City of Los Angeles over an August 2019 incident in which he says he was forcibly hospitalized and drugged after officers responded to a report that he might be suicidal.

Arrest of ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon in Beverly Hills raises 1st Amendment concerns

01/30/26 2:15 PM

Lemon was taken into custody early Friday in Los Angeles while covering the upcoming Grammy Awards. His arrest is related to an anti-ICE protest in Minnesota last week.

Austin Beutner's daughter found beside a highway in Palmdale the night she died

01/31/26 3:05 AM

Sheriff's deputies responded to assist paramedics, who treated Emily Beutner, 22, at the scene.