Xavier Becerra, who previously served as California attorney general, joined a growing field of Democrats running next year to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom.

California’s snowpack in the Sierra Nevada mountains measures 96% of average. It’s the third straight year the state has had near-average or above-average amounts of snow.

Delaney was booked by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, while Morgan was booked for misdemeanor domestic violence. But three days later, prosecutors said the Marina del Rey couple would not be charged due to “insufficient evidence.”

The Menendez brothers’ lawyers paint Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman’s motion to rescind his predecessor’s resentencing request as motivated by politics, not legal reasoning.

The recent firing of a federal prosecutor in L.A. who had criticized Trump and was leading a case against one of the president’s supporters reflects a larger campaign against lawyers accused of opposing the administration’s agenda.

California and other states are suing the Trump administration over plans to cut billions of dollars in grants designed to make states more resilient to infectious disease.

The Pasadena Unified School District said the substitute security officer was fired following the duct tape incident.

Southern California Edison has been inspecting electrical equipment in Altadena as part of the ongoing investigation into what sparked the deadly Eaton fire.

The Silver fire in Inyo and Mono counties continued to burn Monday morning, scorching 1,250 acres and spurring evacuations.

The wreck left the vehicles mangled in the road with one resting slightly on top of a boulder with its rear and passenger side crumpled.