Lanai Dees was driving her white Mercedes Benz in an alley off Century Boulevard in the Westmont neighborhood last November when someone in a dark-colored SUV opened fire, investigators said Thursday.

House Republicans vote to repeal a decision that placed a California fish, longfin smelt, on the endangered species list. Democrats and environmentalists condemned the action.

The House took a trio of votes this week targeting California’s decades-old authority to enforce its own environmental standards, setting the stage for a significant standoff in the U.S. Senate.

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office alleges Christopher Britton, of Fairfield, burglarized classrooms at several schools in February, making off with credit cards and running up thousands of dollars in unauthorized purchases.

Recent executive orders and actions have set the stage for the federal government to curtail states’ rights, once a central tenet of conservative policy.

President Trump signed an executive order that could be a prelude to a legal challenge of a California law that banned suspension of students for “willfully defiant” conduct.

Jeff Sperbeck, longtime friend and business partner to Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway, has died after falling from a golf cart reportedly driven by Elway in La Quinta.

As Trump ramps up his deportation agenda, state Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta signaled that California would not let up on scrutinizing facilities for detained immigrants.

In a meeting with investors, Edison International’s chief executive said it was probable the company would suffer monetary losses in connection with the Eaton fire.

For nearly a year, the UCLA Police Department has kept the cellphones of 40 UCLA students they arrested during last year’s mass demonstrations over the war in Gaza.