A poll indicated many Americans believe California is on the decline and some say it’s not even “American.” Columnists Mark Z. Barabak and Anita Chabria explain why it’s still the Golden State.

Los Angeles’ civilian police oversight panel has ruled that an officer broke department policy last year when he maneuvered his squad car to stop a knife-wielding man.

Since the 1960s, a remnant population of sea otters has revived Monterey Bay. But they can’t migrate north throughout their historic range without human help.

Based on their expertise, forecasters at the National Weather Service in Oxnard correctly anticipated that even the machine-calculated, eye-popping rain totals were probably an underprediction.

A vote to approve motions aimed at stopping copper wire theft sparked a debate at L.A. City Hall, with some council members saying the focus should not be on ‘punitive measures.’

The owner of a Compton tire shop is locked in a dispute with city officials over selling low-cost tires to people suspected of performing burnouts and other illegal maneuvers. The shop owner says he cannot control what customers do with the tires they buy.

L.A. is among several cities nationwide that have adopted scheduling laws, part of a growing recognition that schedules are as important to well-being as wages and sick pay.

A Compton man was pronounced dead Friday morning after a dog mauling.

Members of the board gathered to put forward a resolution that takes responsibility for the history of discrimination against Black San Franciscans.

Authorities did not disclose what role the juvenile is suspected of playing in the string of shooting deaths in southeast Los Angeles County.