In October, California became the first state to kick out privately run immigrant detention centers. The law goes into effect on Jan. 1.

The Orange County Superior Courthouse in Fullerton will continue to be closed through the week because of concerns over air quality related to asbestos, authorities said Monday. It was expected to re-open on Monday, Dec. 30. The North Court buildings were shuttered Friday when workers found potential asbestos material during routine maintenance of the air-conditioning…

Police and coroner officials were out at a four-plex in Santa Ana on Monday morning after workers found bones in the crawl space. While coroner officials initially thought they were human bones, it was later determined they belonged to animal. Authorities were called about 10 a.m. Sunday about the discovery at the home, at South…

Leaders of the Ventura County-based Chumash band and academic experts challenge Mati Waiya’s claims to Chumash ancestry.

The first of two storms to hit the West Coast from the Gulf of Alaska began pouring rain across Los Angeles and Orange counties and the Inland Empire.

A recent editorial spotlighted fissures among the faithful. In some cases, it offered an occasion to solidify support for the 45th president.

As overnight rain continued into the early morning hours Monday, the onslaught of water flooded freeways in the Torrance and Long Beach areas, according to the California Highway Patrol. The California Highway Patrol issued a SigAlert shutting down all southbound lanes of the 110 Freeway in the Torrance/Carson area at 4:16 a.m. due to flooding….

A struggling town tries to market one of its most marketable features: being one of the most tsunami-prone places in the United States.

A long-awaited restoration plan has inflamed the historic feud over the fate of the Ballona wetlands, a 600-acre preserve just north of LAX.

Once a Southern California culinary touchstone, XLNT tamales offer a time warp to an era when Latino food wasn’t as ubiquitous as it is today.