A broad coalition of educators and student groups is defending California’s draft ethnic studies curriculum.

LAUSD will regain full control over programs for students with disabilities after decades of costly outside supervision.

NEW YORK — Walmart sued Tesla for “gross negligence” on Tuesday, saying that the electric car company’s energy division installed solar panels that went up in flames on its store rooftops. The retailer said fires broke out at seven store rooftops between 2012 and 2018, causing millions of dollars in damage. One location in Ohio…

A man was electrocuted while trimming a tree in Huntington Beach over the weekend. The incident happened in the backyard of a private residence, Orange County Coroners’ officials said in a news release. Firefighters went to the 8000 block of Seaport Drive, and found a man unresponsive in a palm tree, Huntington Beach Fire Battalion…

An infant and teenager were found dead inside the garage of a home in Ontario on Tuesday, while their mother was hospitalized with injuries, authorities said. Homicide detectives are investigating the case as a “suspicious death,” though they have not yet determined the circumstances surrounding the childrens’ deaths, said Ontario Police Department Sgt. Bill Russell….

A former Rancho Palos Verdes building inspector was sentenced to two years in county jail Tuesday, Aug. 20, for placing hidden cameras in bathrooms and secretly recording people at City Hall and a nearby coffee house, authorities said. Andrew Jensen, 50, of Huntington Beach was also sentenced to three years probation, 45 days of community…

Fullerton police on Tuesday released surveillance video showing the suspect who stabbed a Cal State Fullerton administrator to death and fled the campus. They also distributed a composite sketch of the suspect in hopes the public can help identify him. The video shows the black-clad man in his mid-20s running from the crime scene where…

The Orange County Health Care Agency reported 12 human cases of West Nile virus last year and one death.

Investigators are set to release photos of a car linked to the man who stabbed to death a retired CSUF administrator who was working as a consultant.

A procession carrying the body of California Highway Patrol Officer Andre Moye Jr., shot during during a traffic stop last week, has arrived Tuesday morning, Aug. 20, at the church where fellow officers and members of the public will pay tribute to the fallen officer. The procession arrived at Harvest Christan Fellowship Church at 7:55…