A Utah man accused of gunning down an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy inside an Alhambra fast-food restaurant an hour after killing a man in downtown Los Angeles pleaded not guilty Monday to two murder, attempted murder and robbery charges. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin Stennis ordered Rhett McKenzie Nelson, 30, to remain…

A fire that erupted at a 99 Cents Only store in Culver City early Monday was still burning four hours after the blaze began.

Saiara Shams, 41, alleges her co-workers made derogatory comments about her religion and prevented her from moving up the ranks at the L.A. Department of Water and Power.

Facing complaints from licensed cannabis sellers about the loss of business to the black market, California officials have tripled the number of raids on unlicensed cannabis firms.

The Trump administration has intensified its crackdown on China over trade, technology and security — and now it has spread to America’s vaunted universities, turning the University of California into an especially big target.

The federal government’s crackdown on China is fanning fears of racial profiling among Asian Americans, who say ethnic Chinese students and scholars are being unfairly singled out as possible spies.

Plus, the biggest stories of the day from across California.

Police on Sunday were investigating the beating death of a 48-year-old man found in an Anaheim cul-de-sac. Officers responded Saturday at 2:55 a.m. to the 1500 block of West Center Street after a passerby discovered the man on the ground with “injuries consistent with blunt force trauma,” Anaheim Police Sgt. Daron Wyatt said. The victim,…

SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO — A woman was killed and her driver suffered injuries when their white Toyota sedan crashed Sunday morning into the right side embankment of the Ortega (74) Highway just east of the San Juan Creek Bridge in San Juan Capistrano. The crash occurred just before 1 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported….

Co-chairs of a task force on homelessness want a right-to-shelter requirement. But building large shelters and forcing people indoors may prove difficult.