A Los Angeles Unified School District police officer shot a man in South Los Angeles on Monday after the man struck the officer with his vehicle, authorities said.

SANTA ANA — A 44-year-old inmate found unresponsive Monday in his cell at the Theo Lacy jail in Orange was taken to an area hospital, where he was pronounced dead about an hour after arrival, sheriff’s officials said. Related Articles 1 dead, 15 injured after gas explosion in Murrieta destroys home Man who took ‘upskirt’…

Rescuers on Monday found a Huntington Beach woman who told family she and her dog got lost Friday in the Inyo National Forest after being threatened by an armed man — and she then survived on stagnant pond water and cactus fruit. Searchers found Sheryl Powell, 60, a few hours after locating her 5-pound black…

A natural gas explosion Monday killed a gas company employee and destroyed a home in Murrieta in a powerful blast that rocked the area. Debris from the explosion was strewn across Spinning Wheel Drive and Wooden Horse Trail, in front of the lot where the home once sat. A garage door panel lay crumpled on…

Southern Californians are getting a muggy start to the week as high temperatures are expected to peak Monday, prompting poor air quality advisories from health officials. Valley temperatures will reach 98 to 103 degrees, dipping slightly Tuesday, meteorologists said. In central Los Angeles, temperatures…

A 27-year-old man died after lifeguards found him unresponsive in the ocean at Table Rock Beach in Laguna Beach Sunday night, July 14. Two men had entered the water at the South Laguna beach and only one came out, said Division Chief Api Weinert with the Laguna Beach Fire Department. First-responders were called at 7:40…

The first day of President Trump’s long-threatened ICE raids didn’t result in the large numbers of arrests some had expected. In fact, for all the hype, there was only a scattering of enforcement actions across the nation Sunday. But the threats did change life for many in immigrant communities. …

Boxing legend Pernell Whitaker died Sunday night after being hit by a car in Virginia, police said in a statement. He was 55. The boxer known as “Sweet Pea” is said to have been walking near an intersection in Virginia Beach, which is near his hometown of Norfolk, when the accident occurred. Police…

PASADENA — A 4.2-magnitude aftershock to the 7.1 earthquake of July 5 struck the Ridgecrest area Monday morning, followed by a smaller aftershock hours later, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The first quake hit at 1:38 a.m., at a depth of 0.6 mile, 31.7 miles north-northwest of Ridgecrest in Kern County, according to a computer…

Growing up, Sandra Martinez’s world revolved around La Luz del Mundo church. She shoveled dirt as a teenager to help build a new church in Houston. Years later, when the church asked congregants to help support their missionaries, Martinez said she and her husband donated the deed to their house…