70-year-old hiker found alive after spending five days alone in the Sierra Nevada wilderness
Warren Elliott had gone out for a walk on Friday in a familiar area in Rubicon Springs, but went the wrong way coming back, Placer County officials said.
Gov. Gavin Newsom orders state agencies to clear homeless camps and encourages cities to do so
Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order Thursday requiring state agencies to remove homeless encampments in their jurisdictions and urging the state’s cities to follow suit.
Man carried out deadly drive-by shooting from back of S.F. Muni bus, prosecutors say
Authorities have not disclosed a motive behind the drive-by shooting last month, which claimed the life of a 23-year-old San Francisco man.
End of an era: Southwest Airlines will end open seating, introduce red-eye flights
Southwest had touted its open-seating model as the ‘ultimate expression of its founding ethos: to make air travel affordable and accessible for everyone.’
Public employee unions push back on plans for an elected L.A. County executive
The opposition could complicate the larger proposal to expand the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, which is heading to voters in the Nov. 5 election.
Death Valley heat melts skin off a man’s feet after he lost his flip-flops in the dunes
A 42-year-old Belgian tourist was taking a short walk Saturday in the sand dunes in 123-degree heat when he either broke or lost his flip-flops, putting his feet into direct contact with the broiling desert ground.
Patt Morrison: As the world arrives in Paris for the Olympics, Paris food goes local. How can L.A. compete?
When Olympians and journalists dine on the bounty of France in the coming weeks, some of what’s on their plates will have been grown, gardened and harvested from Parisian garages, road medians and rooftops.
CHP fired nearly 60 ‘less lethal’ rounds during one UCLA protest, new report shows
California Highway Patrol officers fired dozens of projectiles at protesters while clearing a pro-Palestinian encampment on the UCLA campus in early May.
Infant found dead in the trash outside Woodland Hills home
A dead baby was found in the trash outside a Woodland Hills home Wednesday night, according to authorities.
Tropical moisture mixes with California’s heat, driving storms, flood potential, fire risks
California’s latest heat wave has pulled up tropical moisture, which is causing severe thunderstorms in some inland areas, including across the Sierra Nevada.