The Los Angeles County medical examiner determined the death of 16-year-old Shaylee Mejia was caused by an accidental fall down stairs, not a school fight.

A Times review shows the LAPD’s academy is graduating about half the number of recruits needed per class to keep pace with Mayor Karen Bass’ ambitious plan to expand the department to 9,500 officers.

The California Fish and Game Commission on Thursday formally recognized the Mohave desert tortoise as endangered.

Forensic genealogists solve a 21-year-old case, linking a jawbone to a U.S. Marine captain who died more than 70 years ago in Orange County.

San Francisco canceled its official 420 celebration at Golden Gate Park this year, but the Church of Ambrosia says it will step in to provide services.

For the second month in a row, California posted the highest unemployment figure in the country. And it was one of only two states with a jobless rate above 5%.

The 11-year prison sentence handed to the drunk driver who killed her husband and daughter is not enough, Anaheim woman says.

About the size of a hotel room, a Cupertino home that’s less than 400 square feet is selling for more then $1.7 million, proving that size doesn’t matter in Silicon Valley.

Tesla’s Cybertrucks are being recalled due to a faulty accelerator pedal, just five months after the electric pickups were delivered to drivers.

State officials had ordered Riverside County district to drop its parent-notification policy — and administrators were going comply — but school board rebels.