The elderly man with dementia was located in a field of thick brush off the side of a roadway about a quarter-mile from his home.

A shocking series of murders stunned the rural California mountain town of Placerville in the 1980s. Authorities were under intense pressure to solve the cases, and for a while it seemed they did. But Times reporters Anita Chabria and Jessica Garrison spent more than a year reexamining the crimes and found troubling questions about both…

The odds of winning Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot are 1 in 302 million, according to lottery organizers.

Authorities believe the man, who went back into the home to try to save an engagement ring, became disoriented from smoke after he was able to wake up his family.

As Gov. Gavin Newsom enters the second half of his final term, healthcare emerges as his most ambitious but glaringly incomplete initiative for Californians.

Immigrants are California’s lifeblood. With the mass deportation on the horizon, it’s more important than ever to support immigrants and recognize the vital role they play in our society.

A Lego theft suspect led Orange County authorities on a high-speed chase. It ended in a fatal crash that killed a bystander.

The president-elect’s housing policy is hard to predict, but California could be disproportionately affected by his proposal to open up federal land to development.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed criminal charges Tuesday against the ex-boyfriend of a 17-year-old girl who was fatally stabbed last week in Azusa.

At least eight L.A. County Sheriff’s Department members have been sidelined amid a federal inquiry into an alleged coverup of a beating of a trans man, sources say.