Rebecca Castillo is a video creator and special projects lead for Los Angeles Times’ High School Insider and other Public Affairs programs. A Southern California native, she is an alumna of Swarthmore ...

EXCLUSIVE: Lonnie Rashid Lynn, the musical artist, actor, author and activist known professionally as Common, has expanded ...

Edwin McCain is back with Lucky, his 11th full-length studio album and first collection of new material since 2011’s Mercy ...

A coroner found there were "missed opportunities" to treat a 38-year-old woman with cancer. Carla Smith, 38, who died on 7 ...

Two California Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation that could allow people and insurers to sue oil and gas companies for damages sparked by climate change-related disasters such as ...

Sometimes, the chain breaks. After the wind-driven wildfires broke out in Southern California on Jan. 7, evacuation orders for some neighborhoods — including the part of Altadena where the ...

A reputed member of a Lynn-based drug gang that poses as a rap music label will plead guilty to federal racketeering charges in connection with the group’s activities, including murder ...

California officials said late Monday that the U.S. military did not enter the state and release a large flow of water, as President Donald Trump had earlier claimed in the latest back-and-forth ...

At least 29 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across Southern California. Thousands of firefighters have been battling wildfires across ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. California will spend $2.5 billion to help the Los Angeles area recover from recent deadly wildfires under a ...

The editorial team will be curating the latest must-know local and international news. Singapore-born Lynn Ban, jewellery designer and star of Netflix's "Bling Empire: New York", has passed away at 51 ...

Lynn Ban, the Singaporean cast member of Netflix’s Bling Empire: New York, died on Monday (Jan 20). She was 51. She died weeks after undergoing emergency brain surgery following a ski accident in late ...