A Fontana police officer is on paid leave after his arrest for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl four years ago, authorities said Saturday. Nicholas Shawn Stark appears in a booking photo release…

Rap superstar Snoop Dogg says he plans to vote for the first time ever to cast out President Donald Trump in 2020. He told the radio show, Big Boy’s Neighborhood, “I ain’t ne…

Carl Reiner, the ingenious and versatile writer, actor and director who broke through as a “second banana” to Sid Caesar and rose to comedy’s front ranks as creator of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and …

Animals shelters in Riverside County have run out of adoptable pets as stay-at-home orders increase demand for animal companionship. “We cleared the shelter!” the Riverside County Department of Ani…

Los Angeles County residents have far more confidence in state and local officials to lead them through the coronavirus outbreak than they do President Trump, a new poll has found. T…

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti opened his daily briefing Tuesday recognizing what may have been the first teenage COVID-19 death in L.A. County and went on to announce actions against nonessential…

A New York man refused to allow his 21-year-old son back into his home after the college student went on a spring break trip to Texas, KTLA sister station reported WJW reported Sunday. According to…

Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered all Californians Thursday to wear face coverings while in public or in high-risk settings after the state recorded a single-day high in coronavirus cases. Face coverings a…

Wearing a mask has become a heated debate across the country. As businesses have started to reopen we have seen many videos go viral of people refusing to wear a mask inside a place where it’…

A Twitter account that tweeted a call to violence and claimed to be representing the position of “Antifa” was in fact created by a known white supremacist group, Twitter said …

In honor of Friday marking the 105th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide, the Armenian American community is raising funds to donate more than 1.5 million meals to those in need amid the coronavir…

Nobody could have guessed the identity of a man whose body was found in the a cave in East Idaho in 1979. For 40 years, anthropologists, scientists and investigators from Idaho State University all…

California voters give broad approval to Gov. Gavin Newsom amid the coronavirus crisis, and despite widely felt economic pain, large majorities want to go slow on ending stay-at-home orders, a new …

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday again urged Californians to continue following stay-at-home orders, resisting pressure from demonstrators who have called for the state’s economy to reopen during…

As California sees a worrisome rise in the number of coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, Gov. Newsom threatened Wednesday to withhold up to $2.5 billion in the upcoming state budget from local …

Former President Barack Obama delivered a blistering critique of the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus crisis, describing it as “an absolute chaotic disaster” dur…

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti on Sunday lambasted President Donald Trump for downplaying the coronavirus pandemic, saying the president’s actions cost lives in the city and around the count…

Firefighters from Austin have started the long journey to California to help tackle deadly wildfires that are devastating the West Coast.

When Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey extended the state’s stay-at-home order into mid-May, Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb countered that the policy had gone on long enough. “The numbers donR…

Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law aimed at requiring private health insurers to cover more mental health and drug addiction treatments. State and federal laws already require health insurance comp…

People were reveling in the streets of East Los Angeles after the Dodgers claimed their first World Series title in more than three decades Tuesday night — despite the pandemic and a large police p…

Billionaire Mark Cuban is pushing the idea of $1,000 stimulus checks being sent to American households every two weeks for the next two months.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that Angelenos must wear masks any time they leave their home. Anyone except for small children and people with disabilities will have to wear a …

A federal judge on Friday ordered the release of children held with their parents in U.S. immigration jails and denounced the Trump administration’s prolonged detention of families during the coron…

Vanessa Bryant, the widow of late NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, criticized the Los Angeles County sheriff for challenging current Lakers star LeBron James to match a reward offered in the ambush shoot…

Kobe Bryant inspired a generation of basketball players worldwide with sublime skills and an unquenchable competitive fire. He earned Los Angeles’ eternal adoration during his two decades as the fi…

Three missing teen girls were rescued and a man and woman were arrested in a human trafficking sting in Long Beach, officials said Friday. The three victims — ages 15, 16 and 17 — were reported mis…

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday ordered bars that have opened in seven California counties, including Los Angeles, to immediately close and urged bars in eight other counties to do the same, saying the…

A group of men tackled and restrained a registered sex offender accused of looking at a teenager inside the women’s restroom at a Cracker Barrel restaurant in South Carolina on Sunday.

The creator of Jelly Belly, David Klein, says he is launching a series of “treasure hunts” for gold tickets across the country, giving away cash prizes and even a candy factory as he pr…

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said Thursday that more police officers will be wearing protective masks or other face coverings as an added safety measure amid the coronavirus outb…

The drive-in theater, long a dwindling nostalgia act in a multiplex world, is experiencing a momentary return to prominence. With nearly all of the nation’s movie theaters shuttered due t…

This Friday the 13th, a cratered Jack-O-Lantern will light up the sky. Even more than the pumpkin spice latte, the harvest moon officially marks the beginning of fall. The days grow shorter, the ai…

The San Diego City Council declined calls to cut police funding and approved a budget that includes an increase for the department. The decision came at a lengthy meeting Monday despite t…

Lakers forward LeBron James, who was forced to evacuate his Brentwood home during the Getty Fire, sent one of the city’s most popular taco trucks to feed crews battling the destructive blaze …

The outrage over George Floyd’s death arrived at Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s front door in the form of hundreds of protesters gathered outside his home, loudly chanting to gut funding for the…

Leave it to Andrew Yang to turn a political forum about issues concerning Asian American and Pacific Islander communities into something resembling a rock concert. The businessman-turned-2020 Democ…

Sky5 was overhead as Los Angeles celebrated the Lakers’ NBA championship win Sunday, with fans gathering outside Staples Center as landmarks lit up in purple and gold amid a dazzling display …

Acknowledging the integral role of medical workers and first responders in the fight against the novel coronavirus, Costco on Wednesday said it would begin giving them priority access to its stores…

A Michigan sheriff joined protesters in Flint Township on Saturday, putting down his weapon and saying, “I want to make this a parade, not a protest.” Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swans…

Coronavirus has caused gas prices nationwide to plummet, and they will likely drop below the $2 mark soon across the country — including, eventually, in California. That’s according to …

A supermarket in La Habra is trying to help local seniors during the COVID-19 pandemic by opening its doors a half-hour early each day exclusively for shoppers 65 and older. La Habra City Councilma…

Ema Macias, a girl born at 10 a.m. on Oct. 10, 2010 weighing 7 pounds, 10 ounces, celebrated her 10th birthday in Santa Ana on Saturday. KTLA was there when she was born at St. Joseph Hospital in O…

California may be only a few weeks away from making “meaningful changes” to its stay-at-home order, Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday, but he warned progress will be jeopardized if people do things lik…

While many parts of California are looking to take the first steps toward lifting coronavirus business restrictions later this week, Mayor Eric Garcetti on Monday cautioned that rules will stay in …

San Bernardino police were out in force Wednesday, seizing more than 3,000 pounds of illegal fireworks and making nearly two dozen arrests, in response to recent concerns and complaints from the co…