William Woods tells The Times he's considering suing the city of L.A. for his years behind bars and in a psychiatric hospital, accused of stealing his own identity.

In 1998, a jogger found a newborn baby buried alive in the foothills of Altadena, his umbilical cord still attached.

Fascination with the story of Josefa predates the era of #MeToo and modern-day hostility toward anyone and anything Mexican. But in their own way, the residents of Downieville have long debated the...

A leaked recording of L.A. City Council members and a labor official includes racist remarks. Council President Nury Martinez apologizes; Councilmember Kevin de León expresses regret.

The LAPD destroyed much of a South L.A. neighborhood, but would not identify the officers involved. Through investigative records, court documents and interviews, The Times was able to figure them...

As the Getty fire rages, the streets were mostly empty in the nearby neighborhood — except for the workers who tend the gardens, clean the hilltop homes and care for the children in one of the city's...

Minneapolis police backed an L.A. Times reporter and photographer against a wall and fired tear gas and rubber bullets at point blank range

The cleaners and housekeepers toil alongside nurses and doctors for a fraction of the pay — and none of the glory. But they are so integral to patient care that they were among the first to be...

After losing her job at a restaurant, Brenda Mendez, whose family escaped violence in Guatemala, felt she had no other choice but to try street vending. Her son didn't want her to be alone.

Delano police say immigration agents gave statements that conflicted with surveillance footage in the wake of a crash in which two immigrants in the country illegally died while fleeing.

L.A. officials told families displaced by the botched 2021 fireworks detonation they have to move out by March 31, leaving some worried about shelter.

ICE agents given masks for protection. Children at homes they door-knock. Eerily quiet neighborhoods. A day in the life of ICE agents seeking to make arrests in the age of coronavirus

A 22-year-old woman and an abortion doctor from California played key roles in the legal fight that led to Roe vs. Wade, now struck down.

A 14-year-old girl was killed Thursday when police shot and killed a man suspected in an attack at a Burlington store in North Hollywood.

There are an estimated 2.5 million domestic workers across the country. Most don't have access to healthcare and 83% do not get paid sick days

In the 1950s and 1960s, the LAPD’s abortion squad hunted down women getting the procedure and the people performing them.

Janice Brown was the first patient at Desert Valley Hospital's COVID-19 unit. And the first to be released. Neither she nor her doctors or nurses expected her to return. Within weeks, she tested...

Supporters of changing the street's name say it evokes the racist laws that kept Black people segregated in the American South. Opponents call the proposed name change "woke cancel culture" run amok.

A girl killed by L.A. police when they opened fire on a suspect in a North Hollywood clothing store has been identified as Valentina Orellana-Peralta.

The humble date holds a special significance for Muslims as well as farmers in Southern California's Coachella Valley -- considered the date capital of the United States

Though Pollo Campero has dozens of outlets in the U.S., travelers returning from Central American bring loads of its fried chicken — a literal taste of home.

The popularity of "Squid Game" is inseparable from South Korea's very real crisis of mounting household debt, gaping inequality and a weak social safety net.

For the last few months, grocery stores have served as public theaters for the traumatized American consumer.

Antiracism protests following the death of George Floyd are happening even in rural, mostly-white communities. Along with them have come threats and rumors.

In 1972, the mission of the Brown Berets was to occupy Catalina Island — land they believed belonged to Mexico. Nearly 48 years later, Chicano leader David Sanchez revisits the island and the legacy...

The officer, Toni McBride, is a gun rights influencer on social media and the daughter of an outspoken police union official.

More than a month after the LAPD blew up a block of East 27th Street while trying to safely detonate a cache of illegal fireworks, displaced families are still struggling.

These hotel housekeepers are commuting long hours to their jobs in L.A. to afford houses they can one day pass down to their children.