California
Pacific Palisades workers are guarding homes — not against the flames, but against looters, who might see opportunity in an affluent neighborhood suddenly deserted.
Television
Crystal Kung Minkoff revealed, in a laid-back video, that she will not return for Season 14 of ‘Real Housewives of Beverly Hills’: ‘It’s very bittersweet.’
As of Jan. 1, San Joaquin Valley farmers are banned from burning agricultural waste in the field, a legislative mandate that has been decades in the making.
Deputies were responding to a family disturbance call when they made the gruesome discovery. The 28-year-old was booked into a Sacramento jail.
Despite receiving several reports over the spring about the baby’s mother disappearing for days at a time and leaving her children without food, DCFS never opened a case.
World & Nation
Donald Trump has promised to undertake mass deportations. A ride-along with immigration officers highlights some of the challenges of his plan.
Books
Rebecca Godfrey died before she could complete her final novel, ‘Peggy.’ Her friend Leslie Jamison stepped in to finish it.
Some members of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors oppose closing Los Padrinos juvenile hall in Downey despite state oversight officials ordering it shut down due to lack of staffing an unsafe conditions for hundreds of youths housed there.
A report from Los Angeles County’s Commission on Human Relations cites 1,350 hate crimes — an increase of 45% from the year before.
As controversy brews over the rights of transgender athletes, some are calling on the Riverside Unified School District to defy California’s anti-discrimination laws.