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Almost four decades after inventing a potent anti-malarial drug, the U.S. Army has pushed it to the back of its medicine cabinet.
The elaborate mission to recover a moon rock led NASA agents to one of the most down-to-earth places: a Denny's restaurant in Riverside County.
Los Angeles County officials approved two measures Tuesday aimed at tackling alleged inmate abuse by sheriff's deputies in the country's largest jail system.
She's been many things during her long and colorful life: charm school teacher, makeup artist, civil rights advocate — to name just a few.
Gov. Jerry Brown and others who supported the dramatic shift in California's sentencing law that took effect this week have said it will send only those convicted of nonviolent or non-serious crimes to county jails instead of state prison, a change designed to save the state money and reduce inmate crowding.
Something seemed strange about the emails Christopher Ryan Smith was sending while on vacation in Africa last year. The 32-year-old adventurer's chatty tone was muted and responses were uncharacteristically terse.
The Food and Drug Administration has cautioned the corn industry over its ongoing use of the term "corn sugar" to describe high fructose corn syrup, asking them to stop using the proposed new name before it has received regulatory approval, The Associated Press has learned.
The setting sun splashes warm hues across a ripening cornfield as a man and his daughter wander through rows of towering plants.
A truck driver whose out-of-control big rig barreled down a famous California mountain road and smashed into traffic and buildings, killing a father and daughter, was sentenced to seven years and four months in state prison Thursday.
Gus Rodriguez looks more like a soldier than a jewelry store security guard, with a Beretta handgun strapped to his bulletproof vest, shades wrapped around his shaved head and pepper spray bulging from a breast pocket.
Police beat a man so violently in a Los Angeles suburb that he was left nearly blind while one officer briefly pointed a gun or Taser at his 3-year-old nephew, an attorney said Thursday.
With affordable housing and plenty of open space, the sun-scorched high desert of north Los Angeles County has long been a draw for some families looking to escape urban grit for a safe place to raise kids.
Closing arguments are likely next week in the trial of a California teenager accused of fatally shooting a gay classmate at school.
Police investigating the man accused of the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings of prostitutes and other women in Los Angeles are expanding their review of cold cases to see if he is connected to them, a police official said Tuesday.
The ACLU of Southern California is protesting the U.S. government's attempt to block information from being released in a lawsuit over the FBI's monitoring of Orange County mosques.
Prosecutors said Monday they will seek the death penalty against a man accused of the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings of prostitutes and other women who were shot, strangled or both over several decades in Los Angeles.
Attorneys for a parolee who was wrongly accused in the beating of a San Francisco Giants fan at Dodger Stadium have filed court papers asking a judge to order his release from prison.
It's after 10 p.m. on a recent Wednesday night, yet the park near Watts is bustling with kids. Silhouetted by bright lights, they hop skateboards from concrete stairs and sway perilously high on playground swings.
For those who say the weekend-long freeway closure dubbed "Carmageddon" was a non-event, Los Angeles County's transit agency has two words: You're welcome.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge returned to Britain on Monday after charming Californians ranging from Hollywood household names to inner-city school children with their mix of youthful casualness and graceful glamour.
The simple Santa Monica apartment where James "Whitey" Bulger hid from the FBI for more than a decade could soon be one of the hotter properties in the city's rental market.
Cocaine cut with a livestock de-worming medication is causing severe skin reactions in drug users, authorities warned Monday.
Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger has appeared in Los Angeles federal court and been remanded to Massachusetts to face charges.
Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger spent almost all of his 16 years on the lam in the same Santa Monica apartment complex, paying his rent in cash every month while he and his girlfriend hid from one of the biggest manhunts in U.S. history, the property managers said Thursday.
A parole hearing official found no immediate evidence Friday linking a convicted felon to a beating that left a San Francisco Giants fan in a coma after a game at Dodger Stadium.
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