13+ hour, 13+ min ago   (1695+ words) California prison towns made a grim bargain decades ago. They built their economies around an industry that relied on an ever-growing prison population, mostly from California’s major metropolitan areas. Then, about 15 years ago, legislators changed sentencing laws in ways that…...

1+ day, 47+ min ago   (534+ words) PHOENIX — A judge who ruled 13 years ago that Latinos were racially profiled in then-Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s immigration crackdown in Arizona has rejected a bid to end the court’s supervision of the Sheriff’s Office. Maricopa County failed to show that the…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (340+ words) A trespasser tried to enter former Vice President Kamala Harris’ cliffside home in Malibu on Friday evening, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and a Harris spokesman. Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, were not home at the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (444+ words) Two young people riding in an autonomous vehicle were arrested in San Francisco after authorities allegedly found them in possession of an illegal “ghost gun.” San Francisco Police Department did not identify the operator of the autonomous vehicle, but a…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (693+ words) Lineage, the company that operates a massive cold-storage warehouse in Boyle Heights that recently burned down, says in a new lawsuit that the company operating a solar array on the building’s roof is to blame for the fire. The lawsuit,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (520+ words) Federal authorities arrested a Victorville man on Thursday, charging him and two others with paying people on Skid Row to sign petitions using the stolen identities of registered voters. James Brass, 47, of Victorville allegedly managed a team of signature collectors…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (454+ words) The U.S. Justice Department has launched an investigation into conditions at Los Angeles County’s Men’s Central Jail, following years of concerns about poor conditions and inmate deaths. The government will probe whether Los Angeles County has provided “humane” conditions to individuals…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (617+ words) After months of anxiety, Laguna Beach may have bought its emergency room another chance at survival, or at least it seems to be pointed in that direction. Things may now be looking up, in terms of the future of emergency…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1082+ words) SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pending defamation case against Fox News could go to trial in early 2028, around the same time the governor could be running a 2028 campaign for president. Newsom sued the news network last year over its coverage of…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (622+ words) When the half-century-old neighborhood staple Pizzamania burned to the ground, the Whitter community reacted with an outpouring of grief. Then, when residents found out that someone may have intentionally torched the building, their sadness turned to anger. Now, nearly two…...