El Dorado County Statewide Articles

Sheriff Robert Luna has been in office nearly a year. His tenure is calmer than his controversial predecessor's, but critics question his track record. He talks to The Times.

Mayor Karen Bass talks about the thousands she's moved into interim housing. But it's the removal of encampments that will make Angelenos believe it.

Wild animal rehabilitation organizations claim California officials are hassling their operations after decades of cooperation. The state denies it.

Vincent Hubbard played chess in prison as an escape. Now he plays $20 games on the streets of South L.A. and competes in tournaments to find a new path forward.

In summary

A suspected drunk driver last week slammed into spectators waiting to watch a Christmas parade in downtown Bakersfield, injuring three people, police said.

A pedestrian died after he was hit by a Los Angeles Police Department patrol car in Los Angeles on Friday evening, authorities said.

Firefighters on Saturday knocked down a fire that broke out at a one-story building on the south side of Los Angeles International Airport, officials said.

The virus is 99% fatal when contracted by domesticated rabbits.

Respiratory viruses such as the flu and COVID-19 spread year-round but are more common in the United States between October and March.

The family of a Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy has filed a claim against the Sheriff's Department, alleging that excessive overtime hours he was forced to work in the county jails drove him to suicide.

Former students of Anthony Polito say their old professor had always had a deep fondness for — some say obsession with — Las Vegas.

About 100 firefighters are trying to contain the blaze through ground and air measures.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration is advancing a plan to build a Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta water tunnel. Environmentalists are strongly opposed, warning of ecological damage.

The State Bar of California recommended that Zein Obagi Jr. be suspended from practicing law for misappropriating half a million dollars in client funds.

Los Angeles City Council backs plan to erect 71 digital billboards. Opponents call the signs a deadly driving distraction that will mar the cityscape

Hours before the event, hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered to call for a cease-fire and for the U.S. to end financial and military aid to Israel.

Will the Bakersfield representative's absence lead to more trouble for his embattled allies?

KFF Health News senior correspondent Liz Szabo described how being a victim of gun violence affects kids' health in the long term on Spectrum News 1's "LA Times Today" show on Dec. 6.

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to approve a 1,481-unit, mixed-use development that will be built atop the North Hollywood Metro station.