Santa Cruz County Statewide Articles

A trash can that showed up on a normally quiet street contained the body of a woman.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is running a new abortion ad in Alabama and working with Democrats in Arizona to provide abortion access to its residents.

Freed of responsibilities as speaker, the Bakersfield Republican can devote himself to what's long been his forte: campaigns and elections. Payback is part of his agenda.

Philanthropic and real estate leaders react with hope and skepticism to Mayor Karen Bass' plan to use outside donations to buy real estate.

California has released 500,000 salmon into the Klamath River. As dams are removed, the fish will be some of the first to return to a free-flowing river.

One person had moderate injuries, the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.

Parent’s rights activist Erin Friday announces during a press conference at the state Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024, that her group Protect Kids California would sue California Attorney General Rob Bonta over the ballot title he gave to her …

Authors discuss their books in front of audiences on the USC campus during the 2024 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on Saturday.

The officers were injured Friday night after responding to a call about a fight near the Slauson Recreation Center in South L.A., authorities said.

Andrea McChristian of the Southern Poverty Law Center speaks about homelessness issues alongside housing advocates and progressive members of Congress in front of the Supreme Court on April 19, 2024. The Supreme Court is considering City of Grants Pass v. …

The Los Angeles County medical examiner has identified the 32-year-old woman who was found dead inside a trash bin in Sunland.

The Los Angeles Police Department is offering a $25,000 reward for information about a South L.A. street takeover where a driver struck several pedestrians, including two women, then fled the scene.

The Los Angeles County medical examiner determined the death of 16-year-old Shaylee Mejia was caused by an accidental fall down stairs, not a school fight.

Some residents fear development could destroy parts of the historic land.

A Times review shows the LAPD's academy is graduating about half the number of recruits needed per class to keep pace with Mayor Karen Bass' ambitious plan to expand the department to 9,500 officers.

The California Fish and Game Commission on Thursday formally recognized the Mohave desert tortoise as endangered.

Forensic genealogists solve a 21-year-old case, linking a jawbone to a U.S. Marine captain who died more than 70 years ago in Orange County.

Venture into the San Gabriel Mountains, and you'll see a real spring unfolding — snow melting, rivers and streams flowing, wildlife emerging — in sublime glory.

City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez said she is looking for sources of funding to cover $1.4 million in unpaid back rent owed by tenants at Hillside Villa.

Ataff members at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a public hospital run by the county, told investigators that Dr. Louis Kwong sometimes looked under the surgical covers of anesthetized Black males and discussed the "genitals of the day."