L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a punishment his predecessor did not use.

The California Community Foundation survey portrays a populace that values the contributions of immigrants, regardless of legal status, and believes the state should provide essential services to support their well-being.

West Sacramento officials say they had no role in the A's messy breakup with Oakland. But they take pride in being the A's rebound city, even for three seasons.

With the U.S. rebuffing would-be asylum seekers, shelters in Tijuana are no longer full. But some migrants now say they might try to enter the U.S. illegally.

The Compton resident was a member of the 'Triple Nickles,' a World War II combat-ready unit who trained as some of America's first 'smokejumpers.'

Mayada pointed to a divot picked out of the pavement in front of her parents' house the hole left by the bullet when gunmen threw her 85-year-old father on the ground and shot him execution-style in the head.

When the U.S. banned Pride flags at our embassies, that sent a clear message. No wonder a top tennis player fleeing Russia's anti-LGBTQ+ laws chose to go to Australia.

The Seattle-area homes of Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell and former Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman are the latest burglaries of prominent professional athletes.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who declared martial law and had special forces storm the National Assembly, is removed from office.

Friends and colleagues in Los Angeles are mourning the death of Father Richard Estrada, whose decades of activism were infused with an unconditional commitment to advocating for vulnerable populations.

The U.S. has revoked the visas of members of Los Alegres del Barranco, after the Mexican band flashed big-screen images of a reputed drug lord during a concert.

A federal judge temporarily reinstated a program providing lawyers for 26,000 children. Nonprofits representing the children had already begun laying off staff.

Xavier Becerra, who previously served as California attorney general, joined a growing field of Democrats running next year to replace termed-out Gov. Gavin Newsom.

The collection to be auctioned includes journals and cookbooks that inmate Albert Jones has written from death row. The bookseller representing him says it offers a rare glimpse into life on one of America's most notorious cell blocks.

As tensions rise over immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border, a family is struggling to reunite an orphaned Mexican boy with his brother and sister in California.