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An 18-year-old Santa Monica High School student pleaded not guilty Tuesday to assault and drug possession charges in connection with a fight with a teacher, authorities said.
With last summer's brush fires fresh in memory, residents in the Inland Empire are worried about a repeat in 2014, due to rising Spring temperatures.
KCAL9's Kevin Takumi reports police responded to Day Creek Intermediate School, located in the 12000 block of Coyote Drive in Etiwanda, on Tuesday afternoon.
Officials say more than 80 people are possibly ill with the highly contagious Norovirus while on-board a cruise ship sailing to ports in California.
The state attorney general's office is receiving national recognition for accelerating the testing of rape kits, using innovations that have been adopted by eight of California's 58 counties.
The Los Angeles Unified School District may settle a lawsuit over teacher layoffs by spending $25 million to hire more staff for dozens of struggling schools.
The bill's author, Democrat Richard Bloom of Santa Monica, agreed during the bill's first hearing before the water, parks and wildlife committee to revisit his proposal after further study.
Suspended state Sen. Leland Yee pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to bribery and gun charges two weeks after he was arrested as part of an FBI sting targeting political corruption.
Crews Tuesday were battling a fire near the southbound side of the 405 Freeway at Roscoe Boulevard.
Officials say what had been considered a novel idea by city officials has saved L.A. hundreds of thousands of dollars.
L.A. County Director of Environmental Health Angelo Bellomo says inspectors are having a hard time tracking the estimated 3,200 restaurants on the road.
A consumer advocacy group alleges California regulators and other officials doctored data to avoid pinpointing the source of an apparent health threat at the Autumnwood housing complex.
One person Tuesday was injured after a fire broke out in the attic of a house in Van Nuys.
A 32-year-old man was in custody Tuesday for last month's murder of a mother in Ventura County.
L.A. police officers tampered with voice recording equipment in dozens of patrol cars in order to avoid having their conversations monitored while on duty, according to reports Tuesday.
