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One million elementary school students were truant last year, costing the state an estimated $46 billion and starting students on a cycle directly linked to crime, social services and public health problems in later years, according to California Attorney General Kamala Harris.
An Antelope Valley man was charged Monday with fatally beating his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter.
A.C. Lyles, who rose from mail boy to producer at Paramount Pictures and became the studio's longest-serving employee during a tenure that lasted more than three-quarters of a century, has died at age 95.
Producer Mark Trombino is opening up a Highland Park donut shop that's a nod to his punk past.
Officials said one person was killed Monday afternoon in an underground vault explosion.
Police Monday sought additional victims of a 34-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting at least two males.
Authorities have identified a 24-year-old man who was fatally struck by several vehicles after falling through the door of a party bus on the Hollywood (101) Freeway over the weekend.
Police Monday were asking for the public's help in identifying a sexual assault suspect.
A missing 19-year-old man with autism was found safe, the Los Angeles Police Department said Monday morning.
Some patchy clouds return to the beach. Look for some cooler weather to start the work week. Temperatures will drop from an on-shore flow. But, a Santa Wind blows in late Thursday with warmer weather and high fire danger.
"The Mentalist" has more twists and turns than the 405 Freeway. And it's a much more fun ride.
A twin-engine Cessna Citation went off the runway and crashed at Santa Monica Airport Sunday evening.
The body of a hiker was found Sunday on a trail near the Rancho Mirage City Hall, a sheriff's official said.
A firefighter suffered second degree burns to his ears, neck and knees Sunday while battling a house fire in Long Beach.
A SpaceX rocket carrying a Canadian satellite intended to track space weather launched from the California coast Sunday in what was billed as a test flight.
