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The Chargers capped off their season-long High School Football Coach of the Week program earlier this month, honoring El Camino's Rick Hayashida as the team's nominee for the NFL's coach of the year award. Chris Hayre has more on his story, including a special surprise...
Christiana Duarte was working for the Los Angeles kings back in 2017 when she was tragically killed in the 2017 Las Vegas Harvest Festival shooting. Her family and the Kings have a tradition of making blankets for the homeless every year as a way of keeping her memory alive. Chris Hayre went to check it out.
Jaime Maggio visits with LA Galaxy GM Will Kuntz and COO Tom Braun to reflect on the club's 6th MLS Cup Title
Basketball runs in the family for Kyle Owens. His dad, Keith, played at UCLA and professionally with the Lakers. After starring at Crespi High School, Kyle ended his college career at UC Riverside. But, before he could think about the next level, Kyle was diagnosed with leukemia and is currently seeking a donor for a bone marrow transplant. Jaime Maggio has the story.
Professional animator by day and basketball fanatic by night, Jack Perkins has taken on a monumental challenge by creating illustrations for every Lakers game this season.
Alex DeBrincat had two goals and an assist and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Thursday night to end a three-game losing streak.
Quinton Byfield scored on a one-timer 35 seconds into overtime to give the Los Angeles Kings a 4-3 victory over the injury-hit Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday night.
Two-way star Shohei Ohtani won his fourth MVP award in a unanimous vote for the National League honor and Aaron Judge earned the American League accolade for the third time.
Nikola Jokic had 55 points, tying the highest-scoring performance in the NBA this season, and 12 rebounds and the Denver Nuggets beat the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 130-116 on Wednesday night for their sixth straight victory.
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 30 points as the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the Los Angeles Lakers 121-92.
Los Angeles Clippers guard Bradley Beal is out for the season due to a hip fracture.
The Games will begin with track & field events, and culminate in swimming.
Gabriel Landeskog scored his first goal of the season, Nathan MacKinnon had three assists and the Colorado Avalanche beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-1 in a matchup of the Western Conference's points leaders.
Joel Edmundson and Quinton Byfield each had a goal and an assist as the Los Angeles Kings scored three quick goals in the second period to beat the Montreal Canadiens 5-1.
Gianna Kneepkens scored 20 points, and No. 3 UCLA used a big third quarter to pull away from sixth-ranked Oklahoma for a 73-59 victory in an early matchup of power programs.
Vit Krejci scored a career-high 28 points off the bench, Kristaps Porzingis added 20 and the Atlanta Hawks opened a four-game road trip with a 105-102 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night.
Tyler Bilodeau scored 21 points as No. 15 UCLA beat West Georgia 83-62 and improved to 3-0 on the season.
Luka Doncic had 38 points, Rui Hachimura scored 13 of his 21 points in a pivotal third quarter and the Los Angeles Lakers pulled away in the second half to beat the Charlotte Hornets 121-111.
Rookie Beckett Sennecke had his first two-goal game, Leo Carlsson scored two power-play goals and the Anaheim Ducks stretched their winning streak to seven games with a 4-1 victory over the Winnipeg Jets.
Justin Herbert threw for 220 yards and a touchdown while Aaron Rodgers stumbled to his worst game of the season as the Los Angeles Chargers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 25-10 on Sunday night for their third straight win.
A person was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
President Trump said the U.S. has been successful in diminishing the Iranian military and regime, and will continue to expand its targets inside Iran.
Priscah Cherono, 45, and American Nathan Martin were the first to finish in the women's and men's races, respectively.
SkyCal was overhead after the crash, where firefighters were seen pulling debris from the car before they could get to the driver.
Firefighters say that the flames extended from a fire at a nearby carport and damaged five units of the apartment complex.
SkyCal was overhead after the crash, where firefighters were seen pulling debris from the car before they could get to the driver.
A family is seeking $40 million in damages from the city of Downey after their father was fatally stabbed while charging his car outside the library last year. They say that officials didn't do enough to make the area safer, and that precious time was lost when a different suspect stole the ambulance their father was riding in.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
The crash happened at around 9:55 p.m. at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Robertson Boulevard, Beverly Hills Police Department officers told CBS LA.
More than 27,000 runners are expected to descend upon Los Angeles for the 2026 LA Marathon on Sunday, running more than two dozen miles across the city and creating a long list of road and freeway closures.
The recent warm weather has kicked off Orange County's rattlesnake season a little earlier this year.
Officers said the man jumped out of some bushes to try to kidnap a mother and daughter while also threatening to sexually assault them.
Without security or fencing, an Orange County man said the abandoned train tracks in his neighborhood have turned into a camping site for trespassers and criminals.
A Yorba Linda father who allegedly helped his 12-year-old son illegally modify his e-bike, which he was riding when he was critically injured in a crash, has been charged with felony child endangerment, according to the Orange County District Attorney's Office.
Anaheim police have arrested four people in connection with a gang-related shooting that wounded four people at a baby shower over the weekend.
Firefighters say that the flames extended from a fire at a nearby carport and damaged five units of the apartment complex.
Police say that the 29-year-old Rancho Cucamonga man tried to pull a woman into his car late Saturday night as she was walking in the 2700 block of E. Inland Empire Boulevard in Ontario.
A 74-year-old man was killed and two other people were hospitalized after a wrong-way, five-car crash on Highway 18 in Apple Valley on Saturday night.
The deputy, a 5-year veteran, was arrested on Saturday and booked on one count each of sexual battery and false imprisonment.
The Riverside County Department of Animal Services rescued more than 60 dogs from a house fire near eastern Hemet on Thursday.
Videos, verified by the CBS News Confirmed team, show a man apparently yelling "Allahu Akbar" just as a protester throws an "ignited device" during an anti-Islam demonstration
Artificial intelligence can give some workers "brain fry" if overused, according to a new study published in Harvard Business Review.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said "what you're seeing is emotional reactions and fear that this is a long-term war." He stressed that "this is not a long-term war."
Norwegian police reported on Sunday an explosion near the U.S. Embassy in the capital, Oslo, and said there were no casualties.
All six service members died during an unmanned aircraft system attack in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait.
The preliminary U.S. intelligence assessment suggests that the U.S. is "likely" responsible for the bombing of the girls' school in Iran on Feb. 28.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said "what you're seeing is emotional reactions and fear that this is a long-term war." He stressed that "this is not a long-term war."
In a phone interview with CBS News, President Trump dismissed threats from Iran's top national-security official, who posted on social media that Mr. Trump must "pay the price" for the strikes on Iran.
President Trump on Saturday told reporters, without citing evidence, that he believes a deadly strike on a girls' primary school in southern Iran last weekend was "done by Iran."
Workers installed a plaque honoring police officers in the early morning hours, three years after it was required by law to be erected.
San Francisco officials said Tuesday that the city has filed a lawsuit against leading manufacturers of ultra-processed foods, accusing them of producing products linked to serious health issues and alleging that the companies knowingly made the foods addictive.
A bill that would reverse a 25% tax increase on California's legal cannabis industry is heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk, after being approved by the legislature.
Meal kit delivery firm HelloFresh will pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of misleading customers and making it difficult for them to cancel their subscriptions.
With the help of her daughter and her 5th-grade class, CBS News California (KCAL) Investigative reporter Julie Watts investigates "Sephora Kids" concerns.
A Southern California man has pleaded guilty for his role in a scheme that stole more than $2 million from San Francisco-based food delivery company DoorDash, federal prosecutors said.
HHS Secretary RFK Jr. wants the popular coffee chains to prove their surgery drinks are safe for teens and suggested the Trump administration could place limits on your cup of coffee.
Tests of dozens of baby formulas by Consumer Reports found that nearly half contained potentially dangerous chemicals.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Riverside County health officials have reported the second and third measles cases of the year, which they say could be connected to the county's first case that was reported last week.
Health officials say that an unvaccinated minor visited the Walmart Supercenter in Ontario on Jan. 29.
A nonprofit that booked a Social Agent said it's a lot cheaper than hiring someone to do their social media full-time. A typical job runs about $200, with same-day delivery, and if clients already have footage, they can upload it and get a finished piece.
A California judge has tentatively stopped the state from canceling commercial licenses for more than 20,000 immigrant truck drivers.
The Fremont factory will still manufacture Model 3 and Y, but the space where Model S and X are made will instead focus on mass production of Tesla's Gen 3 Optimus robots.
About 30% of San Francisco was without power at the height of the outage, according to utility provider PG&E.
The DMV said it is giving Tesla Motors 60 days to address its misleading use of "autopilot," or it could have its dealer license temporarily suspended.
Joel Hofer made 22 saves for his fifth shutout of the season, Jonathan Drouin scored in his Blues debut and St. Louis beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-0 on Sunday night to sweep a four-game trip.
The Los Angeles Chargers agreed to a multiyear deal with fullback Alec Ingold that reunites him with coach Mike McDaniel.
Luka Doncic had 35 points and eight rebounds, Austin Reaves added 25 points and the Los Angeles Lakers overcame LeBron James' injury absence to grind out a 110-97 victory over the New York Knicks.
Gianna Kneepkens scored 19 points and Kiki Rice added 15 points and eight assists as No. 2 UCLA rolled past No. 9 Iowa 96-45 to win its second straight Big Ten Tournament crown.
Priscah Cherono, 45, and American Nathan Martin were the first to finish in the women's and men's races, respectively.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say.
Along with the "True Lies" co-stars, the California Hall of Fame's new inductees will include Olympians Carl Lewis and Janet Evans and Mariachi Reyna de Los Ángeles.
A trial has been set in the San Francisco Bay Area for a Florida woman accused of providing a cosmetic injection that killed a woman who was known as a Kim Kardashian lookalike, prosecutors said.
Hillary Knight, Megan Keller and Jack and Quinn Hughes made a surprise appearance during "Heated Rivalry" star Connor Storrie's opening monologue on "SNL."
Shia LaBeouf, who was charged with battery after police say he punched several people outside a New Orleans bar earlier this month, was arrested again on Saturday.
UCLA Political Professor Benjamin Radd joins the studio to discuss the newly elected Supreme Leader in Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei, who was killed during U.S. and Israeli airstrikes as fighting in Iran began.
UCLA Political Professor Benjamin Radd joins the studio to discuss the newly elected Supreme Leader in Iran, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei, who was killed during U.S. and Israeli airstrikes as fighting in Iran began.
A woman was arrested on Sunday for firing multiple shots at the Beverly Hills home of Rihanna, Los Angeles Police Department officials say. Laurie Perez reports.
A pursuit suspect lost control during a pursuit on Sunday afternoon before slamming into a home in Sun Valley, according to LAPD officers.
After a warm and windy weekend, Alex Biston previews what Southern Californians can expect with the coming week.
Widely considered the greatest architect of his time, Frank Gehry helped shape Los Angeles' skyline.
A suspect was taken into custody after an attack on Pearl Street Mall in Boulder on June 1 in which there were 15 people and a dog who were victims. The suspect threw Molotov cocktails that burned some of the victims, who were part of a march for Israeli hostages.
A look back at the esteemed personalities who've left us this year, who'd touched us with their innovation, creativity and humanity.
The Franklin Fire in Malibu quickly grew overnight and threatened several homes. Evacuation orders were issued and Pepperdine University instructed students to shelter in place.
Several people have been injured and multiple homes burned after the Mountain Fire broke out Wednesday morning in Ventura County, burning over 10,000 acres within hours.
