Two of Joplin’s celeb citizens who met nearly 40 years ago have had their paths cross again, now both in Southern California volunteering for the same ...

A veteran California Highway Patrol lieutenant commander who last year was awarded more than $2 million in her discrimination suit against the department has been additionally granted almost $1.3 ...

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...

But approximately 13,000 people incarcerated across L.A. County jails and juvenile halls experience these catastrophes ...

A 31-year-old man who was struck and killed by a car as he was crossing the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway in Castaic on foot was identified Wednesday. Officers responded to a hit-and-run call ...

Thousands of farmworkers labored in fields in Ventura County, Calif. in late January in wildfire smoke. They have little to ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) — A stolen vehicle pursuit that originated in Bakersfield ended near Castaic Thursday ...

Multiple law enforcement agencies from Kern County are in pursuit of a reported stolen vehicle Thursday afternoon. The California Highway Patrol said its ...

Alyce McFadden, a reporting fellow on The Times’s Metro desk, writes about what covering a disaster for the first time brought home to her.

At least 29 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across ...

A key stretch of Interstate 5 closed after a snowstorm swept through Southern California, Caltrans said. The California Department of Transportation closed the freeway around 12:15 a.m. Monday after ...

Rain has continued to fall across parts of Southern California, increasing the risk of toxic ash runoff in areas hit by flames.