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The veteran rapper may now be walking a fine line between parody and pantomime, but his California flow and copper-bottomed classics remain irresistible

LOS ANGELES — Six months after his predecessor announced a criminal investigation into an alleged fraud scheme involving some of the deputies responsible for issuing concealed carry licenses, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna confirmed this week that he has turned the matter over to state prosecutors.

LOS ANGELES — Californians shouldn't put the rain gear away quite yet. March is expected to continue roaring like a lion beyond mid-month.

The art of Thomas Kinkade became a Nineties phenomenon as collectors and the American public clamoured for his pieces while critics rolled their eyes. But the ‘Painter of Light’ was battling personal demons as business woes and scandal plagued the empire before his death at 54 — and a new…

LOS ANGELES — Four San Clemente, California, buildings were yellow-tagged Wednesday after a landslide that followed heavy rains.

With parents forced to quit work to replace workers they can’t afford, the child care system is in full disarray.

About eight train cars went off the tracks Wednesday evening in Mohave County, Ariz., near the California border. The incident follows a recent string of high-profile train derailments.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will announce plans for the state to pay to build 1,200 small homes to help house the homeless population

LANCASTER, Calif. — Before the graduates strode in to the strains of "Pomp and Circumstance," their prison blues peeking out from under their gowns, correctional officer John Janvrin encouraged them not to rush.

After three years of extreme drought, the Western U.S. is finally getting a break. Mountain ranges are covered in deep snow, and water reservoirs in many areas are filling up following a series of atmospheric rivers that brought record rain and snowfall to large parts of the region.

Cisco Systems, the multinational tech giant based in San Jose, has no Latino on its board of directors.