Lawsuit: Mexican megachurch leaders abused woman for years
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California woman says the father and son leaders of a Mexican megachurch sexually abused her for 18 years starting when she w...
Bouwmeester alert following collapse, Ducks-Blues postponed
ANAHEIM, Calif. — St. Louis defenseman Jay Bouwmeester is conscious and alert after suffering a cardiac episode and collapsing on the bench during the...
CDC cites label error in mixup involving coronavirus patient
SAN DIEGO — A labeling error caused a person infected with the novel coronavirus to be mistakenly released from a hospital and returned to a San Diego...
NTSB releases details in 2 crashes involving Tesla Autopilot
DETROIT — An Apple engineer who died when his Tesla Model X slammed into a concrete barrier had previously complained about the SUV malfunctioning on ...
Tenet Healthcare to pay $1.4M to settle cardiac lawsuit
LOS ANGELES — Tenet Healthcare Corporation and its Southern California hospital Desert Regional Medical Center will pay $1.41 million to resolve alleg...
Tapes of Avenatti threats highlight extortion trial closings
NEW YORK — Michael Avenatti's recorded threats to reduce the value of Nike's stock if he wasn't paid millions of dollars highlighted a prosecutor's cl...
State reviews LA police use of California gang database
LOS ANGELES — The California Department of Justice is reviewing the Los Angeles Police Department's records and policies regarding use of the state's ...
‘The Farewell,’ Adam Sandler triumph at Spirit Awards
SANTA MONICA, Calif. — At a Film Independent Spirit Awards that often stood in stark contrast to Sunday's Academy Awards, Lulu Wang's family drama “Th...
Kobe Bryant helicopter had nearly cleared blinding clouds
LOS ANGELES — The pilot of the helicopter that crashed and killed Kobe Bryant and eight others was almost out of blinding clouds when he suddenly plun...
AP Source: Bryant memorial set for Feb. 24 at Staples Center
LOS ANGELES — A public memorial service for Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others killed in a helicopter crash is planned for Feb. 24 at Staples ...
Victims: PG&E still has rickety power line near Paradise
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric is still operating a rickety power line near the one that ignited a 2018 wildfire that wiped out the Northe...
Jeff Bezos asks court to dismiss defamation suit
NEW YORK — Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is asking a California court to dismiss a defamation lawsuit filed against him by his girlfriend's brother, Micha...
Warrants served in 1996 disappearance of California student
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Search warrants were served Wednesday at locations in California and Washington state in the investigation of the disappeara...
California firefighters return from battling Australia fires
LOS ANGELES — Twenty firefighters from California returned to the United States on Wednesday after spending nearly a month battling wildfires in Austr...
California pardons gay civil rights leader in new initiative
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California’s governor announced Wednesday that he is posthumously pardoning a gay civil rights leader while creating a new pardon...
Rape case to be dropped against doctor who was on reality TV
SANTA ANA, Calif. — Prosecutors will seek to dismiss charges that a doctor who appeared on a reality TV show and his girlfriend raped and drugged wome...
California shooting shows security vulnerabilities on buses
LOS ANGELES — Would-be plotters bent on staging an attack aboard a passenger plane know they've first got to pass through a gauntlet of security measu...
PG&E clears another bankruptcy hurdle with debt refinancing
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement that moves Pacific Gas & Electric closer to getting out of bankruptcy, but the tr...
Top films were more diverse than ever before, study finds
NEW YORK — Hollywood's awards season may not show it, but the most popular films are increasingly diverse, a new study finds.
For some high-schoolers, summer camp is for college prep
Some summer camps are for unwinding, getting outdoors, playing sports or music, or doing crafts. And then there are those that offer kids — most of th...
Willie Wood, Packers great and Hall of Fame DB, dies at 83
LOS ANGELES — Willie Wood, the Hall of Fame defensive back who won five NFL championships with the Green Bay Packers under coach Vince Lombardi and ma...
Dog sleuths sniff out crop disease hitting citrus trees
WASHINGTON — Dog detectives might be able to help save ailing citrus groves, research published Monday suggests.
Chinese communities rattled by virus, cancel new year events
ALHAMBRA, Calif. — The rapid spread of a new virus from China has cast a pall across Chinese American communities, with people staying inside whenever...
U.S. evacuees ‘relieved’ about quarantine on military base
RIVERSIDE, California — Nearly 200 Americans evacuated from China because of the new virus are "very relieved' to be quarantined at a military base in...
Evacuated American says Chinese city was like a ghost town
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Jarred Evans, a professional football player in China, is used to wearing a helmet and shoulder pads. But in the wake of a deadly ...
Buttigieg endorsed by major California, Nevada LGBTQ group
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg has won the backing of Equality California, one of the nation's largest LGBTQ membership organization...
PG&E and California governor at odds over bankruptcy plan
SAN FRANCISCO — Pacific Gas & Electric attorneys on Wednesday assured a federal judge the utility will emerge from bankruptcy by its June deadline...
Prosecutor: Michael Avenatti saw dollar signs in Nike fraud
NEW YORK — A prosecutor kicked off opening statements at Michael Avenatti's attempted extortion trial Wednesday by saying the deep-in-debt California ...
Americans from China virus zone evaluated at military base
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Officials say the 201 Americans evacuated from the Chinese city at the center of the virus outbreak are undergoing three days of m...
A look at some of Kobe Bryant’s career highlights
Here are some of the many highlights of Kobe Bryant’s career. The former Los Angeles Lakers star was killed in a helicopter crash in California on Sun...