Kate Mather

Supporters of a UCLA water polo player arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting another student have created a YouTube video proclaiming his innocence. The 76-second video—titled "Hakop Kaplanyan - Innocence 2013"—lauds Kaplanyan's...

Rescue crews appear to have found the second of two hikers who went missing in the Trabuco Canyon area of Orange County. TV helicopter footage showed a woman moving in the brush as crews moved toward her. The development came Thursday after search...

The search for two Costa Mesa teens who went missing while hiking in Trabuco Canyon stretched into a third day Wednesday, as dozens of civilian volunteers continued to scour the area — a pair of whom got lost themselves. Two searchers out looking...

Bell verdict: A jury returned a mixed bag of verdicts Wednesday in the trial of six ex-Bell City Council members accused of misappropriating public funds....

Guilty verdicts against five of the six ex-Bell City Council members brought a "long-awaited day of justice" to the city's residents, its current administration said Wednesday....

After months of speculation, Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators confirmed Thursday they believed missing Fox movie executive Gavin Smith was murdered and publicly named a convicted drug dealer a person of interest in the case. The revelation...

The family of a 24-year-old woman killed in an attack by a lion said they believe her death was an accident and that the big cat didn't intend to harm her. Intern Diana Hanson was killed Wednesday afternoon at a......

The lion that killed a 24-year-old intern at a Fresno County wild cat park probably killed the woman by accident, her family said....

The Fresno County coroner said the 24-year-old intern killed by a lion earlier this week died quickly and in a "merciful" way. Details into the death of Dianna Hanson on Wednesday are sparse, but Fresno County Coroner David Hadden told......

A winter storm moved across the region overnight, bringing an unusual sighting of hail in local cities.  The main moisture band cleared out of Los Angeles County early Friday morning, said Rich Thompson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service...

The lion that killed a 24-year-old intern at a Fresno County wild cat park appears to have "escaped" a smaller enclosure, leading to the fatal attack, the county coroner said....

A stretch of Interstate 5 through the Grapevine remained closed Friday morning because of snow and ice on the roadway, the California Highway Patrol said. Traffic logs indicated both directions of the freeway were closed about 2 a.m. As of 5:15 a.m.,...