Helicopter drops huge A/C unit onto Oakland street

A huge industrial air conditioning unit crashed onto a downtown Oakland, California, street seconds after it was lifted by a helicopter.

Hall of Fame Dodgers legend Tommy Lasorda dies at 93

The world of baseball is mourning following the tragic loss of Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda who died late Thursday night. He was 93. 

Lawsuit: 11-year-old girl sexually abused more than 50 times by fellow students

The Walnut Valley Unified School District, located in the eastern portion of Los Angeles County, responded Friday to a negligence and racial discrimination lawsuit filed this week on behalf of a Black girl who was allegedly sexually abused more than 50 times at school by fellow students, did not directly address the claims but said the safety of everyone is the district's top concern.

Woman who falsely accused Black teen of stealing phone arrested

A woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him while being filmed at a New York City hotel apologized but defended her actions in a television interview conducted before she was arrested in California.

'It was like out of a bad movie': Congresswoman Jackie Speier on the pro-Trump riots

Peninsula Congresswoman Jackie Speier, no stranger to trauma and violence, described the moments leading up to and during the pro-Trump riots as she watched her colleagues debate the electoral college votes on the House floor. 

California suspends 1.4 million virus unemployment claims

The state Employment Development Department on Wednesday said it had examined existing claims from people who said they lost their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic and found about 3.5 million claims were “potentially fraudulent.”

California hospitals prepping for grim COVID-19 choices

California hospitals struggling with a skyrocketing coronavirus surge are trying to prepare for the possibility that they may have to ration care for lack of staff and beds — and hoping they don’t have to make that choice.

California may have paid out-of-state inmates job benefits

More than $40 million in California funding intended to help people left jobless by the coronavirus pandemic probably went to inmates in out-of-state jails and prisons, officials said.

Kim Kardashian West planning divorce from Kanye West: Report

Reality star-turned-prison-reform-advocate Kim Kardashian West is reportedly ready to call it quits from her rapper husband Kanye West.

Lots of love, singing for President Trump on San Francisco flight ahead of 'Stop the Steal' rally

Passengers aboard a United Airlines flight from San Francisco to D.C. chanted "USA" and sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" in support of President Trump ahead of a "Stop the Steal" rally.

2021 Grammy Awards postponed amid surge of COVID-19 cases, deaths in LA County

The 2021 Grammy Awards will no longer take place this month in Los Angeles and will broadcast on March 14, 2021 due to a recent surge in coronavirus cases and deaths.

107 miles of border wall completed

Border protection authorities say a 107-mile section of border wall that spans the Yuma Sector has been finished.

COVID-19 outbreaks at SoCal warehouse stores on the rise

Essential workers at big-box stores and warehouses across Los Angeles County are seeing an increase in COVID-19 outbreaks, officials said. 

2 teens charged in deadly attack of youth counselor in South LA

A youth counselor was beaten to death by a group of teens after he tried to break up a fight at a youth center near South Los Angeles over the weekend.

California has six confirmed cases of the new coronavirus strain

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state health department is investigating to see how those people were infected: "Did they travel? Did they not travel? Did they have contact with someone who was traveling?"

Larry King out of ICU after being hospitalized with COVID-19

Larry King has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own after contracting COVID-19, a spokesman said on Monday.