Jessica Rice

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile from California, the fourth such test this year.

Record-setting illusionist Criss Angel Thursday became the latest celebrity to be immortalized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Video of a police officer arresting a woman who was selling flowers without a permit near a high school graduation last month has sparked controversy on social media.

Long Beach police Wednesday sought public help to find two men who attacked and robbed a 62-year-old woman as she walked on a city street.

Weddings have been moved and family visits delayed. The Trump administration’s travel ban, while a shadow of its original self, has dealt a harsh blow to the Iranian-American community, where family ties run strong and friends and loved ones regularly shuttle between Los Angeles and Tehran. But it isn’t the only immigration hurdle facing the community. Iranians allowed to seek...

Sheriff’s officials say the remains of missing 5-year-old Aramazd Andressian Jr. have been found, over two months after he was last seen with his father at Disneyland in Anaheim.

A Southern California university has awarded an honorary degree to the mother of a quadriplegic student after she attended every class with him and took his notes while he pursued his Master of Business Administration.

A federal judge repeatedly rebuked former Los Angeles Sheriff Lee Baca for bringing shame on his department as he sentenced him Friday to three years in prison for obstructing an FBI investigation into abuses at the jails he ran.

Los Angeles Olympic organizers are putting their plans on display at a time of uncertainty in the race for the 2024 Games. Members of the International Olympic Committee are in Southern California this week to inspect stadiums and arenas that could become future Olympic venues.

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame honoring Chris Pratt for starring in such box office blockbusters as “Jurassic World” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” was unveiled Friday.

The parents of a 13-year-old boy who scuffled with an off-duty police officer in Southern California who fired a gun have filed a lawsuit.

One Direction singer Louis Tomlinson was arrested on suspicion of simple battery for allegedly pulling a photographer to the floor at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said Saturday.

A carjacking suspect led police on a pursuit through South Los Angeles streets Wednesday morning before a wild spin-out and backward getaway in the beach community of Redondo Beach.

A safe containing about $2 million in jewelry and other items was stolen from the home of singer Alanis Morissette last week, police confirmed Tuesday. No victims were home when the burglars entered the Brentwood home last Thursday at an unknown time, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. They took the safe and damaged property as well. No one...

A man driving a white minivan stopped several times both on the freeway and on surface streets during a pursuit that lasted over an hour Wednesday morning, police said.

Disney CEO Bob Iger says the company will open its Star Wars-themed lands at California’s Disneyland and Florida’s Walt Disney World in 2019.

Authorities were searching for a man who threw a “homemade pyrotechnic device” containing gunpowder into a crowded downtown Pasadena restaurant Thursday night, sending diners scrambling for cover, police said.

About $175,000 worth of jewelry and property was stolen from rapper Nicki Minaj’s home in Beverly Hills, police say.

Some $300,000 worth of jewelry was stolen from the home of former Los Angeles Laker and NBA coach Derek Fisher on Monday, police said.