Los Angeles is taking a necessary and overdue step in the fight against climate change and lung-damaging air pollution. The City Council voted last month to ban most natural gas-fueled appliances in newly constructed residential…

Tom Ellis has seen it all. An artist and activist all his life, the 76-year-old grew up in Iola, but went on to spend much of his career in New York and California. Along the…

SALINA, Kan. (AP) — A beaten body found 34 years ago in a Kansas creek has been identified as a Los Angeles woman, authorities announced Tuesday. Saline County Sheriff Roger Soldan said the woman, long…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Glee” star Naya Rivera ’s 4-year-old son told investigators that his mother, whose body was found in a Southern California lake Monday, boosted him back on to the deck of their…

LOS ANGELES — Karlea Boyer believes there are two levels of music artists. The first is the singer/songwriter, where an artist has a very specific idea of what a song should be and will fight…

When I was very young, my parents worked as night janitors at a law firm in Los Angeles. They often took me to work because they couldn’t afford child care, and to keep my grumpiness…

SANTA ROSA, California (AP) — Firefighters battled destructive wildfires north of San Francisco and in western neighborhoods of Los Angeles on Monday, trying to beat back flames that forced thousands to flee their homes. Easing…

Eddie Money, who left behind a career as a New York police officer to become one of the top-selling rock stars of the 1970s and ‘80s, with hits like “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Take…

LOS ANGELES — Authorities knew almost immediately that Orange County multimillionaire Peter Chadwick had run. Back in 2012, he was arrested in his wife’s killing and surrendered his passports. But as he awaited trial, he…

DALLAS (AP) — A Texas prosecutor says investigators have linked more than 60 killings in at least 14 states to a 79-year-old inmate who may be the most prolific serial killer in U.S. history. Ector…