Regional News

3:57 PM on Monday, July 20

A lightsaber with Luke Skywalker's severed hand prop from “The Empire Strikes Back” has sold for $3.75 million at auction

1:54 PM on Monday, July 20

A warmup jacket worn by Wilt Chamberlain during the 1972 NBA finals that was found in an Oregon thrift store fetched over $89,000 in an auction that closed Monday

11:48 AM on Monday, July 20

California's reading scores have been improving since the state invested billions in changing how students learn to read

10:25 AM on Monday, July 20

A federal judge has ordered Paramount and Warner Bros

3:04 AM on Monday, July 20

The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office has performed autopsies in many high-profile cases, including that of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who singer D4vd is charged with killing, and the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry

3:03 AM on Monday, July 20

Los Angeles County's chief medical examiner is emphasizing the need for greater transparency when it comes to autopsies following celebrity deaths

2:32 PM on Sunday, July 19

Tropical Storm Fausto has formed well off Mexico’s southwest Pacific coast

9:43 AM on Sunday, July 19

Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” launched with an estimated $124.5 million in domestic ticket sales and another $139.6 million from overseas, even better than the filmmaker's “Oppenheimer” debut

9:55 AM on Saturday, July 18

A father and son are expected to face federal kidnapping charges after they zip-tied two U.S. Forest Service employees and held them at gunpoint inside a trailer in Northern California near Mt

4:34 AM on Saturday, July 18

Indie artist Alex Cameron has sparked curiosity with a song about Jesus, blending humor and sincerity

4:41 PM on Friday, July 17

The U.S. Interior Department has canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be threatened with extinction

4:11 PM on Friday, July 17

Paul Pelosi has been charged with a misdemeanor hit-and-run after a collision earlier this month in California

9:43 AM on Friday, July 17

Big U.S. restaurant chains don’t get linked to foodborne illness outbreaks often

9:10 AM on Friday, July 17

Police have discovered the boat wreckage and recovered the body of a woman who was one of three people missing after a boat sank this week in San Francisco Bay

4:46 AM on Friday, July 17

Federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served by Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora

6:33 PM on Thursday, July 16

Video footage of ICE agents tackling a man at Las Vegas Airport has sparked public outrage and criticism from officials

11:39 AM on Thursday, July 16

President Donald Trump's administration has worked to stop offshore wind development on the grounds it’s a national security risk since late last year, halting work on major projects and buying back leases

8:00 AM on Thursday, July 16

Racing to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says

6:38 AM on Thursday, July 16

Two of the eight men indicted in an alleged drone and sniper plot to attack President Donald Trump’s UFC cage-fighting event on the White House lawn have pleaded not guilty to federal conspiracy charges

10:54 PM on Tuesday, July 14