JOHN ANTCZAK

An unfinished high-rise development in the downtown entertainment district that has become the target of graffiti taggers who have struck dozens of floors is seen in Los Angeles on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Towering over the Grammys is a Los Angeles high-rise tagged with 27 stories of graffiti
Graffiti has risen to high art in downtown Los Angeles. An unfinished high-rise development in the city’s entertainment district has become the target of graffiti taggers who have struck dozens of floors.
 
A television reporter does a broadcast as cars are seen submerged on a flooded street under a railroad bridge Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Long Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
California pummeled by first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers as ‘Pineapple Express’ sweeps state
The first of back-to-back atmospheric rivers is drenching California. Heavy rain and gusty winds began hitting the state’s north on Wednesday before moving south along the coast and snarling the Thursday morning commute in Los Angeles.
 
A sign warns of potential flooding in Capitola Village Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2024, in Capitola, Calif. An atmospheric river is set to make its way into Northern California, bringing warnings of heavy rain, possible flooding and high winds.(AP Photo/Nic Coury)
First of back-to-back atmospheric rivers pushes into California. Officials urge storm preparations
The first of two back-to-back atmospheric rivers is pushing into California, triggering statewide storm preparations and calls for people to get ready for potential flooding, heavy snow and damaging winds.
 
Space Shuttle Endeavour is lifted into the site of the future Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Space shuttle Endeavour hoisted for display in launch configuration at Los Angeles science museum
The retired NASA space shuttle Endeavour has been carefully hoisted into place at a Los Angeles science museum where it will be displayed as if it is about to blast off.
 
Marlene Sanchez-Barriento salavages items behind her home damaged by flooding, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in. Sanchez-Barriento's home was damaged when flood waters rushed though her home on Monday, Jan. 23. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
San Diegans cry, hug outside damaged homes after stunning flash floods in normally balmy city
Flash floods that raged through parts of San Diego were spawned by a torrential storm that produced the city’s fourth-wettest day on record, in stark contrast to its image as a balmy seaside playground.
 
Downtown Los Angeles is seen from an office building rooftop on Friday, Jan. 5, 2024. A light but widely felt earthquake shook Southern California. There were no immediate reports of damage to buildings, other infrastructure or injuries. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake shakes a wide area of Southern California. No injuries are reported
A light earthquake has shaken a wide area of Southern California. The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at 10:55 a.m. Friday. After several revisions, the magnitude was set at 4.2.
 
In this photo provided by the California Department of Water Resources, the snow level on a mountain peak is seen near the meadow where the first snow survey of the year took place in Phillips Station, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. California is beginning 2024 with a below-normal mountain snowpack a year after it had one of its best starts in decades with storms that eventually pulled the state out of drought. (Fred Greaves/California Department of Water Resources via AP)
California begins 2024 with below-normal snowpack a year after one of the best starts in decades
California is beginning 2024 with a below-normal mountain snowpack a year after it had one of its best starts in decades with storms that pulled the state out of drought.
 
A sand berm is bulldozed to prevent high surf from impacting beach front properties Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, in Ventura, Calif. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
Powerful Pacific swell brings threat of more dangerous surf to California
Bulldozers have built giant sand berms to protect beachfront homes in one of the California coastal cities hit hard this week by extraordinary waves generated by powerful swells from Pacific storms.
 
Beachgoers watch as turbulent surf pounds the coast at Manhattan Beach on Thursday, Dec. 28, 2023 in Manhattan Beach, Calif. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
Huge surf pounds West Coast and Hawaii, flooding some low-lying areas
Powerful surf is rolling onto beaches on the West Coast and Hawaii as a big swell generated by the stormy Pacific Ocean pushes toward shorelines.
 
A motorist makes their way through a flooded street as rain comes down Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023, in Santa Barbara, Calif. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia)
Pacific storm dumps heavy rains, unleashes flooding in California coastal cities
A Pacific storm has pounded parts of Southern California with heavy rain, street flooding and a possible tornado, adding to hassles as holiday travel gets underway.
 
People walk their dogs during a break between rain showers near the Golden Gate Bridge and Fort Point in San Francisco, Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Slow-moving Pacific storm threatens to bring California flooding and mudslides
Heavy rains are drenching parts of California, bringing the threat of flooding and mudslides as millions of people gear up for holiday travel.
 
Attorney Ron Bamieh, left, listens to his client, Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, a professor of computer science at Moorpark College, during an appearance in Ventura County Superior Court in connection with the death of Paul Kessler in Ventura, Calif., Friday, Nov. 17, 2023. California authorities said Friday they have not ruled out that a hate crime was committed in the death of a pro-Israel demonstrator following a confrontation with Alnaji but so far the evidence only supports the charges of involuntary manslaughter and battery. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Professor’s lawyer says video footage will clear his client charged in death of pro-Israel protester
A California prosecutor says evidence supports involuntary manslaughter and battery charges against a college professor accused in the death of a Jewish protester after an altercation at a demonstration over the Israel-Hamas war.
 
FILE - In this photo provided by JLTV, Paul Kessler attends a demonstration in Thousand Oaks, Calif., Sunday Nov. 5, 2023. California authorities have arrested a man in connection with the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war. (JLTV via AP, File)
California professor charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Jewish demonstrator
California authorities have charged a college professor with involuntary manslaughter and battery in the death of a Jewish protester during demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war.
 
The site of a fire is seen under Interstate 10, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles drivers are being tested in their first commute since a weekend fire that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Fire-damaged Los Angeles freeway repairs will take three to five weeks, California governor says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says a stretch of Interstate 10 in Los Angeles that was burned in an act of arson does not need to be demolished, and that repairs will take an estimated three to five weeks.
 
In this aerial view, traffic is backed up under a closed interstate 10 in the aftermath of a fire, Monday, Nov. 13, 2023, in Los Angeles. Los Angeles drivers are being tested in their first commute since a weekend fire that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Arson likely caused fire that damaged vital artery of Los Angeles freeway, governor says
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says arson caused a massive fire that has indefinitely closed a vital section of a freeway in Los Angeles. Engineers have been assessing the situation Monday.
 
Chris Khalil, left, and Jonathan Khalil, sons of the store co-owners, stand beneath a banner put up by lottery officials outside the Midway Market & Liquor where a winning ticket was sold in Frazier Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. The liquor store in a tiny California mountain town reverberated with excitement after word that the winning ticket for a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot was sold there. The drawing Wednesday night ended a long stretch without a winner of the top prize. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
$1.765 billion Powerball jackpot goes to a player who bought a ticket in a California mountain town
A liquor store in a tiny California mountain town is reverberating with excitement after word that the winning ticket for a $1.765 billion Powerball jackpot was sold there.
 
This screen grab from body camera video provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows the arrest of Duane “Keffe D” Davis during a walk outside his home in Henderson, Nev., Sept. 29, 2023. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department via AP)
Las Vegas police video shows first-ever arrest in rapper Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing
Newly released police body camera videos show the arrest of Duane “Keffe D” Davis on suspicion of murder in the 1996 shooting of Tupac Shakur near the Las Vegas Strip.
 
Mike Clinkunbroomer, center right, father of Los Angeles sheriff's deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer watches as a flag is placed over his coffin during a funeral service at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, in Los Angeles. Clinkunbroomer was shot and killed Sept. 16, while sitting in his patrol car in Palmdale, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, Pool)
Funeral held for a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was ambushed in patrol car
Funeral services have been held for a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was slain in what authorities described as an ambush.
 
This undated photo provided by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shows its Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputy died after he was shot in his patrol car Saturday evening, Sept. 16, 2023, by an unknown assailant and an investigation is underway that the sheriff said will press all of the department’s resources into action.(Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department via AP)
A suspect has been arrested in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy
A man has been arrested in the ambush killing of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was shot as he sat in a patrol car.
 
Pacific Gas & Electric employees monitor wind conditions at their Emergency Response Center in Vacaville, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. PG&E cut power to roughly 8,400 Northern California customers Wednesday as gusty winds and low humidity boosted wildfire risk. (AP Photo/Haven Daley)
Critical fire weather arrives in Northern California; PG&E to restore power after targeted outages
Gusty winds and low humidity have brought a high risk of wildfires to the interior of Northern California.
 
FILE - A roadside sign warns motorists of extreme fire danger on Grizzly Peak Boulevard, in Oakland, Calif., on Oct. 25, 2020. Critical fire weather conditions were developing in the interior of Northern California, forecasters said Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2023, and a utility planned to cut power to parts of eight counties to prevent ignitions if wires are downed or damaged. (Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group via AP, File)
Fire weather conditions expected in parts of Northern California. PG&E says power cuts are possible
Forecasters say strong winds and low humidity are expected in Northern California, and a utility may cut power to parts of eight counties to prevent ignitions if wires are downed or damaged.
 
This aerial photo shows Cook's Corner, the scene of a mass shooting, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Trabuco Canyon, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Retired police sergeant who killed 3 at California bar shot his estranged wife first, officials say
Authorities say the retired police officer who opened fire at a popular Southern California bar entered and first shot his estranged wife and her dinner companion before firing at random.
 
Dorian Padilla sits in his car as he waits for a tow after it got stuck in the mud on a street after Tropical Storm Hilary swept through the area Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, in Cathedral City, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
California mountain and desert towns dig out of the mud tropical storm
Crews worked to dig roads, buildings and care home residents out of the mud across a wide swath of Southwestern U.S. desert Monday, after a tropical storm to hit Southern California.
 
Firefighters rescue a person from an assisted living center after the street was flooded with mud following Tropical Storm Hilary Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, in Cathedral City, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Hilary left California desert roads covered in water and mud. Now it’s threatening Oregon and Idaho
Tropical Storm Hilary has drenched Southern California, swept people into swollen rivers, toppled trees onto homes and flooded roads. Crews worked to clear away the debris Monday.
 
Plan would return beachfront taken from Black family in ‘20s
Los Angeles County plans to return prime beachfront property to descendants of a Black couple who built a seaside resort for African Americans but suffered racist harassment and were stripped of it by local city leaders a century ago.
 
Many ballots recovered from burned Los Angeles-area drop box
An elections official says a significant number of ballots were recovered from a Los Angeles County ballot drop box found ablaze outside a suburban library during the weekend.
 
California officials praise more peaceful protesting
California authorities are praising thousands of peaceful protesters who have thronged streets but they also have filed criminal charges against more than 100 people accused of looting and violence.
 
Navy removes 116 from hospital ship after virus infects 7
The Navy has removed 116 medical staff members from its hospital ship docked off Los Angeles after seven of them tested positive for COVID-19. The personnel from the USNS Mercy were taken to a nearby base and remain under quarantine. Lt.
 
Spring storm brings more rain and snow to California
Rain and snow continues to fall on parts of California as a wet spring pushes back against dryness that spread over three-quarters of the state during the dry winter.
 
US finds failures in USC’s treatment of gynecologist claims
The U.S. Department of Education says it found systemic failures in the University of Southern California’s treatment of allegations of sexual abuse by a longtime campus gynecologist.
 
Load More