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A 28-year-old man was arrested in connection with an animal cruelty case in which a video captured a man slamming a dog against the ground in Long Beach.

California is spending $500 million to put an additional 1,000 electric school buses on the road as federal cuts and freezes paused efforts in other states to replace aging diesel-fueled fleets that are more polluting. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced Wednesday that 1,000 zero-emission school buses and related charging infrastructure will...

Thousands of blue and purple sea creatures have been washing ashore in Ventura County beaches.  These strange looking creatures are known as Velella velellas. They are related to jellyfish as well as sea anemones, corals, and hydroids, according to the National Park Service.  These oval-shaped creatures are about four inches long with a t...

A 45-year-old man was arrested in an investigation into the abuse and killing of cats in a Santa Ana neighborhood. Police said they received multiple calls from residents over the past few weeks with disturbing animal cruelty reports. Residents told police a man had been luring the cats to his property, then capturing them and abusing or killing th...

Southwest Airlines said it plans to cut flights in the second half of 2025 and pulled its 2025 and 2026 guidance.

Catholic cardinals from around the world are converging on Vatican City in advance of the conclave that will elect the successor to Pope Francis.

Southern California Edison started work this week to prepare an idle power transmission line for removal from the area where the deadly Eaton Fire started and rapidly spread in a powerful windstorm in January. The prep work and removal are further steps in the investigation to determine how the second-most destructive wildfire on record in Californ...

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, marked many firsts when he was elected as the 266th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Latin American pope, first Jesuit pope and first pope to take the name Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi. During his papacy, Pope Francis led multiple attempts at church reform and often advocated f...

Enormous C-130 military planes will soar over Angeles National Forest this week in a training exercise for military pilots learning to fly the modified aircraft in steep terrain to fight wildfires. The behemoth four-engine turboprop military transport planes equipped to fight fires are part of a training class for personnel at Channel Islands Air N...

The man suspected of cutting down several trees in downtown Los Angeles was arrested on Tuesday, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a press release on Tuesday. 

Shots were fired during an attempted robbery Wednesday morning at a marijuana dispensary in South Whitter,.

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A memorial mass to honor the life and ministry of Pope Francis will be held Friday at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angels, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles announced Tuesday. The special service will be held at 12:10 p.m. by Archbishop José H. Gomez, who will be joined by Auxiliary bishops and clergy of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles….