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Former Los Angeles City Councilman Alex Padilla resigned Monday as California secretary of state and was formally appointed by the governor to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

Implementation of a nationwide mask mandate, combined with complementary public health measures, could reduce the coronavirus’ spread to essentially zero and have a potential $1 trillion impact on the U.S. GDP, according to UCLA Fielding School of Public Health researchers.

A California man who told police that the coronavirus pandemic left him afraid to fly has been arrested on charges that he hid in a secured area at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport for three months.

Those who have spotted him can’t wait for him to zoom by again. This masked Mandalorian, like the Star Wars character, is on a mission of sorts, only this “man child,” as he calls himself, is armed with his sense of humor.

A plan to improve safety on streets in a Valley Village neighborhood took a wrong turn.

California has surpassed the 3 million mark of coronavirus cases, according to NBC News. The state confirmed 3,007,420 cases and 33,595 deaths Sunday night.

The Los Angeles Chargers hired Brandon Staley as their head coach Sunday, hoping he can replicate his success as the Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator with SoFi Stadium’s other NFL tenant.

A man was fatally shot and a second man was wounded inside a car that crashed outside a hospital in Panorama City.

A man is suing Los Angeles County and Sheriff Alex Villanueva, alleging they share responsibility for a beating he suffered when he was attacked by gang members while he and other juvenile camp wards were aboard a Sheriff’s Department bus in 2019.

The launch occurred after the Boeing 747-400 took off from Mojave Air and Space Port in the desert north of Los Angeles and flew out over the Pacific Ocean to a drop point beyond the Channel Islands.

A brush fire burning near Mountain Center has burned 715 acres and was 30% contained on Sunday.

The number of coronavirus patients in county hospitals dropped from 7,597 Saturday to 7,498, with 23% in the ICU. After peaking at just over 8,000, hospitalizations have been inching downward in recent days.

Hospitalization rates continued to dip, dropping to 2,026 Sunday — down from 2,065 on Saturday, 2,101 Friday and 2,169 Thursday, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. The number of coronavirus patients in intensive care decreased by four to 538, a slight reduction from last Sunday’s record of 547.