Police have arrested a man they say stole a trailer filled with toys for needy children just one week before Christmas. According to an arrest report, 50-year-old Oscar Gomezguerra was caught on surveillance video taking the trailer from St. Kevin’s Church located in Southwest Miami-Dade. Just two days after the trailer was stolen, an anonymous caller tipped off police...

Debbie Reynolds had everything prepared to celebrate Christmas 2016 with her family when her daughter, actress Carrie Fisher, suffered a heart attack aboard a flight on Dec. 23, NBC News reports. Fisher died four days later, on Dec. 27. Her mother, Reynolds, passed away the following day from a stroke. Her son, Todd Fisher, blamed heartbreak for his mother’s death. Sue Cameron,...

A strong typhoon that barreled through the central Philippines left at least 28 dead and 12 missing, and forced thousands to flee their homes, devastating Christmas celebrations in the predominantly Roman Catholic country.

The Los Angeles Bureau of Sanitation and Environment’s Christmas Tree Recycling Program is ready to help. The bureau provides environmentally friendly options for recycling holiday trees, and it receives between 90,000 to 100,000 trees annually. The trees are turned into mulch rather than dumped into a landfill, and the compost is made available to residents and city operations. Tree recycling options are: Green Bins....

Now that holiday gifts have been opened, it’s time to take a moment to say thanks with a handwritten thank you note.

Christmas produces a lot of joy…and garbage. Americans produce 25% more trash between Thanksgiving and Christmas, according to the EPA. Learn what should go into the recycle bin and what might be better suited for the landfill — or swapped out completely.

A Christmas laundry-and-pancakes marathon in Santa Ana helped those in need with an often overlooked need: clean clothes. Vikki Vargas reports Dec. 24, 2019.

Planning on schussing, riding, or by-the-fireside-ing as the year says hasta? Pack your booties and scarf.

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva joined LA Archbishop José Gómez for Christmas Mass and celebrations with area inmates. NBCLA reports Dec. 25, 2019.

Families flocked to LA’s Midnight Mission’s Annual Brunch and Toy Giveaway, as organizers say they see the community need continue to grow. Ted Chen reports Dec. 25, 2019.

Traditional Santa Claus figurines, Plush Santa Claus dolls, Santas of different nationalities, miniature Santas and ones that sing and dance — even a Santa Claus doing pushups. You’ll find more than 300 versions of the jolly ol’ fellow in Suarez’s San Diego home at Christmastime. But the tradition serves a special purpose for the Suarez family, who lost their son,…

Are you feeling naughty or ice? Spin around the rink at Pershing Square on the yuletide.

Reenactors will take to the Delaware River on Christmas to recreate George Washington and his troops daring 1776 crossing.

As the people at Our Lady of Guadalupe church in San Jose prayed Christmas Eve, the community around them came together to raise money after a shocking theft.

Lines of people poured out the door of a Santa Ana tamale shop as eager fans waited to buy Christmas Eve tamales. Vikki Vargas reports Dec. 24, 2019.

Pope Francis assured the faithful on Christmas Eve that God loves everyone — “even the worst of us” — as he celebrated the joyous birth of Christ after a less-than-joyful year of scandals and opposition. With a choir singing the classic Christmas hymn “The First Noel,” Francis processed down the center aisle of St. Peter’s Basilica late Tuesday and unveiled…

In search of those last-minute Christmas gifts, shoppers were out in force on Christmas Eve. Darsha Philips reports Dec. 24, 2019.

A Philadelphia mailman delivered more than just letters and packages when he dressed up as Santa Claus and spread Christmas cheer along his route.

Strong Water, Preux & Proper, Ever Bar, and Blitzen’s at Here and Now are the spots for festively themed sips.

The Santa Barbara Zoo will be open for a few hours on Dec. 25, and, ho, ho, ho, there are some antlered superstars to admire.