Plenty of people will chew a stick of gum on the first Friday of February, but why not plan a road trip to California’s famous alley o’ gum?

Search warrants were served Wednesday at locations in California and Washington state in the investigation of the disappearance of college student Kristin Smart in 1996, authorities said.

A Marina del Rey woman was charged along with two other people in the killing of her 72-year-old stepfather, whose burned body was discovered nearly two weeks ago in a San Bernardino County dry lake bed, prosecutors said Tuesday.

The California Coastal Commission is considering a plan to phase out off-road vehicles at the Oceano Dunes Natural Preserve on the central coast.

A surfer suffered leg bites but survived a shark attack on California’s Central Coast after kicking the massive fish away.

A minimum security inmate at a San Luis Obispo prison, a little over a year away from parole, disappeared Tuesday morning.
The prison is located about 200 miles north of Los Angeles.

SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 rocket and satellite into orbit Sunday night from Vandenberg Air Force Base and also safely landed the ship’s rocket booster back to Earth, marking a West Coast first for the Hawthorne-based company.

Visitors to Hearst Castle on the central California coast will soon be able to see its extravagant Neptune Pool full of water again.

California transportation officials are targeting July for reopening a stretch of iconic Highway 1 in the scenic Big Sur coastal region that was blocked last year by a massive landslide. The crucial road that connects Los Angeles to San Francisco was projected to open in mid-September but Caltrans announced Tuesday it will open to all travelers by the end of July.

California transportation officials are targeting mid-September for reopening a stretch of iconic Highway 1 in the scenic Big Sur coastal region that was blocked by a massive landslide following storms almost a year ago.

An initiative to split California into three states has received enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot, its author says.

A cold air mass behind a storm that has coursed though the Southland will generate frigid temperatures Tuesday morning, night and again Wednesday morning.

The first of three storms out of the Pacific Northwest will produce light rainfall in Southern California Tuesday ahead of another round of wet conditions later this week.

Bundle up, Southern California, because you’re bound to feel a chill from the frost advisory in effect. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2018.

A Mexican man living in the U.S. illegally used his job as an Uber driver to target intoxicated young women and was charged Monday with raping, assaulting and robbing four victims, California prosecutors said.

As Southern California residents lose their homes to ferocious wildfires, weeks before Christmas, U-Haul was offering free 30-day storage to those affected Tuesday.

A powerful thunderstorm that whipped up strong winds and dumped rain and hail on parts of Southern California produced nearly 40,000 lightning strikes, according to the National Weather Service. The agency said Tuesday that the flashes were observed over a 24-hour period starting Sunday morning across Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties.

Two hikers walking a High Sierra trail in California’s wilderness encountered a wild mountain lion in their path, videotaping part of the nerve-wracking stare-down with the big cat that lasted nearly half an hour.

California Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday night blocked parole for Charles Manson follower and convicted killer Bruce Davis.

After smash and grab thieves took an estimated $7 thousand worth of wine and spirits from a Culver City BevMo!, police pursued a suspect
vehicle, and made three arrests, including one man trying to hide on a resaturant roof. Investigators are looking for connections to similar burglaries.