Faced with abandonment from the state, rural residents built their own fire lines, shelters, and support systems.

California air quality regulators are failing to address landfill pollution, putting communities at risk of toxic exposure and health issues.

Three years ago, as the region and nation were still in the grip of the Covid-19 pandemic, Los Angeles-area hospitals were in ...

An Orange County man and two other suspects have been charged with carrying out a nearly $270 million Medi-Cal fraudulent ...

The massive COVID-19 benefits fraud scheme that the Victorville resident is accused of is the largest ever identified, ...

Federal prosecutors arrested four Southern California residents Friday in connection with the largest-ever COVID-19 benefits fraud scheme, including two who are additionally accused of shooting and ...

Four Southern California suspects were charged with allegedly defrauding the government of $93 million through a COVID tax ...

Five years after COVID shut down most California high schools, today's college students describe a difficult transition to adulthood.

Nearly two dozen state prisons last week imposed sweeping restrictions on their incarcerated population, including shutting off all outside communication. Now, hundreds of prisoners are reported to be ...

Over 20 California prisons shut off outside communication for inmates under big restrictions that took effect in June, which led to hunger strikes.

It’s inspiring.” Cayla Mihalovich is a California Local News fellow. Guard towers outside of Kern Valley State Prison on Nov. 15, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local ...

In California, the corrections department has imposed broad restrictions on incarcerated people twice in the span of three months. Prisons report ‘surge in violence’ The last restrictions on March 8 ...