Aaron Mendelson

Gun sales are high in 2016, likely fueled by a spate of mass shootings and fears over gun control legislation restricting future sales.

How well are Southern Californians saving water without being told to? The answer in most places is: not great.

In June's primary election, mail-in ballots without signatures or those submitted by people not registered to vote were among those tossed.

Nearly 200 law enforcement robots and related parts have been transferred to California agencies from the military, including to many smaller police forces.

Almost 20 businesses got licenses to sell alcohol in Highland Park in the past 3 years. Some residents worry that's too many.

Police officers across Southern California are wearing black bands across their badges to mourn the deaths of five of their colleagues in Dallas.

The L.A. County Sheriff's Department will no longer report to the public whether individual shootings are judged in or out of policy, following union objections.

Turnout estimates climbed in the weeks since June 7, as vote by mail ballots and provisional ballots were added. Early counts showed turnout just below 30 percent in L.A.

After three weeks registrar Neal Kelley says his office has finished counting votes. The official turnout was 49.6 percent of registered voters.

The warning level on AQMD's air quality index is red. That means it's unhealthy for everyone — not just people with respiratory problems.

More than $1.4 million in political spending from backers of charter school reform resulted in a stalemate. Considerably more spending is possible before November's general election.

Running calculations under a state-mandated "stress test," the Metropolitan Water District says it's got available supplies to withstand three more years of drought.