Aaron Mendelson

That number is similar to previous years in Los Angeles County. But nationwide data suggests the number of fatal police shootings in the region is particularly high.

The parents of a man killed by El Monte police have filed a civil rights claim. The man was in a vehicle pursuit with officers who shot him in his car.

Voter turnout jumped from 2012 across much of Southern California. Turnout in Orange County was a bright spot, but Los Angeles County moved in the other direction.

As California lawmakers begin a new session, data shows the 120-member Legislature is far more male and white than the state it represents.

The controversial congressman won re-election in a tight race to represent parts of San Diego and Orange Counties, according to the Associated Press.

Lasers beamed aimed at airplanes are a growing risk and L.A. is a national hotspot for the problem.

The rain fell hard enough to swell rivers, flood freeways and knock out electricity. That's good news for drought-stricken Southern California, but bad news for beachgoers.

Several close races are in the balance while votes remain to be tallied across California, according to Secretary of State figures. About a million of those are in Los Angeles County.

In a hard-fought, expensive race to represent the Inland Empire, incumbent Assemblymember Cheryl Brown fell to challenger Eloise Reyes. Both are Democrats.

Charter school advocates flooded state legislative races with more than $18 million in campaign spending — and mostly got the results they were seeking.

Los Angeles County voters weighed in Tuesday on a proposal to raise the sales tax to fund billions of dollars in transportation projects.

If history is any guide, a majority of registered voters will cast a ballot. L.A. County's voter turnout in the last presidential election, in 2012, was 71 percent.