Brian Frank

Long Beach was the latest in a series of Southern California communities to have a mysterious petroleum substance wash ashore in the form of "tar balls" and "tar patties."

The news comes a little more than a week after it was announced Charter was buying Time Warner Cable, the only major pay-TV provider that carried the 24/7 Dodgers network.

Normally, May is hotter than April, April hotter than March, but in many locations around Southern California, we had a cooling trend the deeper we got into spring, according to the weather service.

The California Science Center has acquired one of the giant orange external fuel tanks the shuttles once rode piggy-back into space, and it will be traversing surface streets to get there.

The awards are part of the MacArthur Foundation's Safety and Justice Challenge, a $75 million initiative to reduce over-incarceration through innovation and reform.

The stadium would be situated near downtown Los Angeles in a 15-acre complex that would also include a conference center, restaurants and a soccer museum.

The Amgen Bike Tour of California is scheduled to roll through the Inland Empire on Saturday before finishing in Pasadena Sunday. You can watch in person, or use the app to take the race with you.

The actor made the announcement via Twitter, hinting at a breakdown in contract negotiations. Showrunner Al Jean says the characters will not be killed off.

The San Bernardino Sheriff's Department has released the names of 10 deputies allegedly involved in the beating, captured in TV news footage, of a suspect who appeared to have surrendered last month.

Former mayor David Perez has come under intense scrutiny in recent weeks over lucrative contracts he and his family held with the city over the past 20 years.

According to L.A. City Attorney Mike Feuer's office, the bank imposed unrealistic sales quotas that drove its employees to open fee-generating accounts without customers' permission.

The Apple Watch is available as of Friday. Here's how to get your hands on one, the games you can play, why you might not really like it, and more.