Sharon McNary

Caltrans officials said Sunday: "Keeping people off our roadways helps our operations continue to move forward."

The stretch is known as the Tommy Lasorda Memorial Highway. It runs through Orange County near his Fullerton home.

San Bernardino County Sheriff Shannon Dicus said it could be a week before residents can get out of their homes and down the mountain.

LA 28, the private nonprofit group that is staging the games, says those sports will generate interest from a younger audience.

All you need to know about an ancient sport that commemorates the life and death of a Chinese poet and patriot.

Members of several groups of homeless advocates from across Los Angeles converged on a homeless encampment at Echo Park Lake on Feb. 12 to protest the routine weekly litter collection.

Angelenos are used to looking up Heal the Bay's annual beach water quality report card each May as we search out the cleanest places to swim and surf.

Large utilities cut off power to millions of Californians over the past two months to reduce the risk that power lines might spark new fires. Nearly 200,000 Southern California Edison customers were blacked out, some for days at a time.

Fire moves fastest when it’s driven by the wind up a slope. Residents who live atop the scenic ravines of Porter Ranch know their homes can be especially vulnerable to wildfire.

During wildfires, fire experts estimate about 10 percent of people ignore evacuation orders, and another 25 percent wait around to see how bad the fire is before leaving. KPCC’s Sharon McNary has the story of one woman in that wait-and-see group.

The Aliso Canyon gas leak broke out near Porter Ranch nearly four years ago. On Tuesday a City Councilman called for an investigation of a different underground gas field after troubling images surfaced on video.

Angelenos have more than a dozen self-cleaning automated toilets scattered around the city and county, but the first to go into a Los Angeles City park was opened recently. KPCC's Sharon McNary visited.