California

California took a major step Monday in its emergence from pandemic shutdown orders when its public health department announced the statewide reopening of in-store retail shopping. The retail guidance for in-person shopping that is already in place for certain counties now applies statewide, officials said in a statement. Retail does not include per...

Two Calexico city officials were charged with accepting cash bribes in exchange for the quick issuance of a cannabis dispensary permit, the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of California announced.

Riverside County reported its highest one-day increase of COVID-19 cases on Monday on the heels of a major easing of public health orders this weekend that allowed in-person dining and shopping. Health officials reported three days worth of data, showing 88 new cases on Saturday, 180 on Sunday and 272 Monday, the highest single-day figure since the...

A surveillance camera captured a mountain lion strolling around a yard in Pacifica’s Vallemar neighborhood last week. The big cat was seen walking on the lawn and drinking from a bird bath before disappearing into the darkness.

Gov. Gavin Newsom released a framework Monday for reopening religious institutions that were ordered closed to the public due to the coronavirus pandemic The guidelines include distancing measures, including limits on the number of people attending a service, and protocols for disinfecting and cleaning, such as additional hand sanitizer stations an...

An 18-plane formation of historic planes will fly over the Inland Empire, Orange and Los Angeles counties on Memorial Day, saluting veterans and health care workers.  “We came up with the idea after seeing the Thunderbirds and Blue Angels making the rounds,” Commemorative Air Force Inland Empire Wing Operations Manager Bill Prosser told City ...

Nine food packing facilities in the city of Vernon have reported coronavirus outbreaks among their employees, and the largest outbreak is at a Farmer John meat packing plant. The plant is operated by Smithfield Foods, known for manufacturing the famous Dodger Dog.  At that facility, 153 employees, out of a total 1800, tested positive for COVID...

A group of Stanford University students is helping families across the Bay Area find grab-and-go meal sites.

Still a far cry from a normal Memorial Day Weekend, but some wineries in Sonoma County are reopening with restrictions.

The San Francisco Fire Department saved a piece of American history from a fire that occurred at the city’s Pier 45 on Memorial Day Weekend.

See inside the World War II-era D-Day Doll, a paratrooper and cargo plane now based in Riverside. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Monday May 25, 2020.

An initiative that would overturn provisions of AB 5 applying to app-based transportation and delivery drivers has qualified for the November ballot. What supporters dubbed the “Protect App-Based Drivers and Services Act” was written in response to last year’s passage of AB 5, according to Stacey Wells, a spokeswoman for the campa...

Bay Area Republican leaders have confirmed that the party is suing California over Gov. Gavin Newsom’s vote-by-mail order, claiming that the system opens itself up to inaccuracy and fraudulent voting.