A self-taught architect started building a round barn after his wife died. Its beauty draws strangers off the highway in Oklahoma.

For many parents confounded by an array of official dictates, closing playgrounds crossed a line in the sandbox.

At age 98, Louis Moore, a Chinese American World War II veteran, has written a book about his beloved Nellie, a Japanese American woman he met after her release from a prison camp.

Even people who think masks are pointless against 'coronavirus cooties' are trying to sell them.

With the Trump administration planning to move 1,400 migrant children to this fortified Army post later this summer, a small group of Japanese American World War II internment camp survivors came to...

Rural Del Norte County has more people hospitalized with COVID-19 than at any other point in the pandemic. Its only hospital is overwhelmed.

At least 58 people were killed and almost 500 were injured after a gunman opened fire at a country music festival in Las Vegas. These are their names and stories.

Unified Homes, a business in Orange that was built from the ground up, became the setting for tragedy.

When the COVID-19 pandemic began last spring, Dr. Scott Kobner knew history was unfolding. Soon he began showing up at the hospital on his days off with his Leica M6 and M10 cameras.

Antiracism protests following the death of George Floyd are happening even in rural, mostly-white communities. Along with them have come threats and rumors.

The children were going to die. Mohamed Bzeek knew that.

What's next for rural California, which heartily supported recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom?

The children were going to die. Mohamed Bzeek knew that.

A shirtless man wearing boxer shorts shut down the southbound lanes of the 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles for two hours Wednesday morning after he scaled an exit sign, unfurled political banners...

Nathan Damigo brought his message of white separatism to an unusual place: an ethnic studies class at Cal State Stanislaus called Searching for America.

California's decision to close the prison in Susanville rocked the town, where the consequences could be dire for residents and businesses that depend on the economics of incarceration.

Keith Mannes is among conservative pastors to recently take a stand against the president. He believes Trump goes against the teachings of Christianity.

Witnessing so much pain over the last year from the COVID-19 pandemic will likely take a major toll on healthcare workers' mental health, experts say.

Officials are urging California to make it easier to transfer hospital patients to places like L.A. County.

No easy answers when a family member has fallen into the clutches of "Q," the conspiracy theory popular with supporters of former President Trump.

How soon could we bring the baby to a Dodgers game?

A plaque honoring Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederacy, was quietly removed from the park at Horton Plaza Park in downtown San Diego Wednesday morning.

Chances are, if you live outside the middle of the country, you’ve probably never heard of Braum’s.

The effort to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom resonates in conservative Northern California, which has long been skeptical of leadership in Sacramento.

The children were going to die. Mohamed Bzeek knew that.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and a longtime businessman, was attacked Friday morning at his home in San Francisco.

All donned face masks and red wristbands after proving they had either been vaccinated against or had recently tested negative for the greatest villain of all: COVID-19.

Tensions are rising in Shasta County, where a far-right group wants to recall supervisors, has threatened foes and bragged about ties to law enforcement.

For an L.A. Times reporter covering the pandemic, the statistics suddenly became tragic, personal losses, family and friends taken by the virus.

Coronavirus: Lower-paid hospital staffers say they face risks just like doctors and nurses but feel ignored

A conservation group is turning over a redwood grove on the Northern California coast to descendants of the original Native American inhabitants.

Redding readers stay informed amid 'apocalyptic' Carr Fire through efforts of local newspaper.

Ammon Bundy built his name on confronting government. Now he wants to be Idaho's governor, pledging to protect conservative values by turning federal land into private development.

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The iconic Monterey Bay Aquarium has been closed since March because of the pandemic, forcing major cutbacks. Still, the animals must be cared for.

When I told my parents I was bringing my 3-year-old daughter with me on assignment to Guatemala City, I heard a gasp.

Coronavirus: Pandemic turns Northern California counties into news deserts

The state's oldest weekly newspaper, which once published Mark Twain, will keep printing after a California retiree stepped in to save the day.

An Alaska mayor wants to send homeless people to Los Angeles. Here's what they have to say about that.

As Latino COVID-19 deaths spike, a tireless stream of bodies

A Shasta County supervisors' meeting was faced with verbal threats to government officials and talk of civil war. "You have made bullets expensive. But luckily for you, ropes are reusable," one...

As coronavirus cases surge in California's rural Central Valley, a self-declared 'sanctuary city for business' is defiant, even as the state is threatening to withdraw funding. On both sides of the...

Jarrid Wilson, a young pastor at Greg Laurie's Southern California megachurch Harvest Christian Fellowship who was known for his mental health advocacy, died by suicide, the church announced this...

State Insurance head Ricardo Lara announced a one-year moratorium banning insurers from not renewing policies for homeowners in fire-ravaged areas.

Eight people died and 25 were hospitalized after crowds surged at the Travis Scott's Astroworld Festival in Houston on Friday.

Rural communities of color continue to be overlooked, and that holds real risks for the democratic process.

Rural Del Norte County has more people hospitalized with COVID-19 than at any other point in the pandemic. Its only hospital is overwhelmed.

On Sunday, the pastor of Cross Culture Christian Center in Lodi, Calif., was greeted by several police officers in the parking lot about an hour before he intended to hold an in-person service...