LA County using CARES Act money to partially pay PR firms for COVID-19 messaging; now totaling $2.9 million

Los Angeles County has extended agreements with two PR firms hired to guide the county’s COVID-19 messaging and is using federal CARES Act money to offset part of the cost of their contracts, which now total $2.9 million, according to documents obtained exclusively by FOX 11.

Disneyland Resort expected to stay closed until January 2021

Disneyland Resort has announced that Disneyland and California Adventure Park will remain closed at least until January 2021 due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. 

California Senate sweepstakes: Who gets Kamala Harris’ job?

Election Day is over but California already is consumed with its next high-profile political contest — the competition to fill Kamala Harris’ soon-to-be-vacant U.S. Senate seat.

California considers decriminalizing psychedelic drugs

A California lawmaker wants the state to decriminalize possession of magic mushrooms and other psychedelics as part of an agenda to ratchet down the war on drugs.

Compromised COVID test ruins woman’s Hawaiian vacation

A Bay Area woman's vacation was ruined by a compromised COVID-19 test. She flew to Hawaii and back immediately because she would have had to quarantine.

'Tudors' star Jonathan Rhys Meyers arrested on suspicion of DUI in Malibu

Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers was arrested on suspicion of driving while impaired following a  solo-vehicle crash in Malibu, authorities confirmed Tuesday.

LAPD officer arrested in connection to reported stolen vehicle

An officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has been arrested on suspicion of stealing a vehicle from a used car dealership in the city of Orange, authorities announced Tuesday.

Childhood friend sang Jackson 5 on school bus with Kamala Harris in Berkeley

Childhood friend Carole Porter sat next to Kamala Harris on the bus to Thousand Oaks Elementary School in Berkeley singing Jackson 5 songs.

Investigation underway after L.A. man threatens mass shooting if Biden wins presidential election

A Los Angeles area man who took to social media to threaten a mass shooting if Vice President Joe Biden wins the presidential election has been detained for a mental health evaluation Friday, according to the FBI and published reports.

Driver takes police on wild pursuit down runways at Van Nuys Airport

An investigation was underway Friday after authorities detained a driver who took police on a pursuit down runways at Van Nuys Airport.

Immigrant pleads guilty to killing California officer in case that reiginited Trump border security debate

A Mexican immigrant in the country illegally pleaded guilty under a deal with prosecutors in an emotional hearing Thursday to killing a Fiji-born California police officer in a case that President Donald Trump used to bolster his call for tougher border security.

Former MLB prospect found guilty of beating 3 people to death with baseball bat in 2015

A former Major League Baseball prospect was convicted Thursday of beating three people to death, including his disabled father, at their family home in Corona in 2015, prosecutors said.