LOS ANGELES � There had been high-speed pursuits before on L.A. freeways. But nothing compares to the surreal day of June 17, 1994, when O.J. Simpson and his white Bronco captivated the world's attention. One lawyer at the time called it "the day Los Angeles stopped." Driven by Simpson's boyhood friend and former NFL colleague Al "A.C." Cowlings, the ex-football star led police on a two-hour ...

LOS ANGELES � After a barrier-breaking career over more than a half-century that took her from being the first woman mayor of San Francisco to the longest-serving female Senator in U.S. history, California's late Sen. Dianne Feinstein may be honored with a post office named for her. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, who, along with California's junior senator, this week proposed naming a San ...

LOS ANGELES � The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to temporarily stop issuing new dog breeding licenses because of overcrowding at city-run animal shelters. The city's six shelters have 737 kennels, but more than 1,500 dogs were living at the shelters in February, according to the most recent available data. The shelters are more than 200% over capacity, which has led to dogs tripled up ...

LOS ANGELES � California is poised to fail to meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals by the end of the decade unless it can triple its efforts to reduce carbon emissions statewide, according to a critical new report. Although the state has pledged to slash planet-warming emissions by 40% of 1990 levels by 2030, the state is not on track to meet that commitment, according an analysis ...

There was a roaring wave of applause as Dev Patel took the stage after the world premiere of “Monkey Man� at Austin’s Paramount Theatre late on Monday night. As the crowd came to its feet for a standing ovation, Patel turned away from the audience, wiping tears from his eyes with his sleeve. Academy Award-nominated for 2016’s “Lion,� the actor had put his on-screen career largely on hold so he ...