From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Pervert David Lea asked who he believed to be a 12-year-old boy to send him a photo of his private area. But the 36-year-old was in fact communicating with an undercover police officer.

Firefighters are working to contain a new wildfire, dubbed the Hughes Fire, which exploded east of Lake Castaic in northern Los Angeles County on Wednesday. The fire had charred more than 8,000 ...

SACRAMENTO, California — President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration actions have quickly made Rob Bonta the state’s chief border antagonist. The California attorney general was a state ...

After a day of strong winds that helped fuel small, scattered fires across Southern California, a reprieve from extreme fire danger may be in sight. A small amount of rain is in the forecast ...

Liftoff occurred at 10:45 a.m. ET today (Jan. 21). SpaceX launched another batch of its Starlink internet satellites from California's central coast today (Jan. 21). A Falcon 9 rocket carrying 27 ...

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It's all hands-on deck in Southern California, where deadly fires continue ... the City of Angels back to where it once was. Below are photos that capture the aftermath of the blazes, which ...

WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump told NBC News that he will likely visit California next week after his inauguration to view the devastation caused by wildfires in the greater Los Angeles ...

Here’s a look at some new California laws that take effect on Jan. 1, 2025. Jan. 1, 2025 The passage of Proposition 36 — a sweeping overhaul of Proposition 47 — has been projected to ...