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LOS ANGELES — The man who shot and killed two El Monte police officers Tuesday could have faced significantly more years in prison when he was last charged with a crime. But one of District Attorney George Gascon’s most heavily criticized policies may have led to a significantly lower sentence,…

LOS ANGELES — Authorities are trying to piece together the chain of events that left two El Monte police officers fatally shot after responding to a call at a local motel.

Doctors, teachers, engineers and other Afghans who were forced to associate with the Taliban will now have a chance at asylum or visas after the Biden administration loosened a terrorism-related designation on Tuesday, according to government officials and documents reviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

The death of Philip Baker Hall, who starred in Seinfeld and Modern Family, was announced on social media by his friend and neighbour, Los Angeles Times sports writer, Sam Farmer

It looks like the Lakers will have a good chance once again of finding an undrafted rookie who will contribute.

The Lakers continue to signal - at least for now with three months to go until training camp opens - that they do not want to force a Russell Westbrook trade that costs them additional assets. Source: Marc Stein @ marcstein.substack.com What's the ...

She was an Asian American candidate in a predominantly white rural county who was called “a carpetbagger” in election mailers from her detractors.

LOS ANGELES — Moviemaking was 29-year-old cinematographer Peng Wang's dream. He grew up in a small town in northern Sichuan province, where his family ran a small convenience store and scrimped and saved everything to support their son's filmmaking career.

LOS ANGELES — To pull off his improbable win in 2018, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva convinced liberal Democratic voters he was one of their own.

Bass built a reputation as a progressive but her views on divisive issues have led to protests from organizers

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Voters will likely stick with their partisan preferences in two of California’s most consequential state primary races, giving Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta an easy leg up in the June 7 election, according to a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored…