The Latest Breaking News from Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — Death Valley National Park, famous for its parched, otherworldly landscapes, closed completely Friday because of historic rainfall and flash flooding. About 500 visitors and 500 staff members were stuck in the park after the closures, with no major injuries reported, though about 60 vehicles were damaged.

LOS ANGELES — To say acquiring Juan Soto (and Josh Bell, Josh Hader and Brandon Drury) took things to a new level for the Padres is like saying the traffic leaving Dodger Stadium can back up.

LOS ANGELES — After eight months of analyzing and tweaking and deftly maneuvering through college football's first offseason of something akin to free agency, how was it going to feel early Friday morning for the new-look USC Trojans to finally be together at Brian Kennedy Field?

LOS ANGELES — Actor Anne Heche has been hospitalized after she crashed her car and caused a home to catch fire in Mar Vista on Friday.

LOS ANGELES — Anne Heche, the Emmy-nominated actor known for "Gracie's Choice" and "Vanished," reportedly has been hospitalized after she crashed her car and caused a home to catch fire in Mar Vista on Friday.

LOS ANGELES — With the appeal of Trevor Bauer's suspension now expected to extend beyond the end of the World Series, one of his attorneys has asked a Los Angeles court to put a rape trial on hold so she can conclude her work on behalf of the Dodgers pitcher.

LOS ANGELES — A registered nurse has been arrested and will be booked on vehicular manslaughter charges in the fiery Windsor Hills crash that killed five people, including a pregnant woman, law enforcement sources confirmed to the Los Angeles Times on Friday.

Nurse faces charges in fiery LA crash that killed 5

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County man was charged this week with multiple felonies for allegedly impersonating a doctor and performing unlicensed cosmetic procedures on women, a majority of whom were Spanish-speaking.