Shelby Grad

As state officials make their case for gay marriage, a new Field Poll showed record support in California for same sex unions. "By a nearly two-to-one margin (61% to 32%), California voters approve of allowing same-sex couples to marry," according to...

The 5 Freeway is closed in both directions in Burbank after a big rig crashed through the center divider at Buena Vista Street. The crash has jammed traffic for miles, and officials are not sure when the freeway will reopen. [Updated at 5:45 p.m.: One...

Wind gusts topping 70 mph were recorded Monday afternoon as Southern California was buffeted by a major Santa Ana wind event. The National Weather Service said the high winds were causing dust storms and had created zero-visibility conditions in some...

Thomson Reuters has "dismantled" the work computer of deputy social media editor Matthew Keys after he was indicted Thursday for allegedly conspiring with members of the hacking group “Anonymous” to infiltrate a Tribune site, the wire...

Times crime reporters Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein will join city editor Shelby Grad at 12:30 p.m. in a Google+ hangout to discuss a Florida man sentenced to 10 years in prison for hacking celebrity email accounts, including those of Mila Kunis,...

Video captured the sounds of gunfire Saturday in the parking lot of Fashion Island in Newport Beach, where police say a man fired at least 50 rounds. Marcos Gurrola, 42, of Garden Grove, was arrested in the parking lot near......

Los Angeles Times crime reporters Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein will join City Editor Shelby Grad in a Google+ hangout at 2 p.m. to discuss rapper Notorious B.I.G.'s autopsy, which was released last week 15 years after his slaying. The......

Times Inland Empire correspondent Phil Willon will join L.A. Now Live to discuss the alleged terror plot involving four Southern California men who were arrested and charged after a months-long investigation into what authorities said was a plan to commit...

A small earthquake was reported Monday morning near Hollywood. The 2.6 magnitude temblor was reported at 7:44 a.m. A preliminary map put the epicenter around Universal City, the Los Angeles Times reported. Because it was so small, it's unclear how...

Times reporters Kate Mather and Angel Jennings will join city editor Shelby Grad at 1 p.m. PDT for a Google+ Hangout on the space shuttle Endeavour's L.A. flyover and the controversial tree removal to make way for the craft in South L.A....

A rotten-egg smell likely caused by a fish die-off at the Salton Sea has residents across Southern California holding their noses. Thousands of people from Palm Springs to Ventura County reported the odor, which probably combined with strong winds...

A series of Times stories has tracked the state's two-year colleges buckling under the stress of funding cuts, increased demand and a weak record of student success. Times education editor Beth Shuster and reporter Stephen Ceasar will join city editor.......