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A wealthy California woman who co-founded a burn center foundation in the Los Angeles area was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison Monday for the hit-and-run killings of two children while they were in a crosswalk more than three years ago.

An L.A. County Superior Court judge upheld Grossman's conviction in the 2020 murders of Mark and Jacob Iskander, saying the evidence was 'sufficient.'

As growing numbers of countertop cutters in California suffer from an incurable and deadly lung disease, silicosis, lawmakers are seeking to clamp down.

Any given weekend at the Yucca Valley Material Lab can be action-packed from workshops to shows. It's helped artists build community in the high desert.

Food Forward saves nearly 2 million pounds of produce every week. It all started with a slow walk through a Los Angeles neighborhood full of unpicked fruit.

After meeting at a party, singer Michael McDonald and actor Paul Reiser teamed up to write McDonald's memoir, "What a Fool Believes."

The Dodgers' Teacher Appreciation Day event here in L.A. is a lovely gesture. My wife, a teacher, was too busy to attend. There's a lesson there.

Many believe white Americans suffer higher rates of premature death from addiction, overdoses and mental health. Researchers say that's false.

Once you do your time for a criminal conviction, you deserve to have your voting rights restored. A bill by California Sen. Laphonza Butler is a small step in that direction.

Officials said they were investigating a reported case of hepatitis A affecting an employee of a Beverly Hills Whole Foods, just days after announcing that several cases had been detected among unhoused people in L.A. County.