A suspected smuggling boat carrying 21 migrants was intercepted near San Clemente Island. One passenger died after a Coast Guard medical evacuation.

Willson Contreras took a 95-mph fastball to the back of his helmet at Dodger Stadium and left the Red Sox game.

Cristian Facundo was convicted in the 2019 killing of off-duty LAPD Officer Juan Jose Diaz in Lincoln Heights.

Laguna Beach Unified is facing an independent review of five years of financial records, including health benefit spending and contracting decisions.

Alhambra voters will decide in November whether to ban data centers citywide. The ballot fight follows Monterey Park’s decisive June vote.

Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Aquatics Center could close for more than a year ahead of the 2028 Olympics, leaving more than 400,000 annual users searching for new pools.

Former UCLA center Lorenzo Mata-Real has earned the history degree he once promised his family. The South Gate basketball standout finished the journey 18 years after his final season in Westwood.

San Diego says the Morena Conveyance South & Middle project has completed construction, leaving testing and minor restoration ahead.

A DTLA law firm says it has lost touch with roughly 500 clients suing over fumes from the Chiquita Canyon Landfill. Hundreds more have already been transferred to another firm.

A California woman’s viral arrest over a false phone-theft accusation happened in 2021 — and the missing phone was found in an Uber.

A 74-year-old man last seen in Frazier Park is the subject of a Silver Alert covering four California counties. Authorities are asking the public to watch for him and a tan Chevrolet pickup.

A Silver Alert has been issued for 77-year-old Ronald Curling, who was last seen in Inglewood and may be on foot.

A Norco raid turned up a $1.8 million haul of stolen vehicles, from motorcycles to utility terrain vehicles. Two people were arrested.