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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris resigned her Senate seat on Monday, two days before she and President-elect Joe Biden are inaugurated.

Phil Spector, the eccentric and revolutionary music producer who transformed rock music with his “Wall of Sound” method and who later was convicted of murder, has died. He was 81.

Phil Spector, the famed music producer who was convicted of a 2003 murder, died on Saturday at the age of 81.

“Once you get behind the eight ball, it’s hard to put the genie back in the bottle,” one epidemiologist said.

A high school senior in California has started his own nonprofit to help other kids learn about science through experiment kits. 17-year-old Ahmed Muhammad stopped by LX News to talk about how he started the youth-led program Kits Cubed.

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., acknowledged Wednesday that President-elect Joe Biden won the election. “Joe Biden will be sworn in as president in one week because he won the election,” McCarthy said.

Several gorillas at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park have tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19 in what is believed to be the first known case of transmission to apes, San Diego Zoo Global (SDZG) announced on Monday.

Arnold Schwarzenegger shared words of hope on Sunday in the aftermath of the deadly mob at the U.S. Capitol, while also denouncing President Donald Trump and the “spinelessness” of his fellow Republicans.

A 22-year-old California woman who wrongly accused a Black teenager of stealing her phone and tackled him at a New York City hotel in a widely seen video was charged after returning to the city on Saturday.

The woman who was seen in video footage falsely accusing acclaimed jazz musician Keyon Harrold’s son of stealing her phone in a New York City hotel was arrested Thursday at a residence in Piru for a felony warrant out of New York, according to the Ventura County Sheriff.

In 2006, Janet Blaser packed her bags and drove from California to Mazatlán, Mexico. Now, at 64, she has no regrets. Here’s what it’s like and how much it costs to retire in the colorful beach town.

Supporters of outgoing Republican President Donald Trump protest at statehouses across the U.S. on Wednesday.

While the geothermal industry in the U.K. is nascent, it is more developed elsewhere.

The case was identified in a 60-year-old man from Saratoga County who had no travel history, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said on Monday.

President Donald Trump vetoed a bill Friday that would have gradually ended the use of large-mesh drift gillnets deployed exclusively in federal waters off the coast of California, saying such legislation would increase reliance on imported seafood and worsen a multibillion-dollar seafood trade deficit.

Responses to the coronavirus pandemic and police brutality dominated legislative sessions in 2020 and led to many new laws that will take effect in the new year

Cracking down on unemployment fraud is a big challenge, but it shouldn’t come at the expense of getting workers the funds they need from Covid-19 stimulus.

The Salvation Army continued its 30-year tradition of giving out Christmas meals Friday, but this year they handed out the 2,000 hot meals at three different sites around the county to ensure the safety of those participating. Salvation Army Officer Major Dave Shull says the modified event actually allowed them to reach out to more people in neighborhoods they don’t…

“Growing Pains” actor Kirk Cameron hosted another caroling protest Tuesday night on a day when hospitals and public health officials pleaded with Southern Californians to avoid gatherings during what has been the worst stage of the coronavirus pandemic.

Police in California are investigating whether a woman made a false report when she told officers that a couple tried to kidnap her two young children in the parking lot of a Michaels craft store in Petaluma.