Mexican authorities have arrested a fugitive wanted in Riverside County in connection with the 1998 stabbing death of his nine-month pregnant ex-girlfriend and the attempted killing of her mother.

The former chief executive of a Los Angeles charter school operator who was fired after a cheating scandal has received $245,000 to settle a lawsuit.

A minor earthquake has occurred off the Southern California coast near Los Angeles.

A 43-year-old Hayward has died after getting hit by a California Highway Patrol motorcycle.

A member of a Vietnamese gang has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the retaliation murder of a fellow gang member in 1995.