Tori Richards

The former mayor of a Northern California city will serve seven years in prison for sex crimes committed with a young boy he met on the dating app Grindr.

He was called the King of Griffith Park, the Brad Pitt of cougars and Los Angeles’ mascot.

The wife of a doctor who drove his family off a cliff last month in California does not want him prosecuted for the attempted murder of herself and their two young children, according to reports.

Thousands of oil industry workers are bound to lose their jobs in the coming years as California shifts toward green energy, but a $60 million displacement and training fund will not get any new cash in the coming fiscal year.

A leading national police official has attacked California lawmakers over a new bill seeking to ban police dogs in situations involving arrests or crowd control on racial grounds.

San Francisco wants to spend an additional $27.6 million this year in police overtime to make up for the shortage of officers, the city announced.

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy was charged with murder after he sped through a school zone at nearly 95 mph and caused a crash killing a 12-year-old boy, the district attorney said.

Los Angeles County’s new sheriff has created an Office of Constitutional Policing to help eradicate lawbreaking deputy gangs and excessive use of force.

A San Francisco-area school district hosted a social event for employees of color, adding that white colleagues were not to be included due to uneasiness and mistrust.

Plans to build tiny housing for the homeless in a San Francisco parking lot are being derailed over excessive costs and resident complaints.