Actors represented by the Hollywood union SAG-AFTRA voted to authorize a strike if the major studios, streamers and production companies don’t meet their demands for a new contract by June 30

A nearly 100-year-old Los Angeles church burned for the second time in two years

A mountain lion studied by biologists in wilderness areas near Los Angeles has given birth to three healthy kittens

A 17-year-old suspect has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a Los Angeles Metro Bus operator multiple times, leaving him in critical condition, police said.

Police say a 17-year-old boy slipped and fell to his death this weekend while climbing a Los Angeles bridge in an apparent social media stunt

The Los Angeles Dodgers have removed a satirical LGBTQ+ group called the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence from the team’s annual Pride Night after opposition from conservative Catholic groups

Authorities say two children and one adult were killed and six other members of their family were injured when their SUV collided with a car on a Southern California highway

Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker opposite Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars" trilogy, paid tribute to her as her star was unveiled on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

A confirmed EF-0 tornado touched down in Carson and Compton, California.

ABC News’ Kayna Whitworth reports on what we can expect from the first writers’ strike in 15 years, what the WGA wants from Hollywood and what happened in the last strike.

ABC News’ Mona Kosar Abdi spoke with New Yorker staff writer Michael Schulman about the potential impact of the Hollywood writers’ strike, and what factors drove writers to hit the picket lines.

The Writers Guild of America called for a strike effective 12:01 a.m. PST on Tuesday.

Writers are demanding that studios pay them accordingly as shifts in streaming have changed the way shows are made and monetized.

Authorities say a single-engine plane has crashed near Big Bear City Airport in the California mountains, killing all three people aboard

Members of the Writers Guild of America could hit the picket lines unless a last-minute deal regarding a share of streaming revenues is reached with production studios.

A former gynecologist at the University of California, Los Angeles has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for sexually abusing female patients over the course of a 35-year career

The Los Angeles district attorney is asking for victims of a man accused of impersonating a doctor and providing treatment to thousands of people to come forward.

Stephan Gevorkian allegedly practiced medicine without a license, prosecutors said.

Los Angeles' first Black female mayor, Karen Bass, lays out her $1.3 billion proposal to tackle the city's crippling homelessness problem.

ABC News’ Steve Osunsami reports from Waterproof, Louisiana where the community is bearing the brunt of America’s aging water infrastructure.

Former Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan has died at age 92

Thousands of TV and movie writers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike.

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is recommending the city spend what she called a record $1.3 billion next year to get homeless people into housing

The Los Angeles County coroner’s office says “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper Coolio suffered an accidental death from the effects of fentanyl, heroin and methamphetamine last year

More than 300 undercover Los Angeles police officers have filed legal claims against the city and police department after their names and photographs were released to a technology watchdog group that posted them online

Police in Los Angeles say one person is dead and three others were injured in a shooting during a drug deal outside a shopping center Saturday

A longtime Los Angeles politician has been convicted on federal corruption charges

The Los Angeles public school district reached a "historic" agreement with its Service Employees International Union Local 99 on Friday, the district announced.

Pay is notoriously low for school support staff who shuttle America’s children to schools, feed them in cafeterias and provide classroom assistance to students who need the most help

Classes were canceled Tuesday for approximately 420,000 Los Angeles public school students after tens of thousands of service workers went on strike.

Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District have walked off the job over stalled contract talks

The nation's second largest public school system shut down after school staff members went on strike. Teachers also walked out in support.

Classes were canceled Tuesday for 420,000 Los Angeles public school students after tens of thousands of service workers went on strike.

After a suspect lost control of his pickup truck while being pursued by police in Los Angeles, he took off on his skateboard before finally being apprehended.

Tens of thousands of workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District will strike for three days next week over stalled contract talks and teachers will join them, likely shutting down the nation’s second-largest school system

The U.S. Senate confirmed former L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti as the U.S. ambassador to India after a two-year fight.

Police are searching for a suspect who allegedly killed Xavier Chavarin, 17, on Friday.

Police in Los Angeles say at least five people were wounded in a shooting at a beach Saturday night, a few miles away from the location of a gun buyback event held earlier in the day by police and a city official

Five people were shot after an altercation escalated to gunfire on a beach in San Pedro, a Los Angeles neighborhood, on Saturday evening, officials said.

A Los Angeles man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit has been declared innocent

The "Black Panther" and "Creed" star said for the first time, he is soaking in the moment.

Eric Holder, Jr., the man who was convicted in the 2019 murder of hip-hop artist Nipsey Hussle, was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison.

Murder charges have been filed against a 61-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a long-serving Los Angeles Catholic priest.

Murder charges have been filed against a 61-year-old man in the fatal Los Angeles shooting a long-serving Catholic priest known as a "peacemaker."

Bishop David O'Connell was found dead with a gunshot wound to the torso Sunday after sheriff’s deputies responded to an emergency medical call.

David O'Connell, a long-serving Catholic bishop known as a "peacemaker," was shot and killed in Los Angeles on Saturday, officials said.

Auxiliary Bishop David O'Connell, 69, who was described as a “peacemaker,” was found fatally shot in his home on Saturday, prompting police to launch a murder investigation, officials said.

Authorities in California are searching for the killer of a beloved Roman Catholic bishop. ABC News' Andrew Dymburt reports.

Los Angeles police said they foiled a potential mass shooting after they arrested a suspect and seized a massive arsenal from a high rise.

Police found high-powered rifles and ammunition in the apartment of 24-year-old Braxton Johnson.