A man who police say was attempting to steal copper wire caused $100,000 in damages in the El Sereno area, the Los Angeles Police Department said. A concerned citizen called police just before 2 a.m. after seeing what appeared to be three men cutting a bus bench up with an electric saw. The LAPD tells NBC4 that when they arrived in the 5000 Block of Valley Blvd., they found an open manhole behind the bus bench, with two of the three suspects...

California's votes are still being counted, but early results shed some light on how counties voted for governor and on Proposition 40.

Wiener talked about his priorities on Thursday as he prepares to follow one of the most powerful figures in Congressional history. Da Lin reports.

Latino history was made Tuesday. Gina Hinojosa in Texas and Xavier Becerra in California were elected governors of the two largest states in the nation. Together they represent over 71.4 million Americans — which is to say,

Proposition 5, which would change how California replaces recalled state officials, held a 48,425-vote statewide lead Wednesday afternoon. In the 49 counties outside the Bay Area, the measure trailed by 141,631 votes. The nine Bay Area counties gave the measure about 190,000 more yes votes than no. It was the only one of California’s 14 propositions where including the region’s votes changed ...

Political newcomer and progressive Democrat Randy Villegas defeated Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) on Wednesday afternoon, successfully taking advantage of California’s redistricting push, which saw the incumbent’s district redrawn in favor of Democrats. Villegas won with 66% of the vote compared to Valadao’s 34%, as of 1:17 p.m. on Wednesday. Just 57% of the vote was […]

Votes are still being tallied, but California Democrats are already on track to flip all five Republican seats they targeted with Proposition 50, last year’s partisan redistricting measure. Late Tuesday evening,

A man accused of fatally shooting a Culver CityBus driver after the driver refused his demands to turn the bus around and stop in traffic in Mar Vista pleaded not guilty Thursday to a murder charge. The murder charge against Jose Antonio Zayas, 55, of Los Angeles, includes allegations that he knew or reasonably should have known that Bruce Rodriguez was a bus operator performing his duties at the time of the killing. The charge also includes...

Tony Lopez reports.

Democrat Marni von Wilpert has won California's 48th Congressional District, nabbing 59.5% of the vote to Republican Jim Desmond's 40.5% per the AP. The big picture: Democrats set the race in their sights as a chance to flip a House seat from red to blue.