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The review of the high-profile murder case by George Gascón's office began more than a year ago. But critics say the timing of the decision was political. On his first [...]

The request from George Gascón, the Los Angeles County district attorney, could lead to Lyle and Erik Menendez being released from prison, decades after they were convicted of murdering their [...]

As Kamala Harris toiled as a junior prosecutor in Alameda County, Calif., she developed important connections among San Francisco's financial and social elite. In August 1996, a jury in an [...]

Interest in the Menendez brothers has intensified after the release of a new Netflix drama about the case. A separate documentary is forthcoming. George GascÈþn, the Los Angeles district attorney, [...]

Thousands of people struggled to cope without basic necessities as authorities searched for the missing, and the overall death toll from the storm surpassed 90. Raging floods and mudslides unleashed [...]

Homicides fell 11.6 percent nationwide in 2023, and violent crime overall fell by 3 percent after a surge in crime during the pandemic. The number of murders reported in the [...]

Last year, a Times reporter covered the wildfires that destroyed a town on the island of Maui. This year, he cheered on a team from Maui as it made its [...]

Across nine generations, Archie Kalepa's family has seen the waterfront in Lahaina, a town on the island of Maui, undergo repeated transformation. Once the home of the Hawaiian Kingdom's royalty, [...]

Many struggled to find housing and work after the wildfire destroyed the seaside town on Maui last year. But they have faced new hardships. For Ernesto Perez, life on Maui [...]

A team from Maui is now one win away from the Little League World Series, including one player whose family lost almost everything. In 2018, when a wildfire scorched the [...]

An analysis by the Council on Criminal Justice cautions that progress has been uneven, with the trend being driven by declines in a handful of big cities. Homicides in the […]

Shoplifting and fentanyl use have tested the patience of California voters, who will decide in November whether to impose stricter laws that would lead to more incarceration. Deodorant, shampoo and […]

Earlier this week, as Major League Baseball prepared for a tribute game in his hometown Birmingham, Ala., Willie Mays said that age would keep him away but that he would [...]

Baseball hopes a celebration of its past in the home of one of its legends will attract more African American athletes, who are playing the sport in decreasing numbers. When [...]

Major League Baseball is in Birmingham to honor the legacy of the Negro Leagues. With Mays's death, the celebration at ancient Rickwood Field takes on new meaning. In the late [...]

David DePape's federal sentencing hearing was reopened to give him a chance to address the court, but his apology did not persuade the judge to change his sentence. David DePape, [...]

The court said it made a mistake by not asking David DePape if he had anything to say at his sentencing hearing. The parties will be back in court on [...]

David DePape, convicted in November on federal charges, also faces a state trial that is set to begin this month. The man who broke into the San Francisco home of [...]

Dozens of cases are under review after notes from jury selection in a 1990s murder case indicated that prosecutors worked to exclude Jews. A jury was being chosen for a [...]

At times, baseball's biggest star seemed in danger of being tainted by a gambling scandal, before his longtime interpreter was charged with fraud. In the clubhouse after the Los Angeles [...]

At times, baseball’s biggest star seemed in danger of being tainted by a gambling scandal, before his longtime interpreter was charged with fraud. In the clubhouse after the Los Angeles [...]

The interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was charged with bank fraud, after prosecutors said he stole money to pay his gambling debts. Federal prosecutors said on Thursday that Shohei Ohtani had been [...]

The interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was charged with bank fraud, after prosecutors said he stole money to pay his gambling debts. Federal prosecutors said on Thursday that Shohei Ohtani had been [...]

Ippei Mizuhara stands accused of covering his gambling debts by stealing millions of dollars from Shohei Ohtani’s bank account. Ippei Mizuhara, the former translator for Shohei Ohtani who was fired [...]

Los Angeles finally got a close look at baseball's megastar on Thursday, as a gambling situation involving his former interpreter took a back seat to opening day. The top deck [...]

When LaVonne Collette's adult daughter, Tamra, needed a place to stay during the pandemic after being evicted, Ms. Collette let her live in a rental property she owns in Los [...]

When LaVonne Collette’s adult daughter, Tamra, needed a place to stay during the pandemic after being evicted, Ms. Collette let her live in a rental property she owns in Los [...]

Leaders of a Northern California prison were removed on the same day that the F.B.I. raided the troubled facility. The warden of a federal women's prison in Northern California that [...]

Four years ago, as a deadly virus began to upend the world, Jessica Jacobs was at home in Los Angeles, in a wooded canyon that has long attracted bohemian types, [...]

In the Super Bowl parade shooting, many of the wounded were children, and the two people charged so far in connection with the gunfire are also under 18. After the [...]

In the Super Bowl parade shooting, many of the wounded were children, and the two people charged so far in connection with the gunfire are also under 18. After the [...]

The guilty verdict in Michigan against the mother of a school shooter will reverberate in prosecutors' offices around the country. But don't expect a flood of similar cases, experts say. [...]

La sentencia en Míchigan abre una puerta legal en los casos de tiroteos masivos. Pero los expertos no creen que este tipo de fallos vayan a popularizarse. El https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/06/us/jennifer-crumbley-michigan-shooting-verdict.html emitido [...]

The San Diego region was overwhelmed by a surprisingly intense storm that flooded homes and turned roadways into rivers. Some residents wondered why they did not receive more warning. They [...]

The San Diego region was overwhelmed by a surprisingly intense storm that flooded homes and turned roadways into rivers. Some residents wondered why they did not receive more warning. They [...]

The incumbent George Gascón, who was first elected in 2020, faces 11 challengers, many of them from within his own office. After the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis ignited [...]

The country is on track for a record drop in homicides, and many other categories of crime are also in decline, according to the F.B.I. Detroit is on track to [...]

The country is on track for a record drop in homicides, and many other categories of crime are also in decline, according to the F.B.I. Detroit is on track to [...]

George Gascón is running for re-election in a very different climate, where concerns about crime have overtaken demands for equity and accountability. Three years ago, George Gascón rode a wave [...]

George Gascón is running for re-election in a very different climate, where concerns about crime have overtaken demands for equity and accountability. Three years ago, George Gascón rode a wave [...]

Baseball fans everywhere were hoping that the megastar Shohei Ohtani would choose their team in free agency. Los Angeles Dodgers fans won the sweepstakes. On Monday, a flawless day for [...]

Baseball fans everywhere were hoping that the megastar Shohei Ohtani would choose their team in free agency. Los Angeles Dodgers fans won the sweepstakes. On Monday, a flawless day for [...]

San Francisco jurors convicted David DePape, 43, of federal crimes for breaking into the home of Nancy Pelosi and striking her husband with a hammer. A jury on Thursday convicted [...]

San Francisco jurors convicted David DePape, 43, of federal crimes for breaking into the home of Nancy Pelosi and striking her husband with a hammer. A jury on Thursday convicted [...]

Consumed by loss after the August wildfire, many immigrants who have made the historic town their home wonder if they will have to move. It was a nice life, and [...]

Consumed by loss after the August wildfire, many immigrants who have made the historic town their home wonder if they will have to move. It was a nice life, and [...]

David DePape, 43, faces charges of attempted kidnapping and assault on an immediate family member of a federal official in the 2022 attack against Paul Pelosi. David DePape lived a [...]

David DePape, 43, faces charges of attempted kidnapping and assault on an immediate family member of a federal official in the 2022 attack against Paul Pelosi. David DePape lived a [...]

The wildfire that devastated Lahaina wiped out many vestiges of the town's past. Conservators are racing to recover what they can. To the outside world there has been no more [...]

Senator Dianne Feinstein, 90, and her daughter are locked in a dispute with her late husband’s family over how to manage the assets of his vast estate. https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/09/29/us/dianne-feinstein-dead-senate A judge [...]