Several groups said Tuesday that an air monitoring plan approved by the Environmental Protection Agency doesn't do enough to address the health concerns of Southern California residents living near congested highways. | Traditional police work wouldn't have nabbed Dr. Lisa Barden for visiting 43 pharmacies to illegally obtain tens of thousands of pain pills to fuel her own addiction. Nor would it have busted Dr. Nazar Al Bussam as the top distributor of controlled substanc... | Blue Shield of California will return a further $283 million to policyholders, keeping a pledge to give back cash when profit exceeds 2 percent of revenue, the Los Angeles Times reported. | A man survived for six days on leaves and creek water after he plunged down a 500ft cliff when he lost control of his car on a winding mountain road in Southern California. | California's correctional system is about to undergo an overhaul that could save money and reduce recidivism but also might lead to thousands of criminals spending significantly less time behind bars or in the parole office. | Gov. Jerry Brown met privately Monday with Los Angeles County supervisors in an effort to ease their concerns about the thousands of state prisoners and parolees poised to flood local jails beginning Saturday. | In the ongoing quest to better anticipate earthquakes, scientists embarked on an ambitious experiment: Identify the likeliest places where magnitude-4.9 quakes or stronger would occur in seismically active California over a five-year period. | It seems Arnold Schwarzenegger could be living up to his most famous one-liner - 'I'll be back'. Today the Terminator star's estranged wife was spotted wearing what looked suspiciously like her wedding ring for the first time since June of last year. |