SACRAMENTO — Gavin Newsom writes in his upcoming memoir about San Francisco’s highborn Getty family fitting him in Brioni suits “appropriate to meet a king” when he was 20 years old. Then he flew aboard their private… The two separate lives of Gavin Newsom detailed in new memoir

Southern Californians out on Saturday night for Valentine’s Day took a break from staring longingly into each other’s eyes to gaze at something else: a SpaceX rocket blazing across the early evening Southland sky. SpaceX… Southern California sky is lit up by Valentine’s Day SpaceX launch

A woman was found stabbed to death in her San Juan Capistrano home early Saturday, and her estranged partner has been identified as the suspect, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded shortly… Estranged husband suspected in wife’s killing in San Juan Capistrano

A massive Southern California brothel ring was busted by authorities, leading to two arrests, officials said. Detectives from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Special Crimes Unit conducted a yearlong investigation into a brothel ring, according… Sprawling network of brothels in Ventura and L.A. counties busted by authorities

As the first home rolled off the factory floor in Kalamazoo, Mich. — “like a boxcar with picture windows,” according to a journalist on the scene — the secretary of Housing and Urban Development proclaimed… Factory-built housing hasn’t taken off in California yet, but this year might be different

It’s one thing most everyone agrees on: federal funding cuts have left the Los Angeles County health system teetering toward financial collapse. But the supervisors’ chosen antidote — a half-cent sales tax to replenish county… L.A. County wants a healthcare sales tax. Cities are in revolt