L.A. County spent more than $112 million defending the Sheriff’s Department against lawsuits last fiscal year, more than five times the legal expenses of any other county agency. According to an annual tally of the… Defending Sheriff’s Department against lawsuits cost L.A. County more than $100 million

As an undergraduate studying psychology at Chico State, Gabriel Muñoz enrolled in a program that paid him to do summer research and matched him up with mentors and gave him access to career workshops. The… California colleges scramble to fill gaps left by federal grant cuts to Latino students

Authorities found blood inside the Tucson home of Nancy Guthrie, law enforcement sources said, heightening concerns that the mother of “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie was the victim of foul play. Nancy Guthrie, 84, was… Blood found inside home of Savannah Guthrie’s mom. ‘Today’ host says, ‘raise your prayers’

It’s my 47th birthday today, so I kicked off the celebration last week with the funnest thing someone my age can gift themselves: A colonoscopy! Colorectal cancer was the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in… I got a colonoscopy for my 47th birthday. And the results…

I plopped myself into a chair near the front of Gate 18D on Jan. 25 at Sacramento International Airport, taking a final swig of my 32-oz Diet Coke. The plane would arrive in 40 minutes,… Fitting into an airline seat is a struggle. Southwest’s open seating roulette made it interesting