A woman who was underwater for more than 25 minutes after her SUV plunged off a bridge into the Los Angeles River in Long Beach remained in critical condition Friday, a hospital official said.

A genteel gent who smooth-talked his way into a billionaire couple’s Beverly Hills-area hotel room and made off with $40,000 worth of jewelry a week ago remained at large today.

For the second time in six months, an intruder has broken into the Panorama City home of Councilman Richard Alarcon, whose district residency is being investigated by the district attorney.

Authorities said Friday they had recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Corey Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his death.

A 17-day streak of increases ended today when the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County decreased two-tenths of a cent to $3.073.

Prosecutors in Orange County, have filed a lawsuit against Toyota because of continuing problems with its vehicles.

A 24-year-old woman was in critical condition after being pulled from the murky water of the Los Angeles River, where witnesses say her vehicle plunged some 40 feet off a northbound Long Beach Freeway bridge Thursday.

After dropping out of the gubernatorial race last year, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is now running for lieutenant governor.

A year after Los Angeles voters shot down a proposal to spend more on solar power, city officials want to hike electric rates by more than 5 percent to boost local solar energy use.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a minor earthquake struck overnight near the Northern California town of Almanor.