Corinne Purtill

Take heed, desperate parents: the internet has found a new way to soothe a crying baby.

What does it mean when your child starts questioning authority and criticizing the government? Is it typical youthful rebellion? The awakening of a political conscious? Or a sign that he or she is on the path to violent extremism?

There are more then 12,000 chronically homeless people in Los Angeles—nearly four times as many as in New York City, the second-highest metro area—and nearly all of them live outdoors. With southern California facing its wettest winter in decades, this already vulnerable population faces a perfect storm of danger.

Wealthy people from states in the US with relatively higher levels of income inequality appear to be less generous than their peers from states with more equal income distributions, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The hockey fight is not dead. Not even close.

The late broadcaster and NFL Hall of Famer Frank Gifford suffered from the concussion-linked brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy, his family announced this week. His survivors have chosen to donate his brain to assist with research on the disease.

Los Angeles International Airport is building a special terminal to shield celebrities from the indignities of paparazzi photos and encounters with—or even just the mere sight of—the general public.

A woman in California who wanted to use frozen embryos to become pregnant against her ex-husband’s wishes lost her legal battle in a San Francisco courtroom yesterday, Nov. 18.

Temperatures in certain parts of the Pacific Ocean are warmer right now than at any time in the last 25 years at least, according to data from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The reason: an El Niño, one that scientists say has a chance at being the biggest one ever recorded.

Let it not be said that southern California has no sense of history.

Chalk one up for meat-related freedom.

The seat of Britain’s government is falling apart.

Energy drinks offer lots of benefits. They can, for example, dilute your Jagermeister, fill your bladder, and evoke the glamour of motocross, big mountain snowboarding, and other extreme sports you don’t actually participate in.

Smart technology has allowed US cities from San Diego to Chicago to turn the humble streetlight into a data collection point that tracks everything from traffic to pollution.

On Saturday night, thousands of southern Californians saw the same mysterious sight: a speeding light that seemed to morph in shape and color as it crossed the sky. Sightings ranged as far as Mexico, San Francisco, Arizona and Colorado.

The first time it happened I thought it was a mistake. I posted a photo on Facebook of myself with my husband and our daughter. Facebook suggested I tag two people: Justin, and my mom.

Los Angeles looks lush from above: A leafy canyon checkered with faux Tuscan villas, the retro pink boxes of Hotel Bel-Air, the Pacific Ocean and Catalina Island in the distance.

Californians will vote next year on a ballot measure that would require adult film performers to wear condoms during sex scenes. The California Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act would also force producers to cover the cost of HIV and STD testing, vaccinations, and monitoring, and lets performers sue producers who fail to meet those obligations.

The US government has started sending checks worth $80 million to people it believes were unfairly overcharged for car loans as a result of racial discrimination.

Months after becoming the world’s first nation to legalize same-sex marriage via referendum, Ireland is now grappling with its controversial long-standing ban on abortion.

Ohio voters have rejected a measure that would have legalized marijuana use in the Buckeye State—but, controversially, would also have given a single group exclusive control over the state’s weed production.

A federal jury trial begins in Los Angeles today to settle a multi-year, multibillion-dollar battle between two giants with outsize influence in the American diet—Big Corn and Big Sugar.

Sitting at work will slowly kill you. Standing at work will give you cankles. So how about lying down?

Seeing a wild animal up close can be a profound and life-changing experience, one that many well-intentioned tourists seek out in their travels.