CDC officials drop controversial coronavirus guidance and say anyone who has been in close contact with an infected person should get tested.

The positive testing data comes as confirmed cases has fallen to the lowest level since mid-June and hospitalizations have fallen to the lowest levels since the start of April.

Yes, it’s that time of year again. Here’s how and where to get a flu shot in Los Angeles and around California.

All along the West Coast, health facilities are reporting an influx of patients with breathing problems. Is it smoke inhalation or symptoms of COVID-19?

California appears to be riding a wave of success beating back the coronavirus. But these signs of progress also bring concerns that it could be erased.

Fewer than 300 people used the six centers that were set up at Los Angeles city facilities over the blistering Labor Day holiday weekend.

For weeks, millions of Californians were smothered by smoke from wildfires. Many worry about long-term health impacts.

We need to listen to nature’s chorus about the alarming effects of climate change and act to reverse it, columnist Steve Lopez writes.

As of Saturday morning, the Bobcat fire had burned more than 91,000 acres and was threatening some desert communities.

Body-camera video from Los Angeles protests this summer shows L.A. police officers yank a sign from a man and shoot him in the groin with a projectile.

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