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WATCH: August was the warmest on record worldwide

ABC News’ Jaclyn Lee reports on record global heat as extreme temperatures fuel warnings across parts of the U.S.

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Skid Row residents were paid to sign ballot petitions with stolen identities, feds charge

James Brass, 47, allegedly managed a team of signature collectors and also collected signatures himself for ballot petitions used to shape California law, according to a federal indictment returned Wednesday.

Becerra backers with business in Sacramento spend tens of millions boosting his gubernatorial bid

Companies and special interest groups with some of the diciest issues expected to land on California's next governor's desk are among the top financial backers of Democrat Xavier Becerra, the gubernatorial front-runner.

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Killing of Catalina Island's mule deer has begun, official confirms

The controversial shooting and culling of roughly 200 members of Catalina Island's invasive mule deer species 'is underway,' local officials confirmed to The Times on Wednesday afternoon.

L.A.'s homeless authority is put on notice it will have to compete to save itself

The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has been put on notice that it will have to compete for the first time with other applicants for key federally-mandated functions, setting the stage for a possible breakup of the city-county joint powers authority.