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What the postcards leave out: 5 moments in history that still echo along Route 66

And where you still find remains of these events, from the Dust Bowl exodus to Japanese American incarceration.

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Another sales tax hike? Rising costs a concern for L.A. voters in healthcare measure

With the electorate in a dour mood and reeling from rocketing gas prices, some speculate that voters' willingness to tax themselves may be dwindling as ballots arrive for the June 2 election.

Massive and made of fiberglass, Muffler Men are a Route 66 classic — and they're multiplying

First erected in the early 1960s as an advertising gimmick, these giants are rising again thanks to preservationists, kitsch aficionados and savvy entrepreneurs.

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Out of hundreds of suspects, 42 arrested in Inland Empire child sex exploitation bust

A suspect in a child sexual assault, two corporate vice presidents and a child psychologist were among 42 people arrested in a sweeping child sexual exploitation bust in the Inland Empire.

OnlyFans creator pleads guilty to fatally suffocating SoCal man while filming fetish content

An OnlyFans creator took a plea deal for involuntary manslaughter after an Escondido man suffocated to death as she filmed herself covering him in plastic wrap and sealing his head in a plastic bag.