From Japanese soul cooking to desserts to cooking with kids, a sampling of cookbooks from 2013.
California surfers welcome the monster swells generated by Hurricane Marie. But others are fortifying beaches to protect property.
The 24 people stranded on a roller coaster at Six Flags America Maryland were safely rescued Sunday.
By 2011, El Salvador had an estimated 28,000 gang members, almost half of whom were in prison. Many were deported from the US in the late 1990s, bringing US-based gang activity back home with them.
A rare whale fossil lodged in a 1,000-pound boulder was pulled from a Southern California backyard Friday. The rare whale fossil is one of about 20 baleen fossils known to exist.
A Southern California teenage boy set himself on fire, encouraged by a new online fad known as the 'fire challenge.' The boy's injuries are not considered life threatening.
Fatal lightning strikes in the US are on the decline as awareness of risky activities rises. But one man was killed Sunday while swimming off Venice Beach, Calif., after several lightning bolts hit the area.
Peacock shot in Southern California earlier this month. Officials have released a police sketch of a man suspected of shooting the peacock from his Mercedes-Benz.
Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
California's new regulations prohibit hosing down sidewalks, washing cars without using a shut-off nozzle, and watering the lawn to the point that runoff spills onto sidewalks or streets.
Oceanographers spotted a dark, swirling mass in shallow waters off the coast of San Diego. It wasn't a red tide or an oil spill, but a massive school of anchovies.