Los Angeles Times

She was the PTA mom everyone knew. Who would want to harm her?

Now she watched as her ruin seemed to unfold before her. It was enough to send her to jail, and more than enough to destroy her name.

California drought imperils a dream

Barber-turned-farmer Fred Lujan was ready to see his pistachio trees bear their first full crop. Then he lost his water supply.

A parched farm town is sinking, and so are its residents’ hearts

Beneath this small farm town at the end of what's left of the Kings River, the ground is sinking.

Carrying a town's water

California's drought may be hitting East Porterville hardest — so one woman is helping nearly 1,000 people who lack running water.

The Manhunt for Christopher Dorner

A disgraced ex-LAPD officer swore revenge on those he blamed for his firing. He vowed to kill them all … and their families.

Enrique's Journey: The boy left behind

In the vast migration that is changing the U.S., thousands of children travel alone, seeking the mothers who went before them. Most are visited by cruelty. Some are touched by kindness. Success comes only to the brave and the lucky.

A Father's Pain, a Judge's Duty, and a Justice Beyond Their Reach

A child's fate entwined the lives of two good men haunted by their choices.

Crossing Over

After 180 years of separation from their white neighbors, a stoic clan of slave descendants views a ferry as a vessel of hope--and doom.