LOS ANGELES — A convicted rapist has been rearrested in Ventura on suspicion of spray-painting swastikas throughout the city and then documenting the hate crimes on social media in an effort to sow fear, authorities said. John Williams, 30, was arrested Sunday and booked at the Ventura County Jail on suspicion of vandalism, a hate crime and a parole violation after officers connected him to at ...

BOSTON — Day two of the Karen Read murder retrial has begun, with attorneys hoping to add more members to the final jury pool. On Tuesday, the first day, attorneys agreed to two potential jurors, a man and woman, to add to the final jury pool. Read, 45, is accused of striking John O’Keefe, her boyfriend of two years and a 16-year Boston Police officer, with her car and leaving him to die in a ...

LOS ANGELES — The year may have started with a dry spell, but the end of California’s storm season has brought more fresh snow to the Sierra Nevada, pushing the state’s snowpack to 96% of average on April 1, when the snow season typically reaches its peak. The near-average snowpack has given the state a third straight year of ample water supplies in the mountains — something that hasn’t ...

Authorities are investigating a break-in at a historic Nike missile site in the Golden Gate National Recreation Area outside San Francisco. Sometime between the evening of March 15 and the morning of March 19, someone vandalized the SF-88 Nike Missile Site magazine in the Marin Headlands, which is known for its scenic views and hiking trails, according to the National Park Service. The vandal ...