Screengrab from Riverside County Animal Services' Facebook page After a stray dog was taken to a Southern California animal shelter in September, he waited and waited. Despite spending “the ...

Ideally, dogs should be restrained, but that doesn’t mean it’s illegal to have a pet on your lap. Columnist Amy Bentley shares more.

Mountain lions could be pursued by “hazers” with dogs under a new California bill, introduced a day after similar legislation concerning bears.