Giant tortoise makes a break for it, is soon in CHP custody
Rufus the 150-pound tortoise escaped from his 10-acre yard in Santa Ynez.
Rufus the 150-pound tortoise escaped from his 10-acre yard in Santa Ynez.
Los Angeles prosecutors have charged a Hawthorne man with murder, alleging he intentionally drove his family off a wharf, killing his two autistic sons.
Police shut down a street in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday after finding a fireworks-laden drone atop a building.
Officer William Rodriguez, a 10-year LAPD veteran most recently assigned to the Valley Traffic Division
John Lee Cowell, a 28-year-old parolee, is accused in the "prison-yard type of attack" that killed an 18-year-old and injured her 26-year-old sister.
The incident was reported near UCLA's campus at Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue
Buena Park officials are warning residents of coyote encounters, noting the predators' activity tends to increase in the summer.
A look at the gruesome tactics allegedly employed by a Valley group of the MS-13 gang.
Richard Orcutt, of San Luis Obispo, has been charged with 10 felonies. Authorities say he sent threatening greeting cards to property owners on his street.
Like thousands of Central American parents seeking asylum in the United States, Patricia panicked when, after she and her son crossed the Rio Grande into Texas last year, U.S. border agents took the boy away.
The necessity of stockpiling supplies became more pronounced after twin earthquakes rocked Southern California, yet many still fail to prepare, experts say.
After nearly 800,000 gallons of oil and water seeped into a dry creek bed near Bakersfield, the cleanup continues.
My quest had something to do with my parents dying in recent years, with memories and regrets, with the meaning of family, and borders and what separates and connects us.
A faction within MS-13 used gruesome tactics to kill seven people in the L.A. area since 2017, prosecutors said.
A magnitude 4.2 earthquake was reported Tuesday evening at 7:29 p.m.
An accident involving a CHP officer has led to a shut down of the 10 Freeway in San Bernardino.
The leader of La Luz del Mundo church remained impassive in a Los Angeles courtroom as a witness for prosecutors described a video that he alleged showed Naason Joaquin Garcia participating in a sexual threesome involving a minor.
A coalition of skid row advocates accused Los Angeles of wanting to give the bulk of skid row over to luxury housing developers, ignoring the thousands of people living in tents and shelters in the blighted downtown district.
Los Angeles County social workers are under fire again over the suspicious death of a Palmdale boy whose family had previously been investigated after serious allegations of abuse.
Jose Mendez was shot after allegedly pointing a sawed-off shotgun at officers.