The California Highway Patrol reportedly settled a lawsuit this week regarding an off-duty officer's murder of his estranged wife. The suit was brought by the wife's injured boyfriend.
The shooting was reported around 8:15 a.m. in the 700 block of South Berendo Street.
Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to provide court-ordered treatment for homeless residents with severe mental illness. Will the idea reduce homelessness in California?
Dozens of elementary school students in Rialto were sent scrambling for cover when gunfire erupted between basketball players at a park.
Los Angeles County schools are sounding the alarm over fentanyl-laced ecstasy pills after three high school students overdosed.
The fatal shooting marks the first homicide for Lincoln Heights this year. In L.A. County, deaths among homeless people have been climbing since 2014.
A mother reported that when she pulled over to deal with a flat tire, a women got into her car and drove off with her baby in the backseat, police say.
Officials at Canyon High School in Santa Clarita suspect the message was a hoax but are not taking any chances.
Here's where the candidates for Los Angeles mayor stand on key issues facing the city.
Twitter tirades from Javier Gonzalez, L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's campaign manager, make Donald Trump seem as sedate as Mr. Spock.
Officials announced the first suspected case of monkeypox in L.A. County while simultaneously stressing the health risks of the disease are still low.
Gavin Newsom is considered to be facing easy reelection, but voters are worried about crime and homelessness. Here's a list of stories about the race and Newsom's contenders.
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake occurred Thursday morning five miles from Pittsburg, Calif., seven miles from Fairfield and eight miles from Suisun City.
The singer is promoting progressive candidates running for district attorney, choosing to focus on cities and counties at a time of national political gridlock.
Despite Sheriff Alex Villanueva's sharp political shift to the right and a series of scandals, L.A. County's Democratic Party apparatus has shown no signs of mounting a meaningful offensive as the sheriff seeks reelection.
"Living with a handgun owner is associated with substantially elevated risk for dying by homicide," concludes a Stanford University study of nearly 18 million Californian adults over a 12-year period.
Can water resource manager Lourin Hubbard beat the favored candidate, Republican Connie Conway, to represent a Central Valley congressional district?
As Uvalde parents grieve, they join a growing group of those who lost kids to gun violence — at Aurora and Sandy Hook and Parkland and beyond.
With an all-male slate of candidates, a far-right faction hopes to take over this Northern California county on June 7 and spread its uprising nationwide.
Eric Holder is about to stand trial in the killing of beloved rapper Nipsey Hussle. But the Crenshaw community that loves him focuses on his legacy.
Mater Dei High School plans a staggered reopening with additional security personnel and safety protocols after a threat by a former faculty member.
Ramiro Valerio, 49, was convicted of 12 counts of murder Tuesday. A jury concluded that he had ordered that a crowded apartment building in Westlake be torched in 1993 after its property manager called the police on dealers who were peddling crack cocaine outside.
A student was shot outside Grant High School shortly after 3 p.m., authorities said. The campus is on lockdown.
A man who grew up in L.A. and allegedly harbored a grudge against schools that didn't accept him was arrested and faces federal charges.
Historic water restrictions took effect as residents braced for a long brown summer of drought.