Carson News

Cries of censorship have erupted in Carson in response to a pair of City Council actions that appear designed to silence critics of Mayor Jim Dear and his allies.

There's been a lot to pay attention to this week — Election Day, the World Series and leftover Halloween candy. But if you got a paycheck this week, here's one more thing you may notice: As of Nov. 1, more state tax is being withheld from your income with every check.

Here's an explanation, with help from the Franchise Tax Board and local tax preparers, of what happened, why, and why you'll probably get that extra money back — eventually.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff 's deputy was shot in the back Tuesday night during a gun battle in Lawndale .

Mary Garcia, with her son Andrew, 4, is planning to attend her sister Sgt. Eduviges Wolf's funeral in South Dakota.

What's going on at Carson High School with all the digging and taking down their school sign? Everybody I ask, nobody seems to know.

FILE PHOTO Carson Mayor Daryl Sweeney during a press conference announcing he will not step down as mayor.

A Carson commissioner with close ties to Mayor Jim Dear has stepped down amid rumors that he was harassing city employees.

A 34-year-old Carson man was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder today for stabbing to death a couple in their 70s during a 2004 robbery at the victims' Cerritos home.

A 20-year-old man accused of binding a 15-year-old boy with duct tape and sexually assaulting him near a Cerritos warehouse may have assaulted an adult victim in Carson, authorities said Thursday.

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is investigating claims of misuse of public funds by a Carson battered women's shelter, the office confirmed Monday.

Cambria has joined the ranks of 'America's Prettiest Towns,' according to ForbesTraveler magazine.

"Mr. Burns" is a chow mix who was burned about six weeks ago in a fire at a transmission shop in Gardena where its owner died.

The city of Carson was expected this week to announce a settlement on a multimillion-dollar lawsuit over its failed efforts to protect low rents at mobile home parks.

Judge Morris Jacobson ruled that the defense had shown that Mehserle could not get a fair trial in Alameda County because of the extensive publicity surrounding the case, which has stirred up strong emotions and protests that caused extensive damage in downtown Oakland.

Three Carson men were in custody today after the stolen vehicle in which they were speeding caused a three-car collision in Bellflower, critically injuring two children, authorities said.

More than six weeks after Puncho Eteuati, 34, was gunned down in the front yard of his sister-in-law's Wilmington home, authorities said they have made little progress in finding his killer.

As shopping centers across the country continue to lose their sizzle along with their tenants, visionary property owners are finding new ways to revive their investments.

A man has been sentenced to death for killing an off-duty Los Angeles County police captain during a robbery attempt.

A law firm representing 343 residents of a Carson housing tract filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Shell Oil, alleging the company knowingly contaminated the neighborhood more than 40 years ago.

An appellate court ruled Tuesday that last year's recall election against Carson Mayor Jim Dear should never have been held.