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FBI agents and sheriff's deputies serving warrants at the homes of suspected gang members Tuesday in South Los Angeles seized drugs and guns and made 14 arrests, authorities said.

Los Angeles has long played a central role in crime fiction. Raymond Chandler used it as a backdrop in his 1940's novels.

ALICE IN CHAINS ANNOUNCE NORTH AMERICAN TOUR, NEW SINGLE "YOUR DECISION" HITS RADIO DECEMBER 7 Alice in Chains Alice In Chains have announced dates for a North American tour set to kick off at the Orpheum Theatre in Vancouver on February 2, 2010.

A woman has been fatally struck by a northbound Metro Blue Line train. It happened just after 1:18 p.m. near 11528 S. Wilmington Ave.

A judge's decision to move Johannes Mehserle's murder trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit police officer charged with gunning down an unarmed man on New Year's Day.

Theroux, Arnett to Team Up for 'Space Invader,' 'Parks and Recreation' Theroux, Arnett to Team Up for 'Space Invader,' 'Parks and Recreation' Justin Theroux has been set by Fox to write a draft of Space Invader , an astronaut romantic comedy that has Will Arnett attached.

Credit police canines, of sorts, for the arrest of three men Wednesday in connection with a warehouse crammed with 850 pot plants.

Despite raucous student protests at UCLA that poured onto the streets of Westwood, the University of California Board of Regents approved a 32 percent fee increase Thursday that will push UC tuition above $10,000 for the first time.

Los Angeles City fire officials and emergency managers will host post-fire erosion meetings starting Tuesday night for people who live in and below watersheds burned by the Sayre, Sesnon, Marek and Station fires.

A few miles from Los Angeles City Hall, a small experiment in marijuana regulation has been underway for years.

In this publicity image released by Fox, Grand-Prize Winner of "The Simpsons Character Contest," Peggy Black, of Orange, Conn., and "The Simpsons" executive producer Al Jean,pose for a photo on Monday, Nov.

The daughter of Sen. John Kerry has been arrested in Hollywood for allegedly driving drunk.

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Los Angeles police today busted a sophisticated marijuana farm inside an industrial building 25 feet from the back door of the Topanga Community Police Station.

Nick Jonas arrives at the premiere of Warner Bros. '17 Again' held at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on April 14, 2009 in Hollywood, California.

LOS ANGELES a " Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and teachers' groups have applied to run some Los Angeles schools under a sweeping reform program for the nation's second-largest school district.Monday was the deadline for private and community groups to file letters of intent for the chance to oversee 30 schools.Villaraigosa's nonprofit group and others ...

Professional burglars working in Westside and Mid-Wilshire areas have targeted more than 50 BMWs in recent months, making away with expensive auto parts but leaving behind cellphones and laptop computers.

Four years, six drafts and nearly 1,000 stores later, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday will consider a long-awaited, oft-debated medical marijuana ordinance whose provisions have shifted dramatically in recent days.

Another water main break occurred on the same day that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power released its report on what's been causing the rash of breaks in recent months.