Van Nuys News

What killed Whitney Houston is still an official mystery despite widespread media speculation, but a Los Angeles County coroner official downplayed the suspicion that drugs played a major role Monday.

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A man suffered minor injuries today in a fire that caused about $500,000 in damage at a house in the Van Nuys area, authorities said.

A teaser trailer for FOO FIGHTERS frontman and ex- NIRVANA drummer Dave Grohl 's upcoming documentary about the studio where NIRVANA recorded its landmark album "Nevermind" can be seen below.

A San Francisco doctor and four other people have been arrested on federal charges of carrying out a $1.2 million Medicare fraud in claims for wheelchairs that were not needed by patients, U.S. prosecutors said today.

A 46-year-old man was arrested today in connection with the killing of a man found dead in the Tujunga Wash in Van Nuys.

In this July 29, 2009 file photo, former Los Angeles police officer Stephanie Lazarus appears in court in Los Angeles.

Van Nuys-based Valley Presbyterian Hospital received a $100,000 donation from The Fritz B. Burns Foundation to support the renovation of its operating rooms.

VAN NUYS - A Calabasas man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to a murder charge stemming from the shooting death of a popular El Camino Real High School student and soccer goalie.

Stainless Steel Brakes Corporation was the first to offer disc brake conversion kits for vintage Mustangs more than 25 years ago.

Three pieces of physical evidenceA - a bite mark, a bullet and a gun barrelA - and the motive of a "broken heart" will prove that a former Los Angeles police detective murdered the woman her ex-boyfriend had recently married, a prosecutor told jurors Monday.

If the battle between Democratic Reps. Howard Bermanof Valley Village and Brad Sherman of Sherman Oaks for a newly drawn San Fernando Valley congressional district is a clash of two Goliaths, as some have suggested, then the contest just got another would-be David.

Antonio Betras-Lopez, 29, was found by police along the east side of the Tujunga Wash, south of Victory Boulevard in Van Nuys on Saturday night, after they received a radio call.

Opening statements could begin as early as Monday in the case against a veteran Los Angeles police officer accused in the slaying of her ex-lover's wife more than 25 years ago.

Rose is a beautiful and lively girl, about three years old at the East Valley Shelter in Van Nuys, California.

A man who was apparently homeless was found stabbed to death Saturday evening in a San Fernando Valley storm drainage channel, police said Sunday.

Police are trying to identify a man found stabbed to death near Victory Boulevard and Ethel Avenue in Van Nuys.

A South Korean company that signed an agreement with Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa during his recent trip to Asia will be given a second chance to bid on a lucrative duty-free concession contract at Los Angeles International Airport.

A jury was chosen Friday to hear the case against a former Los Angeles police detective charged with murdering her ex-boyfriend's wife in Van Nuys nearly 26 years ago.

A 24-year-old man beaten to death during a brawl at a Sherman Oaks park was identified Friday as a Lancaster resident.