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Sheriff's detectives arrested a key figure in the Mexican Mafia on suspicion of extortion, authorities confirmed Friday.

CALABASAS, Calif. - Investigators say at least seven redheaded students were attacked at a Southern California middle school after a Facebook group announced "Kick a Ginger Day." Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday that detectives identified eight boys at A.E. Wright Middle School as formal subjects of the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- California state Senate leader Darrell Steinberg said that following a massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, and vandalism at a Sacramento County synagogue, people must continue to "fight for peace." "As an active member of my local Jewish community, a longtime supporter of the local Muslim and broader interfaith community, I invite ...

San Jose State University is once again shrinking the size of its freshman class - accepting all qualified students from Santa Clara County but limiting entry by nonresidents, and toughening standards for the most popular majors, such as engineering, business and nursing.

Malibu/Lost Hills, Calif. - " The family of a 24-year-old missing Black woman has made an appeal to federal law enforcement officials for help to bring her home safely and soon.

The LA Times earlier this month revealed that the Sheriff's Department had obtained Levin's telephone records as part of an investigation into the leak of information about Mel Gibson 's 2006 drunk-driving arrest and subsequent anti-Semitic laced tirade.

The founder of TMZ.com is promising a fight, saying the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department illegally obtained his phone records in its investigation into who leaked a report on Mel Gibson's 2006 drunken driving arrest, including details on the actor's anti-Semitic tirade.

A woman who believes coyotes killed her dog at north Lake Tahoe has launched a petition to try to get local officials to crack down on what she says is a growing threat from the animals.

Recently hired city attorney Jacqueline Mittelstadt will remain on paid leave until at least Oct.

Media law experts and journalism groups expressed outrage Thursday that Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies obtained phone records from a notable Hollywood gossip journalist during a leak investigation, calling the action a serious violation of the reporter's rights.

The two teenagers charged as adults in the beating death of Yucaipa group home worker George Onyango could soon face additional charges of special circumstances that might enable a jury to sentence them to life in prison without parole.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy suspected of leaking details about Mel Gibson's anti-Semitic tirade during a 2006 drunk-driving arrest will not face criminal charges, despite records showing that two calls were made from his home on the day of the arrest to a celebrity news website.

Share + Sep 25, 2009 5:12 pm US/Pacific Reporting Sam Shane CBS13 has obtained exclusive video of the flat screen televisions in question.

A small group of students at San Jose State University marched through the campus Wednesday afternoon in a student-organized demonstration against the state's $584 million budget cut to the California State University system.

Evacuation orders have been lifted in some neighborhoods near the giant wildfire burning northeast of Los Angeles.

Editorial: Brush up now: Ready, set, go! Read Wildfire Action Plan Tuesday, September 1, 2009 Just three months ago, Ventura County Fire Chief Bob Roper asked county residents to remember "three simple words": "Ready, set, go!" Those words have even more immediacy and poignancy as two people in Big Tujunga Canyon tried to ride out the fire in their ...

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The Station fire, which continued to push southeast into the mountains high above Pasadena and Sierra Madre, has cost more than $21 million to fight, officials said today.

Mike Tarzian didn't even bother watering down his roof of his Tujunga home. He closed all the windows, leaned a ladder against the house for firefighters and stuck a case of water in the fridge.

Residents of an area of Sunland-Tujunga were ordered to evacuate Monday as the fast-moving Station Fire, which officials say could consume a total of 120,000 acres by the day's end, burned ever closer to their foothill homes.