Los Angeles County News

The fires that burned near Diamond Ranch High School and neighboring communities were fully contained Wednesday morning, but clean up crews continued to work hard to keep hot spots from flaring up.

Prosecutors on Friday said they declined to file charges against 27 day laborers who were arrested for trespassing outside a Home Depot in Industry in May.

File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. a " Law enforcement officials from the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world have wrapped up a two-day conference in Beverly Hills, where they discussed ways of improving coordination and knowledge sharing.About 60 top officials came for the conference, including Interpol president Khoo Boon Hui and representatives ...

A fire destroyed a garage in an unincorporated county area near Whittier Wednesday, authorities said.

Two teenagers have been charged as adults for the death of a 16-year-old girl who was shot after a homecoming football game in Long Beach last month.

An investigation is underway after a man in custody was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies following a short pursuit near Azusa.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a suspect has been wounded in a deputy-involved shooting near Azusa.

Claremont police on Wednesday afternoon are still unsure what caused an elderly woman to step out on the tracks in front of a commuter train.

Officials Tuesday continued to search for a motive in the possible murder-suicide of a husband and wife in Canoga Park.

A Los Angeles County grand jury has charged a convicted serial killer with three more murders based on DNA evidence.

A large, fast-moving brush fire threatened a number of homes in the Diamond Bar area near the 60 Freeway on Tuesday, but fire officials quickly contained the blaze.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. Call it the Irony Curtain.

Sean Penn's teenage son was reportedly arrested last week. 16-year-old Hopper - the Oscar-winning actor's son with estranged wife Robin Wright Penn - was allegedly taken into custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department after offices visited his high school in Malibu.

A former employee is suing the pastor of a Los Angeles County church, claiming he sexually abused her over a period of years.

A cluster of brush fires believed ignited by a malfunctioning vehicle threatened suburban homes and swept past a high school Thursday before aircraft and firefighters quashed its spread.

State court officials have recommended Los Angeles and San Diego counties to host the murder trial of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, several local news agencies reported.

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

Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say a deputy has been shot and wounded in Lawndale.

Both Deputy Attorney General Michael Johnsen and Gerald Uelmen, the lawyer for a man challenging his marijuana conviction, agreed that a state appeals court went too far last year when it ruled that the 2003 law protecting card-holding pot patients from arrest clashed with California law allowing medical use of marijuana.