Los Angeles County News

A 22-year-old Hollywood woman convicted earlier this month of selling bogus Disneyland tickets was arrested again this weekend after she allegedly punched a loss prevention worker who caught her stealing beauty cream from the Sephora at the Americana at Brand.

After being convicted of false imprisonment, Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis told the Hollywood Reporter that his jury was "retarded," and should be killed.

Stern, 59, served a dozen years on the Rancho Palos Verdes City Council beginning in 1999 and was mayor in 2003 and 2008.

Detectives Tuesday arrested a man and woman in connection with a 1997 cold case slaying in Altadena believed to have stemmed from a dispute over CDs.

This city chose Eric Garcetti as its first elected Jewish mayor in one a number of political contests on Tuesday that reflected the city's diversity, as well as its numerous variations of Jewishness.

Two male black suspects brandishing a firearm entered into the nonprofit La Mirada Volunteer Center last Thursday and robbed the employees of cash, Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials said.

A man who died while in police custody last Friday has been identified as Guillermo Pablo Cedano, 34, of Montebello, Los Angeles County Coroner Lt.

Los Angeles mayoral candidate Eric Garcetti greets supporters during an election night party at the Hollywood Palladium, May 21, 2013.

Los Angeles County prosecutors said Tuesday they'll seek to retry five former officials in the city of Bell who were accused of corruption and overpaying themselves with public funds.

Whittier police arrested a homeless man Tuesday morning for assault with a deadly weapon after he allegedly hit another transient on the head with a wooden board on Monday, prompting the bleeding victim to be transferred to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, officers said.

Legacy EDACS system will be replaced by a $20 million system--at no cost to the county--under terms of rebanding deal with Sprint Nextel.

A member of the Oakland Fire Department is heading to Moore, the tornado-ravaged Oklahoma City suburb where at least two dozen people have died, to help with the recovery and rescue plan, state officials announced Tuesday.

Nicholas Benson, a candidate for Pasadena City Council District 3, participates in a candidate forum held at Side Street Projects on North Fair Oaks Avenue Saturday, February 2, 2013.

After 33 years with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Undersheriff Paul Tanaka is stepping down - and he's not going quietly.

An ex-convict who police have labeled as "extremely violent" and an "imminent public threat" is on the loose, police said on Monday.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy pleaded not guilty Monday to assaulting an inmate in the back of a patrol car, a charge brought nearly two years after the alleged incident occurred.

One-time Derek and the Dominos drummer Jim Gordon , who's been in prison since killing his mother in 1983, was denied parole last month and won't be able to apply for it again until at least 2018.

A Los Angeles police officer was arrested Monday on suspicion of committing lewd acts on two children in Castaic, authorities said Monday.

A person prepares to head up stairs to his boarding gate on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Ontario International Airport.

The city of Los Angeles is pursuing a criminal investigation of a psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas, which has allegedly put 1,500 patients on buses and sent them out of state over the past five years.