Los Angeles County News

Police and sheriff's detectives are searching at a home in a Los Angeles suburb in the case of a woman who disappeared in 1978.

Authorities say a 51-year-old man has been arrested after claiming to be a member of the Walt Disney family and giving away invalid Disneyland passes.

Two men died and another man was injured Wednesday following a two-vehicle crash involving a big rig on a transition road between the 60 and 71 freeways, authorities said.

Finally , someone has come up with a fun and creative way to promote condom use without yelling and throwing scary statistics at the children.

Sheriff's deputies were called out after reports of a bear sighting at a residence in Duarte, authorities said Wednesday.

A proposal to tear down part of Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles to build a treatment center for mentally ill inmates has gained the approval of county officials.

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.