Los Angeles County News

Authorities say a suspected drunk driver struck a van in Southern California, killing a mother and her two daughters and injuring two others.

British police say a man has been arrested after pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a performance by the Israeli national theater company at the Globe Theater in London.

A former Los Angeles County police officer will receive $450,000 to settle a lawsuit he filed against the Glendale Police Department, alleging he suffered retaliation after raising concerns over giving helicopter rides to civilians.

A California judge's decision to open a county's child welfare hearings earlier this year has energized a debate among advocates in other states about whether greater transparency helps or harms the young victims appearing in family court.

One of the Vatican's biggest scandals in decades appears to be widening with reports that an Italian cardinal may be involved in a power struggle involving leaked documents, corruption and intrigue.

Lady Gaga canceled her sold-out show in Indonesia after Islamist hard-liners threatened violence, claiming her sexy clothes and provocative dance moves would corrupt the youth.

Pop singer Justin Bieber is accused of striking a photographer in the face outside a shopping center in Calabasas, Calif., on Sunday, May 27, 2012.

Authorities say nine people were injured after a row boat they were in collided with a motorized boat off Marina Del Rey and was split in half.

LA County Sheriffs said Sunday two arrests have been made in the death of 82-year-old Robert Hewitt, who was in a coma for nearly a year after being robbed and assaulted in his garage.

The death of a 51-year-old man in his South Pasadena home appears to be due to natural causes, officials said Sunday, however police are now investigating a subsequent burglary in which someone stole items from the dead man's home including his car and his dog.

Another invasive insect from Asia has been found in Los Angeles County, and this beetle poses a risk to the $450 million California avocado industry, said two UC Riverside researchers last week.

Actor Jeff Goldblum has landed a temporary restraining order against a woman he has accused of stalking him for more than 10 years.

A former appraiser for the Los Angeles County Assessor's Office pleaded not guilty Friday to 60 felony countsA related to falsifying documents and reducing property values by $172 million in exchange for campaign contributions to Assessor John Noguez.

The study, compiled by two universities, examined more than 2,000 cases resulting in exonerations across the U.S. Coupled with the study is the introduction of a new database called the National Registry of Exonerations, which lists Los Angeles County as having 23 exonerations and Riverside County with one.

The California Highway Patrol today reported no traffic-related deaths on Los Angeles County highways during the first 12 hours of this year's three-day Memorial Day weekend.

A Palmdale mother was being held on $1 million bail after authorities alleged she tried to drown her 8-year-old son in their apartment complex swimming pool.

A woman charged in the shooting death of her husband five years ago in Los Angeles told investigators she shot him in the head multiple times by accident, according to federal court documents.

Five people were charged with 19 felony counts of identity theft and counterfeiting Friday after a routine traffic stop in Diamond Bar earlier in the week led to their arrests, authorities said.

A former Los Angeles County appraiser charged with falsifying records and unlawfully lowering property values has pleaded not guilty to 60 felony counts.

Just like the "Man with No Name" he played in a series of classic Spaghetti Westerns, the origins of a cardboard cut-out of Clint Eastwood standing in La Caada Flintridge, Calif., is a mystery.