A rapidly spreading brush fire in a remote, difficult-to-access area scorched at least 140 acres of vegetation in the Val Verde area Wednesday, with no immediate reports of injuries or threats to ...

An Endangered Missing Advisory issued for an 8-year-old boy who was allegedly abducted by a 36-year-old man sharing the same last name in East Los Angeles was deactivated Wednesday. Aizen Sanchez had ...

A 72-year-old man was assaulted while working as an Uber driver in Indio, requiring hospitalization, police said Wednesday. The driver, whose name was not released, accepted a ride request and ...

A 34-year-old former Eastvale high school teacher who engaged in sex acts with a boy in one of her classes is slated to be sentenced Thursday. In March, Amanda Leigh Quinonez pleaded guilty to two ...

Firefighters were battling a fast-moving brush fire Wednesday in Val Verde that had burned about five acres, with no injuries or structures threatened. The fire was reported about 4 p.m. near Highway ...

LAX expects to handle more than 2 million passengers during the Independence Day travel period and is urging travelers to plan ahead as one of the busiest stretches of the summer gets underway, ...

Overnight lane closures are scheduled next week on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Topanga as Caltrans crews repave a section of the highway, transportation officials announced Wednesday. The work will ...

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced an official partnership with 7-Eleven Wednesday through the nationwide Operation Chill program, an initiative designed to strengthen positive ...

A 61-year-old man convicted of killing a 9-year-old in a road rage-fueled collision in Orange a decade ago died while in custody on a domestic violence case, Orange County sheriff’s officials said ...

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday scrapped a plan to exempt newly constructed multi-family and mixed-residential buildings from the city’s so-called “mansion tax” for a 10-year period. In a 13-1 ...

With Fourth of July crowds expected to flock to Los Angeles County beaches this holiday weekend, health officials Wednesday warned beachgoers to avoid entering the ocean at several locations because ...

A granddaughter of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel — whose late sister sued a businessman, alleging memorabilia belonging to the onetime Las Vegas mobster was wrongfully sold to a bidder without her ...