A California Highway Patrol officer was killed Friday during a high-speed pursuit in Redlands when his motorcycle slammed into a big-rig truck.
The accident occurred during a wild chase on surface streets near the 10 Freeway that reached speeds of 100...
Executives at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power misled the public when they threatened to withhold $73.5 million from the city's budget two months ago as part of their demand for a hike in electricity rates, City Controller Wendy Greuel said...
Several months after the city opened a showcase community green in the shadow of the new Los Angeles Police Department headquarters, the lush acre of lawn has become an embarrassing expanse of dying, brown turf.
The rare open space, a hit with downtown...
In an unexpected development, a state agency has rejected California's new methodology for putting condemned inmates to death by lethal injection, and has given corrections officials until Oct. 6 to resubmit their proposal.
The decision by the Office of...
In a bizarre pronouncement, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa this week told Fox News' Neil Cavuto that 3,500 workers will have been cut from city payrolls come July 1 as City Hall balanced a budget that at one time was recently $585 million in the red. It's bizarre...
A retired Los Angeles Police Department commander has been named the new chief of police in Riverside. Sergio Diaz is scheduled to begin his new job on July 1.
Diaz replaces former chief Russ Leach who was granted a medical retirement after pleading...
Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley convincingly won the GOP primary for attorney general on Tuesday, giving Republicans a strong chance at capturing the state's top law enforcement job in the November contest.
His San Francisco counterpart, Dist...
Game on.
The dust hadn't even settled from last night's primary and already Republican Los Angeles District Attorney Steve Cooley was attacking his Democratic opponent for attorney general, San Francisco top prosecutor Kamala Harris.
"We may have...
Los Angeles took steps Wednesday toward laying off 246 of the initial 761 workers to be cut under the $6.7 billion city budget taking effect July 1.
A list of layoffs - affecting libraries, animal services and child care services in parks - was presented...
A panel of federal judges ruled Wednesday that New York City can keep secret about 1,800 pages of records detailing the Police Department's surveillance and tactical strategy in advance of protests at the 2004 Republican National Convention.
In reversing...
Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley says delivery of medical marijuana and selling the drug online are illegal. Cooley, who is running for California attorney general, said Wednesday those who deal in either instance could face felony charges....
The murder rate in the city of Los Angeles continued to trend up in June, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. As of June 5, the number of homicides (134) was up 6.3 percent compared to roughly the same period last year (126). Other major crimes,...
A Los Angeles police officer will be prosecuted in San Diego federal court on charges of selling 111.2 grams of methamphetamine at an Escondido mall, prosecutors said Wednesday.
Yoshio Romero, 28, of Corona, is accused of trying to sell the drugs for $4,...
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday joined the growing chorus warning against texting while driving, although he has a driver who chauffeurs him around the city.
"It seems funny to have me saying this," Villaraigosa acknowledged Monday at a City Hall...
Officials with the Los Angeles city attorney's office Monday said they believe there will be "substantial compliance" with an ordinance that shuts down more than 400 medical marijuana dispensaries that opened over the last two and a half years.
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Alarmed by the use of hard-to-track prepaid cell phones by terror suspects, New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and Texas Sen. John Cornyn have introduced legislation requiring consumers to produce identification before buying such phones.
The bill has been...
A reward of up to $500,000 was reinstated Tuesday for information leading to the capture of the "Grim Sleeper,'' who has been linked to 11 murders, mostly in South Los Angeles, over the last 25 years.
Mwenda Murithi, the Kenyan-born leader of a notorious Chicago street gang, was arrested 26 times after his student visa was revoked in 2003. Charged with at least four felonies, he served 30 days in the Cook County Jail for a 2007 drug violation. By law, he...
Los Angeles is home to hundreds of medical marijuana dispensaries, but concern over their proliferation has provoked a backlash. Police are cracking down on most of them starting Monday.
A new city ordinance limits the number and locations of medical...
Los Angeles International Airport's police department lacks the necessary equipment and recognition from state and local authorities to properly handle 911 calls placed from terminals, airport Police Chief George Centeno acknowledged Monday.
Responding...
A small city outside Los Angeles is considering merging its police force with a neighboring city under scrutiny for officer-involved shootings. The Bell City Council is set to vote on a proposal Monday night to merge with the Maywood-Cudahy Police Department....
Smaller paychecks beat reams of pink slips, California public employee unions are concluding in contract talks with local governments facing budget gaps requiring deep spending cuts.
Even in liberal San Francisco, labor's public-sector wing has been...
The California Highway Patrol is warning motorists along freeways in Riverside and San Bernardino counties to be cautious in the wake of dozens of instances in which someone fired projectiles, possibly pellets or BBs, at moving vehicles, shattering windows and...
The City of San Carlos has a novel solution to help fix its $3.5 million budget shortfall. It's considering contracting out police, park and fire services.
Two agencies-the Redwood City Police Department and San Mateo County Sheriff's Office-have already...
There is something about the relationship between City Attorney Carmen Trutanich and most City Council members that makes you wonder if they'll ever get along.
Perhaps it was the way Trutanich introduced himself to most of the City Council, with more...
The courtroom was full and the convicted killer told the judge he was ready to be sentenced.
But Sacramento Superior Court Judge Steve White on Friday couldn't grant Johnathan Allan Baker his wish to be sent away to prison for the rest of his life.
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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has begun fitting paroled gang members with GPS monitors to better keep track of criminals considered to be among the worst of the worst.
By the end of the year, about 260 paroled gang members...
About 1 a.m. on Nov. 24, an emergency call was made from Los Angeles International Airport, raising the possibility that a gunman or terrorist had shot someone in Terminal 4. Time was of the essence, but 911 operators at the Los Angeles Police Department...
When Caryl Chessman died in California's gas chamber 50 years ago - probably the state'...
