UCLA starting forward Nikola Dragovic was suspended for the Bruins' game against Cal State Bakersfield on Friday night following his arrest.

Former state Assemblyman Nao Takasugi, who was sent to a Japanese internment camp during World War II, has died. He was 87. Takasugi, a Republican from Oxnard, spent six years in

Federal officials say they arrested a man who strapped 15 live lizards to his chest to get through customs at Los Angeles International Airport.

A veteran headwaiter for a Princess Cruise Lines ship was acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman passenger while at sea.

A would-be bank robber wearing clown makeup and carrying a purse, tried to hold up the Altura Credit Union in Riverside, but left empty handed. Workers at the

Los Angeles cold-case detectives have arrested a man charged with murdering a 65-year-old woman nearly three decades ago.

A woman was struck and killed today by a northbound Metro Blue Line train in Watts, authorities said.

California's jobless rate was 12.5 percent in October, slightly above the 12.3 percent rate in September, but well above the October 2008 rate of 8 percent.

California is investigating several companies suspected of bilking churches nationwide of hundreds of thousands of dollars through fraudulent computer leasing

A man was killed today and two others were wounded in an apparent gang-related shooting outside a Long Beach liquor store, authorities said today.

Most women in their 20s can have a Pap smear every two years instead of annually, say new guidelines that conclude that's enough to catch slow-growing cervical cancer.

A 39-year-old Thousand Oaks man has been arrested for misdemeanor child annoyance after allegedly paying a teenager $31 to spit in his face.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies say tips from the public helped lead to the arrest of a suspect who allegedly robbed a man outside a convenience store

A man has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the beating death of a 6-year-old Los Angeles boy. Prosecutors say Marcas Fisher entered his plea Monday in

Wine bars have become a hot trend and there's a hot new place in LA called Vinoteque on Melrose, where you will find reasonably priced gourmet food, with an

A man who says he was the victim of police lies was accused by the District Attorney's office in court Thursday of lying himself. John Schwada has the video

Someone could be listening in on your cell calls and using your phone to track your every move, without you knowing. As Christina Gonzalez reports, depending

Anguished family and friends made a silent and painful return Thursday night, to a place where tragedy struck. It's the intersection of Glyndon and Venice, on

In a bizzare accident, a truck lost a tire on the 101 Freeway in Calabasas Thursday evening. The tire crashed into a windshield, injuring a female driver. Hal

The body of an Anaheim Marine who died in combat in Afghanistan was returned to the Los Alamitos military airfield on Thursday. Al Naipo has the video report.

Firefighters made quick work of a brush fire in the Conejo Ridge area of Thousand Oaks this evening.

The trial of former BART transit officer Johannes Mehserle, charged in the killing of an unarmed man in the Bay Area, will be held in Los Angeles County.

Customs officials say they got a surprise when they found 316,000 glass bongs disguised as Christmas ornaments at the Los Angeles harbor.

R&B singer Chris Brown, who previously admitted assaulting then-girlfriend Rihanna after a pre-Grammy Awards party, was praised by a judge for receiving an

Crimes motivated by hate decreased slightly in 2008 compared to the previous year, consistent with a drop in overall crime, according to a report released by the Los Angeles

An elderly woman in a motorized wheelchair rolled up a freeway exit ramp and into traffic as her husband chased after her, according to the California Highway Patrol.

The University of California Board of Regents agreed today to partner with Los Angeles County to reopen Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital, the Willowbrook

A man was shot in the neck at a Sears parking lot Wednesday night in North Hollywood and hospitalized in critical condition.

Three men were standing at the corner of 40th Street and Electric Avenue Tuesday night, when someone walked up to them and opened fire. One man was killed and

Imagine the holidays without pumpkin pie... It could happen this year due to a nationwide shortage of pumpkin filling. So what's a die hard pumpkin eater to

Authorities say mail containing a suspicious powder was delivered to the Austrian Consulate in West LA on Wednesday. Earlier this month suspicious packages

The Ortega Fire in the San Juan Capistrano area was 100 percent contained as of Wednesday evening, according to fire officials in Orange County.

A 7-year-old San Bernardino County boy has died from complications of swine flu, three days after being sent home from school after falling ill. Gigi

Police busted a sophisticated marijuana farm inside an industrial building 25 feet from the back door of the Topanga Community Los Angeles Police Station.

Nicole Richie has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital and is being treated for pneumonia. Her representative says she's doing well.

A car went over a cliff along Mulholland Drive near Laurel Canyon around 2:30 this afternoon. Emergency crews got the driver out of the car and she was

A suspected drunken driver was arrested today after a violent crash in Montebello that left a passenger seriously injured, police said. Watch Hal Eisner's

The Los Angeles City Council delayed a vote on a medical marijuana ordinance that would allow some cash transactions at dispensaries.

Despite raucous student protests at UCLA that poured onto the streets of Westwood, the University of California Board of Regents approved a 32 percent fee

A 17-year-old boy was shot and critically wounded today in Baldwin Park, police said.
 

Three armed robberies were carried out in a 35-minute span in Fullerton and La Habra, and two suspects were in custody today following their arrest at the scene of the third

A popular teacher at La Quinta High School was allegedly bullied and forced to quit by the school's administration, according to students, parents, and alumni.

A Hollenbeck businessman, who was once a gang member, is accusing an LAPD officer of perjury and he has surveillance tape to prove it. Now the man's attorney

Police say professional car burglars are working Los Angeles' Westside neighborhoods, targeting BMWs for their expensive headlights and airbags.

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for two people who may have been aboard a powerboat when a fire broke out and destroyed the vessel about two miles

A probe into a spate of water main breaks in Los Angeles last summer suggests links between corrosion of very old cast-iron pipe, old-fashioned construction

Police released a composite drawing of a portly man who tried to kidnap a 13-year-old girl as she was walking home from school in Encino on Tuesday. Gigi

The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office today launched a 24-hour hotline offering rewards of up to $5,000 for tips leading to the arrest or

Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley says he will continue prosecuting operators of dispensaries that sell medical marijuana, regardless of a

FBI agents and sheriff's deputies serving warrants at the homes of suspected gang members in South Los Angeles seized drugs and guns and made 14 arrests, authorities said.

A big rig jackknifed on the eastbound Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway in Granada Hills today, spilling some oil onto the roadway and blocking the eastbound lanes

A man was shot in the leg on Tuesday at a Sherman Oaks residence, and police sought the gunman, authorities said. Hal Eisner has more in this video report.

Say "hello" to LA's new top cop. Charlie Beck was confirmed and officially installed as the new chief of the Los Angeles Police Department earlier today.

Fire tore through a pallet storage area in an industrial yard in the South Gate area on Monday night. No one was injured and no structures were threatened.

It was a trip down memory lane Monday night at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, as the casts and creators of some popular 80's sitcoms talked

What do the homeless do when the places they rely on can't help them? The economy has made that a painful reality in Simi Valley, forcing one shelter to cut back. Hal Eisner was

A former aerospace worker has been found guilty of first-degree murder and carjacking in connection with the death of an airport police officer at Los Angeles

A suspected member of a burglary ring that stole cash, jewelry and clothing from celebrities' homes has pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles.

One of two teenagers accused of killing a Long Beach high school honor student after a homecoming football game has pleaded not guilty.

Two City Council committees watered down a proposed medical marijuana ordinance and forwarded the amended measure to the full City Council without approving

The Ortega Fire was estimated 75 percent contained, with firefighters hoping for full containment by tonight, according to Orange County fire officials this

A former Caltech physics graduate student linked to millions of dollars in firebombing damage to dozens of SUVs in the San Gabriel Valley was resentenced today in Los Angeles to

A man suspected of shooting another man in Long Beach was shot by police, authorities said today.

Todd Martin of Pacific Palisades and Lisa Fink of Newhall, won the inaugural Malibu International Marathon. Martin completed the course in 2:58:23.7. Fink won the women's division

A man and a woman, each shot with a single bullet to the head, died in a Santa Fe Springs parking lot early Sunday. Officers on a traffic stop nearby responded

This weekend marks the one-year anniversary of the Sayre Fire, which ripped through the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, destroying 480 homes and

A pair of undersea earthquakes struck the sea floor near San Nicolas Island, 55 miles southwest of Point Fermin, on Sunday afternoon. The first quake was

USC running back Stafon Johnson spoke publicly for the first time since crushing his neck in a weightlifting accident earlier this season. Watch Liz Habib's

Los Angeles County public health workers are giving free swine flu vaccines to high-risk individuals at seven locations today. Here's a list of the locations

A pilot who tried make an emergency landing in a San Gabriel parking lot died when his light-plane crossed a road, hit a wall and burst into flames, but

Memorial services were held today for Melody Ross, the 16-year-old Wilson High School student who was gunned down as she left a school football game two weeks

The Metro Gold Line eastside extension is open for regular business today. The six-mile, $898 million extension runs between Union Station and East Los

Caltech has been been ranked number one as the best value among 100 private colleges and universities for the fourth straight year by Kiplinger's Personal

Los Angeles schools Superintendent Ramon Cortines told union officials that all employees must accept furloughs and pay cuts this year and next, or the

An Inland Empire man suspected of killing his wife and stepdaughter was arrested by a SWAT team in a motel next to Interstate 10 in New Mexico today.

A man who planned to kill himself but changed his mind was arrested after he abandoned a car on the tracks of the Metro Blue Line, causing a train to crash, police said.

Weather forecasters have withdrawn a fire weather watch for the Los Angeles area. However, they posted Red Flag Warnings for the mountains of San Diego County and the Inland

A 74-year-old man said to be the oldest graffiti vandal ever captured in Los Angeles County was arrested Friday, authorities said. Deputies spotted the

LA's Agape Choir celebrated a milestone on Friday... 21-years performing from local churches all the way to Lincoln Center and the United Nations. Tricia

Freed journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling were just two of the honorees at the 11th Annual Rainbow Push Awards. The special event was held in Beverly Hills on

LRAD Stands for Long Range Acoustical Device, but some call it acoustic warfare. Police departments are buying these units for crowd control. The ACLU is

Local Disney Hotel workers say swine flu or not, they can't afford to call in sick, because they don't receive paid sick leave. There's a move in congress to

A San Clemente man who handled business dealings for pro skateboarder Ryan Sheckler was arrested and charged with embezzling more than $365,000 from his 19-year-old boss.

Metrolink's board of directors postponed a decision today on a proposed 6 percent fare hike, directing its staff to consider other options -- including

Prosecutors say they'll appeal a judge's decision to dismiss two murder counts against a trucker who lost his brakes coming off Angeles Crest Highway in La

A man was hospitalized after being attacked by two other men and then shot in the head outside a Sherman Oaks club along Ventura Boulevard early Friday

A quick storm dumped intense rain on mountain slopes left bare by the Station Fire, triggering flows of mud, rocks and boulders into a hillside neighborhood in

Are you a couch potato? Lots of us are. According to Dr. Christian Roberts it's important to get on your feet and stay active, because sitting could be your

Next week there will be a big showdown in the medical marijuana wars. Two LA City Council committees will try to draft new rules to control the city's

Riverside County officials say it's one of the biggest cases of campaign money laundering in the state. Four of five San Jacinto Council members are among

When it comes to your health, it's only natural you want to believe doctors know best, but when you're not getting better and the diagnosis doesn't seem to

A Los Angeles developer and attorney has been found dead in his Brentwood home. Police say 65-year-old Douglas Ring, a philanthropist who served on city

Government health officials say swine flu has sickened about 22 million Americans since April. They say about 4,000 have died, including 540 children. Watch

Three people were being treated today for non-life- threatening wounds they suffered in a drive-by shooting that followed a stare- down in Winnetka.

In what police called a "tragedy in the worst way," a woman killed by her former boyfriend, who was then killed by officers, had just filed a domestic abuse

Veterans have made many sacrifices to help preserve our freedom and some veterans are continuing the fight. Hal Eisner met one man who's trying to instill in

Video just released shows a vintage war plane buzzing the Santa Monica Pier, sending people there running for cover. Check out the video in Al Naipo's report

When you watch a high school girls sports team in action, can you pick out the person most likely to get hurt? Here's a hint, look at the sidelines. 30,000