A federal appeals court says Anna Nicole Smith's estate will receive none of the more than $300 million that she claimed her late billionaire husband had

A 5-year-old boy who was inside a pickup truck that was stolen in the Hollywood Hills today was found safe a short time later, police said.

A search for whoever rigged recent booby traps apparently intended to kill anti-gang officers in Riverside County likely will include interrogating inmates

The Los Angeles Dodgers say Hall of Fame announcer Vin Scully is out of the hospital after bumping his head during a fall.

Authorities say an out of control and speeding SUV plunged off a freeway and landed on top of a car. Miraculously, everyone in the collision survived.

Are there are too many massage parlors in the Santa Clarita Valley? That's the concern voiced in an anonymous letter that's making the rounds.

Dozens of students were placed in handcuffs and taken away on Thursday in a truancy sweep in the East Los Angeles area.

The Department of Water and Power board on Thursday approved a proposal aimed at fast-tracking the city's transition to renewable energy by adding about $2.50

Sheriff's deputies on Thursday announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and capture of a man who sexually assaulted a woman in Hemet

California lawmakers on Thursday will consider what is believed to be the nation's most far-reaching smoking ban in state parks as a way to get unsightly

A man who claims to hold the mortgage for the La Habra home of Nadya Suleman, her octuplets and other children, said today the mortgage is overdue, and is

A Los Angeles gang member who was on parole has been sentenced to 93 years to life in prison for killing a 4-year-old boy.

A clothing store owner who spent 23 years behind bars for a deadly arson fire after proclaiming her innocence has been paroled from state prison and deported

A man tried to abduct a 10-year-old girl from an elementary school in Rancho Palos Verdes on Thursday, police said.

Roman Polanski's attorneys filed an appeal asking that a special counsel be appointed to investigate alleged judicial and prosecutorial misconduct in the

Fess Parker, a baby-boomer idol in the 1950s who launched a craze for coonskin caps as television's Davy Crockett, died Thursday of natural causes. He was 85.

A 17-year-old girl was fatally shot in her 22-year-old boyfriend's Riverside home on Thursday, and the man was arrested, police said.
 

Polls show Irvine Assemblyman Chuck Devore only trails by four points and drops by “Good Day LA” to tell viewers why he should be California’s next Senator.

The Tiger Woods saga took another bizarre twist Thursday when one of his alleged porn star mistresses released more than 100 graphic text messages that she

A California Highway Patrol officer responding to a report of a runaway Toyota Prius last week arrived to find a Border Patrol agent near the driver with

Three people who were threatened by the tide while stranded in a cove were back on dry ground today after a nighttime rescue by firefighters rappelling down an

South Gate police shot and wounded a man in nearby Lynwood today as he dashed from a car that had just been spotted driving away from an armed robbery,

Teachers, parents and students protested outside Fremont High on Wednesday, none of them happy about the School Superintendent's demand that the school be

All 208 episodes of television's "General Electric Theater," hosted by then-actor Ronald Reagan, were delivered to former first lady Nancy Reagan as part of

The city's chief labor negotiator said on Wednesday unions are still balking at pay cuts that would reduce the budget deficit and minimize layoffs.

A Los Angeles woman who was granted parole after serving 23 years in prison for arson won't be released as planned because of her immigration status.

A suspect was wounded in an officer-involved shooting in Panorama City on Wednesday night.

President Barack Obama will visit Los Angeles next month to help raise money for three-term U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer and the Democratic National Committee.

A man who barricaded himself in his Norco home and threatened to shoot himself in front of deputies, was arrested.

Meg Whitman, the billionaire first-time candidate who says her business smarts will help turn around California's fiscal fortunes, is in a statistical dead

Riverside County law enforcement officials say they've arrested about 30 members of the Vagos motorcycle gang in a statewide crackdown.

The California Highway Patrol says an officer who helped guide the driver of a speeding Toyota Prius to safety arrived to find the car's brake lights flashing

State officials say they've rejected seven bids to buy the Orange County Fairgrounds and will go back to the drawing board to find a way to sell the facility

A man groped and slashed a 17-year-old girl in a Santa Ana park before she managed to get away, according to police.

A 17-year-old girl walking home with a friend was shot and killed in Pomona, authorities said On Wednesday.

With the city's budget woes having caused the annual downtown parade to be scrapped after 10 years, Los Angeles' biggest St. Patrick's Day event was at LA

Airport security agents mistakenly allowed a bottle of liquid to pass through before it was properly scanned early Wednesday at Los Angeles International

Tuesday night’s commemoration of Persian and Iranian New Year took on a special meaning this year. Thousands of people turned out at Dockweiler Beach to greet

24-hours-ago, the Bolsa Grande High's baseball season looked ruined... Now, thanks to the generosity of strangers, things are looking up.

Jimmy Delshad was installed Tuesday night as Beverly Hills' mayor, beginning a yearlong term that he hopes will serve to enhance the city's reputation of fine

Some City Council members on Tuesday opposed plans for a carbon reduction surcharge that would add $2.50 a month to the bills of residential Department of

Torrance police on Tuesday sought the public's help in finding a man who followed a woman into a McDonald's bathroom and tried to look under the stall door.

A former Los Angeles County probation camp teacher has been arrested for allegedly encouraging fights between juveniles during class.
 

Police today sought a man wanted for raping a 37-year-old woman in a North Hollywood parking lot.

A 38-year-old Ladera Ranch woman today pleaded guilty to stealing more than $200,000 from Compass Bible Church in Aliso Viejo while she worked there.

The presiding judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court announced today the layoffs of 330 employees, along with plans to shutter courtrooms to help cope with a

A Los Angeles foster mother and her boyfriend are under investigation in the death of a 2-year-old girl who was struck with a hammer.

Southern Californians were jolted from their sleep before dawn Tuesday as a small but strongly felt earthquake struck beneath Los Angeles' eastern suburbs.

Firefighters needed 37 minutes to knock down a second-alarm fire that heavily damaged a strip mall in El Monte on Monday night.

The recent violence in Mexico has the State Department issuing warnings and tourists pondering alternate vacations.

Los Angeles police say they discovered a marijuana-growing operation in a San Fernando Valley home after responding to a call of a home invasion robbery and

A Los Angeles physician who investigators call the second "most prolific provider" of prescription drugs in the country has been convicted of 13 felony counts.

More than 200 students and staff members were evacuated from Bret Harte Elementary School in Long Beach on Monday as the result of a phoned in bomb threat,

A felony assault charge has been dropped against UCLA basketball forward Nikola Dragovic who was accused of assaulting a man after a concert in Hollywood.

The two Republicans seeking their party's nomination for governor sparred Monday over what kind of tax cuts would best stimulate California's faltering economy

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Monday proposed a carbon reduction surcharge that would add about $2.50 a month to the bills of residential Department of Water

An insurance executive who secretly shot nude videos of ESPN reporter Erin Andrews was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Monday.

Toyota is casting doubt on a California man's claim that his Prius sped out of control, saying the report is inconsistent with the findings of the company's

A 73-year-old woman was killed when she was struck by several vehicles on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu on Monday, prompting authorities to shut down the

The historic Angels Flight funicular will resume regular service today, more than nine years after being closed because of a fatal accident. Watch the video

An off-duty Gardena police officer fatally shot a man who attacked him in front of his 6-year-old daughter at a fast food restaurant in Anaheim, according to

A man, his wife and their 6-year-old daughter were receiving treatment today for wounds that they suffered when gunfire broke outside an apartment building in

Peter Graves, a TV and film actor who starred in the original "Mission: Impossible" series and "Airplane!", was found dead Sunday at his home in Pacific

No basketball team from Los Angeles or Orange counties will play in the NCAA men's basketball tournament this year, according to the brackets released Sunday.

A Diamond Bar man and his sister received a crash course in insurance fraud when they were arrested because a YouTube video shows his car -- which they claim

The federal government said Monday it cannot explain a reported incident of sudden, high-speed acceleration in a Toyota Prius on a San Diego, Calif., freeway

It's time to spring forward once again... Daylight Saving Time has returned. Did you remember to set your clocks ahead one hour?

A person was critically injured in a shooting on a Metro bus on Friday night in Hollywood. The shooting was reported around 8 p.m. on Santa Monica Boulevard,

California Republicans are hoping the political tide has finally turned in their favor after years of fractious infighting, lack of direction and a dwindling

The feared release of a convicted child molester from a California prison was thwarted Friday by 11th-hour federal charges involving child porn and a woman's

A hero dog, who survived five gunshots, needs your help to stay alive.

A Los Angeles woman who spent 23 years in prison after being convicted of setting a fatal 1985 fire in the Garment District was expected to be released from

A San Clemente man was critically injured on Friday when the Toyota pickup truck he was driving crashed into a big rig delivery truck, but it was unclear

A woman who was attacked on Friday in Point Dume State Park in Malibu escaped by going off a cliff, but the man stole her car, according to the sheriff's

A Southern California teenager accused of dismembering and burning a 16-year-old boy before fleeing to Mexico has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has ordered a review of the way the state handled the case of convicted sex offender John Gardner III, a suspect in the killings of

A union for Orange County sheriff's deputies has dropped a lawsuit challenging the early release of inmates.

A Sacramento County Superior Court judge has altered the language of California's open-primary ballot measure after a last-minute push by its opponents.

The name of the late actor Corey Haim was found on a fraudulent prescription for a powerful painkiller that authorities said Friday was obtained through a

A San Bernardino woman has died after a potentially suicidal man drove a truck into her home and pinned her against the kitchen stove.

The Orange County District Attorney's office is partnering with a private law firm to sue Toyota Motor Sales USA for allegedly selling defective vehicles and

A manhunt was under way on Friday for whoever fatally shot two people in Moreno Valley and wounded a third in an outbreak of violence that appeared to involve

Authorities say three people have been hospitalized after they were splashed with an unknown chemical on a Los Angeles street.

A 16-year-old Long Beach girl under the care of a residential shelter in Hermosa Beach went missing on Thursday. Kentisha Lane "was overheard speaking to her

Huntington Beach police say they are receiving some calls from the public after releasing more than 100 photos apparently taken by convicted serial killer

Lawyers for legendary music producer Phil Spector have asked an appellate court to throw out his second-degree murder conviction on grounds of judicial error

A $50,000 reward was offered on Thursday for information leading to the capture of a man suspected of killing a transgender person, whose family pleaded with

A federal appeals court upheld the use of the words "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We Trust" on U.S. currency, rejecting arguments

Los Angeles has issued its first pink slip as it prepares to cut up to 4,000 jobs to close a yawning budget gap. The curator of the Point Fermin Lighthouse in

A composite sketch of a man suspected of groping a woman who was pushing a her child in a stroller in Perris was released on Thursday by the sheriff's

A husband and wife pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a hit-and-run crash that killed a USC student and seriously injured another.

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Controller Wendy Greuel ordered a citywide spending freeze, barring department heads from dipping into the city's general fund

A child molester formerly from Costa Mesa due to be released from prison on Friday may be arrested again on a federal warrant out of Florida on different

Six UCLA students were tied up with their own shoelaces and robbed at gunpoint at a Westwood apartment early Thursday morning.

Divers rescued a woman from the water after a sport utility vehicle crashed through a guard rail on a bridge spanning the Los Angeles River in Long Beach.

3D TV promises to put all other televisions to shame. Best Buy has clinched the exclusive rights to sell Panasonic's first three dimensional TV

A singer from the group Girlicious was charged on Thursday with a felony count of possession for sale of cocaine.

Two teens on the run since the November death of a 17-year-old boy whose body was burned in a bonfire were brought back to Riverside County today.