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Word of Nelson Mandela's death spread quickly across the United States, bringing with it a mix of reverence and grief for a man who was born in South Africa but in the end belonged to the world.

Four local brothers are all members of the Los Angeles Police Department. It's believed to be a department first.

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Los Angeles Authorities have arrested a man accused of stealing a piece of the wrecked sports car that "Fast & Furious" star Paul Walker was riding in when he died in a fiery crash Saturday.

There's this weirdly unfounded reputation that just about everyone in Los Angeles is vegan and therefore sunbaked Angelenos only feast on the likes of kale and quinoa.

Longtime LGBT ally Kathy Griffin hosts when lesbian Emmy winner Jane Lynch receives the Trevor Hero Award at the TrevorLIVE benefit in LA on Dec. 8 at the Hollywood Palladium.

They're dumping tons of snow at Beeman Park in Studio City this Sunday for the third year in a row.

Troubled former teenage star Amanda Bynes has left a California facility after court-ordered psychiatric treatment and is recovering at her parents' home in Los Angeles, People magazine said on Thursday.

Assemblymember Jimmy Gomez on Wednesday called for an investigation and the immediate removal of a shadow Affordable Care Act website launched by the California Assembly Republican Caucus in an apparent attempt to discredit so-called Obamacare.

The Los Angeles-based Kabbalah Centre is being sued for over $1 million by former followers in two lawsuits alleging fraud and misuse of funds.

The FBI and local law enforcement officials are seeking two bank robbers dubbed the “New Hat Bandits” in connection with five Los Angeles County bank heists in the past six weeks.

Poverty is ramping up in Southern California and has risen significantly over the last two decades, according to a report from the Southern California Association of Governments.

Authorities say 11 people were hurt, one seriously, in a multi-vehicle crash that blocked all southbound 405 Freeway lanes near Sherman Way in Van Nuys.

Playa Vista describes itself as “a New Urban Community on the Westside.” A friend who lives there calls it “Pleasantville by the Sea,” which would seem to be a cheery sobriquet, until you realize that my friend has a darkly mordant sense of humor.

Participants take part in a cuddle party by forming a human centipede and give each other shoulder rubs at a home in Marina Del Rey, CA on Monday, November 25, 2013.

A woman was found dead in a fire-damaged apartment in the Crenshaw district today, and the cause of the fire “appears to be suspicious,” the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.

This Saturday, the Los Angeles Eco-Village is holding a birthday party for itself.

Donation $5; $35 reserved seats. Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, 555 W. Temple St., Los Angeles.

A 23-year-old man who admitted setting fires at a Hollywood synagogue and a residential construction site near Beverly Hills during a four-day crime spree was sentenced today to nearly 10 years in prison.

When it came to blending the pitch-black hallmarks of film noir tradition and the equally shadowy real-life history of Post-War Los Angeles, Frank Darabont had a vision for "Mob City."