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A long-delayed overhaul of the aging police academy in Elysian Park moves a step closer to happening when the city accepts construction bids on the estimated $33 million project, which will close the academy - where most current officers receive refresher training - for more than a year.

Former NFL safety Darren Sharper pleads not guilty to charges of allegedly drugging and raping a pair of women he met at a West Hollywood nightclub, in a Los Angeles Superior courtroom February 20, 2014 in Los Angeles, California.

It took some tugging for pilot Bob DeLong of San Clemente to pull one hairy passenger aboard a flight from Van Nuys to Bellingham, Wash.

A rosary service will be held tonight in memory of Los Angeles police Officer Nicholas Choung Lee, who was killed when his patrol car was struck by a dump truck in Beverly Hills.

Los Angeles, CA, United States - Four months after the death of lead actor Paul Walker, Fast and Furious 7 will resume production on March 31, Universal Pictures confirmed Tuesday.

Celebrated Hollywood actor Chris Pine is facing a charge for allegedly drink-driving while in New Zealand.

LONG BEACH >> Two brothers have been arrested and charged in connection with a gang-related shooting last month that left one man dead on the city's northside, Long Beach police said Tuesday.

The Rock and Reilly's Irish Pub has brought back life to the sunset strip. The Irish Pub is a favorite among celebrities like Lauren Conrad, John Legend, Nicole Richie and many more.

Kid television actor turned go-to comic straight man Jason Bateman makes a - shall we say surprising? - feature-directing debut with “Bad Words.” Written by Andrew Dodge, it's a wicked, fairly straight-faced and unapologetically foul-mouthed comedy about a 40-year-old jerk, Bateman's Guy Trilby, who enters children's spelling bees on ... (more)

Los Angeles plastic surgeon Christine Petti, MD explains that these new breast implants are made of highly cohesive silicone gel that is specifically designed to have the feel of youthful breast tissue.

Independent Shakespeare Co. , presenters of the Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival, announce a new adaptation of Shakespeare's ROMEO & JULIET, directed by Independent Shakespeare Co.'

Emerson College Los Angeles kicked off a week-long celebration of its $85 million new Hollywood campus at 5960 West Sunset Boulevard with a grand opening gala March 8, attended by guests including Tom Bergeron , Norman Lear , Max Mutchnick , Joely Fisher , Larry David , Jennifer Coolidge and Eric Garcetti , who said the school "will give graduates ... (more)

This handout photo released by the Bear County, Texas, Sheriff shows Gabriel Campos Martinez.

A West Los Angeles Community College student pleaded not guilty today to stealing the identities of hundreds of people while working at a medical billing company.

Members of the local Korean-American community were expected to be among those on hand this week to honor a Los Angeles police officer killed in a car crash Friday.

Last summer, the Goo Goo Dolls teamed with Matchbox Twenty for a successful co-headlining tour.

"You Must Remember This: Life and Style in Hollywood's Golden Age" , by Robert J. Wagner with Scott Eyman Long before movies could talk, the people on the big screen were setting trends and styles for the rest of us.

Los Angeles police detectives work a crime scene in Griffith Park off Canyon Drive after a human head was discovered there Jan. 18, 2012.

From NC Elections to Settlements for a CD-14 Auto Accident, with a Spin on the Legacy of a certain "Failure Mayor", we bring you Monday's Morning Briefs.

A man became ill and died today while hiking in a Hollywood Hills park during unseasonably hot weather, authorities said.