Los Angeles County News

Residents of an apartment complex in La Crescenta reported seeing a large black bear roaming around Tuesday night, prompting a search of the area by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies.

Los Angeles County has given moonwalker Buzz Aldrin a new a title: Honorary Consul General to the Moon.

NBA player Shaquille O'Neal and wife Shaunie O'Neal arrive at the 2007 ESPY Awards at the Kodak Theatre on July 11, 2007 in Hollywood, California.

Nearly 6,000 taxpayers in Los Angeles and Orange counties are being sought by the Internal Revenue Service, to give them money, the agency announced on Monday.

The city of Los Angeles shelled out $137 million over the past two years for legal costs - nearly two times more than the previous two-year period and enough to hire nearly 1,300 police officers and cover most of the public works budget, according to a report released Monday.

The Los Angeles County Department of Coroner identified a woman whose body was found buried along Mt.

Jennifer Lopez is suing her first husband to keep him from making their sex life public.

Authorities say a bomb squad robot has removed a suspicious object near a county courthouse in East Los Angeles, but there is no word on whether the device was dangerous.A wheeled robot was used Monday to approach the box-like object.Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt.

The law says jurors must stick to the evidence presented in court. But in the real world, jurors view that evidence through a thick lens of experience.

It took 25 years to plan, and five years to build, but barricades began to come down Saturday on the San Diego Freeway widening project across the west side of Los Angeles.

A sheriff's department cruiser smashed into a Lexus, skidded across a front yard and careened into a house Tuesday night.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have shot and killed a man near Azusa following a car chase.

Despite Los Angeles County's already record high unemployment, the job outlook is likely to get worse as the number of businesses planning layoffs has more than doubled since last year, according to a new poll to be released today.

The fires that burned near Diamond Ranch High School and neighboring communities were fully contained Wednesday morning, but clean up crews continued to work hard to keep hot spots from flaring up.

Prosecutors on Friday said they declined to file charges against 27 day laborers who were arrested for trespassing outside a Home Depot in Industry in May.

File - This undated file photo released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Nicholas Frank Prugo, 18, who has been arrested on suspicion of breaking into the homes of Lindsey Lohan and actress Audrina Patridge.

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. a " Law enforcement officials from the Middle East, Europe and other parts of the world have wrapped up a two-day conference in Beverly Hills, where they discussed ways of improving coordination and knowledge sharing.About 60 top officials came for the conference, including Interpol president Khoo Boon Hui and representatives ...

A fire destroyed a garage in an unincorporated county area near Whittier Wednesday, authorities said.

Two teenagers have been charged as adults for the death of a 16-year-old girl who was shot after a homecoming football game in Long Beach last month.

An investigation is underway after a man in custody was shot and killed by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies following a short pursuit near Azusa.