Los Angeles County News

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has opened an investigation into the death of a man who was found burned to death in an East L.A. alley, authorities said today.

Detectives Wednesday released the name of a local gang member they say could be linked to a triple-slaying at a pizza parlor over the weekend.

By one lawmaker's account, the atmosphere in Sacramento on Tuesday night was "grim." On top of that, his colleagues on both sides of the aisle were "testy." Perhaps for good reason.

A A A' People looking for a keepsake to mark America's Independence Day might consider a rare bust of George Washington being auctioned by Sotheby's in London.

Sobering news arrived on the jobs front Thursday when U.S. Labor Department figures revealed the nation's unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent in June - a 26-year high.

HERE in the summer of our IOUs, as the governor chastises Democrats for even considering taxes as part of the state budget-gap solution, another big, fat tax kicks in today, anyway.

The county on Tuesday renewed a $150,000 reward for information that helps detectives catch whoever killed 15-year-old Schurr High School student Brenda Sierra seven years ago.

After its doors opened for Father's Day, about 200 more families flocked into the Autry National Center than during last year's patriarchal tribute.

Main Category: HIV / AIDS Also Included In: Sexual Health / STDs ; Men's health ; Public Health Article Date: 01 Jul 2009 - 6:00 PDT Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca is considering expanding an eight-year-old program at Men's Central Jail that distributes condoms in a unit for gay men, the Los Angeles Times reports.

A half-cent sales tax increase is going into effect in Los Angeles County to fund transit projects.

July 1, 2009 Discuss this story now Investigators hope prescriptions in other people's names and medical equipment yield clues to the pop star's death.

A brush fire has erupted off Interstate 5 near Castaic in Angeles National Forest.

With the Fourth of July coming up, many are excited about fireworks, so L.A. city and county officials are issuing a safety warning.

Purchases in Los Angeles County will be a bit more expensive starting Wednesday, when the half-cent Measure R sales tax rate hike goes into effect.

Wendy Morales and her husband, Thomas, had a first home in their grasp last week.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to a year in jail for groping a teenage girl whose father was in the hospital.

Following an unusually charged debate, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to scour the Sheriff's Department budget to look for other revenue sources instead of closing a Castaic jail.

As he lay dying on a street corner near Carson, Los Angeles County police Capt. Michael Sparkes fired a round that marked his killer, a prosecutor told jurors Monday at the start of a capital murder trial.

Los Angeles County prosecutors allege that a convicted sex offender tried to extort a teenager by demanding cash or sex for the return of her lost dog.

Erika Maldonado won't soon forget what she learned from the San Gabriel Valley Small Business Development Center.