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Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said deputies have exchanged gunfire with two men during a traffic stop in the unincorporated area of Lennox.

Prosecutors and police investigators don't expect to file charges in connection with Michael Jackson's death before 2010, law enforcement officials told The Los Angeles Times.

CALABASAS, Calif. a " Three boys have been arrested for allegedly bullying red-haired students after a Facebook message promoted 'Kick a Ginger Day' at a Calabasas school.Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Monday that two 12-year-olds were arrested on misdemeanor suspicion of battery and a 13-year-old was booked for ...

A woman was hurt when she lost control of her car and smashed into a fire hydrant in Industry, authorities said Monday.

American College of Physicians to recognize Melvin R. Kaplan, M.D., F.A.C.P. Melvin R. Kaplan, MD, FACP, a former Board Chair and one of the founders of the research institute that became Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center , will be honored by the American College of Physicians for his lifetime devotion to the ...

A cold Pacific storm swept across Southern California a day after the region basked in a summerlike Thanksgiving with highs in the 80s.

A man and two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies were injuredA Thursday nightA when their squad car collided with a van in South Los Angeles, a sheriff's sergeant said.

Eight people who showed up at the Holiday Inn in La Mirada Saturday expecting to claim prizes won in a holiday giveaway left disappointed - and in handcuffs.

AMERICA of the last year has seemed to devolve into a dysfunctional family of millions who can't seem to get along with each other, whose arguments are getting nastier and more divisive, and we seem headed for an irreparably damaged relationship.

Four people were killed in Thanksgiving holiday weekend traffic accidents in Los Angeles County, according to the California Highway Patrol.

A Mexican Mafia prison gang member has pleaded not guilty to orchestrating a large extortion scheme.

A celebrity Web site has posted an IRS document showing Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger owes $79,000 in back taxes, but a spokesman says the governor has paid all taxes.

Caption: Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver The Grove's annual tree lighting celebration Los Angeles, California .... Tax officials in California have Governor ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER in their sights - the actor-turned-politician allegedly owes them nearly $80,000 in unpaid charges.

Fire has destroyed a furniture manufacturing business in South El Monte. About 100 Los Angeles County firefighters battled the blaze for two hours early Friday before knocking down the flames at Master Design Sofa Inc.

Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies and a motorist were injured when their patrol car and a van collided.

After a lengthy investigation, police arrested two brothers on suspicion of slaying their stepfather in April, officials said Tuesday.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies are searching for a man who was allegedly involved in raping a woman at an apartment complex.

A firefighter stands by a fire truck as a wildfire burns near Anaheim Hills, Calif ., Wednesday, Nov.

FINDINGS: Researchers from UCLA's Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research surveyed 600 Hispanics recruited from Los Angeles County sexually transmitted disease clinics, community-based organizations and needle-exchange programs.

CALABASAS, Calif. - Investigators say at least seven redheaded students were attacked at a Southern California middle school after a Facebook group announced "Kick a Ginger Day." Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Wednesday that detectives identified eight boys at A.E. Wright Middle School as formal subjects of the ...

POMONA Gunshot victim found dead in alley Pomona police found a man who had been shot dead in a Chanslor Street alley.

The Swiss justice minister says she sees "no reason" to appeal Roman Polanski's release under house arrest and electronic monitoring in exchange for $4.5 million in bail.

State agricultural officials have placed parts of Riverside and San Bernardino counties under quarantine to minimize the spread of the Asian citrus psyllid, which can carry a disease fatal to lemon and orange trees.

Firefighters say they are making good progress against a wind-driven wildfire burning in Southern California.

Los Angeles County leaders responding to the summer's destructive Station Fire voted Tuesday to urge the U.S. Forest Service to allow helicopters to battle wildfires at night.

West Hollywood unveiled the first Transgender Memorial Plaque in America last week during a commemoration of The Transgender Day of Remembrance at the Matthew Shephard Memorial Triangle in the Creative City.

A woman suspected of fatally shooting another woman on Skid Row was arrested after being chased by witnesses into the arms of a Los Angele Police Department motorcycle officer.

THE Los Angeles Unified School District has taken its lumps from the current recession - teachers and other workers have been laid off, class sizes have been increased and still the district must cut $480 million to balance its 2010-2011 budget.

A brush fire broke out near a road closed for construction Monday afternoon, charring about three acres.

Michael Jackson's doctor returned to work at his Houston medical clinic on Monday for the first time since the pop star's death and his patients welcomed him back without reservation.

The role of public hospitals in America has been remarkably consistent over the decades, in spite of health care policy debates, insurance trends and shifting medical advice.

Authorities say a 12-year-old boy assaulted by a group of middle school classmates in Southern California may have been targeted after an Internet posting urged students to beat up redheads.

Tips from the public Thursday led deputies to a La Mirada man suspected of committing an armed robbery while holding a young boy in his arms.

City workers dropped their cement tools and took down two suspected burglars Tuesday.

With Los Angeles County marking 50 years of its Civil Defense program while the mother of all disaster films - "2012" - plays in theaters, officials are renewing efforts to prepare the public for catastrophes.

Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives are investigating an assault on a 12-year-old middle-school boy in Calabasas who may have been targeted after a Facebook group urged students to beat up redheads, a sheriff's official said Saturday.

Share + Nov 21, 2009 9:07 pm US/Pacific 1 of 1 A man was arrested after stealing a milk delivery truck and ramming it into an L.A. County sheriff's cruiser.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach will soon get a hefty boost in security, thanks to the federal stimulus bill.

While hate crimes dropped overall in Los Angeles County last year, bias crimes against LGBT residents has increased, according to a new report.

Authorities say a broken Los Angeles County water main has caused flooding and created a sinkhole in an industrial area of Stevenson Ranch.

In this photo that was released by the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, Redmond O'Neal, son of actor Ryan O'Neal, is seen in a mugshot September 17, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

The arraignment for Councilman Rick Ramirez on a felony criminal domestic dispute has been canceled for lack of sufficient evidence, officials said.

A woman who pleaded guilty to embezzling funds from the La Verne Girls Softball Association was sentenced at the Pomona Courthouse Friday, said Los Angeles County District Attorney's office officials.

The drive to recall Assemblyman Anthony Adams, R-Claremont, has failed, state election officials said today.

The decision to move Johannes Mehserle's trial to Los Angeles County is a setback for the former transit officer charged with killing an unarmed man on New Year's Day.Jurors throughout California are typically sympathetic to police, and the former Bay Area Rapid Transit officer could've expected a leg up before the start of trial in most any ...

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies say tips from the public helped lead to the arrest of a suspect who allegedly robbed a man outside a convenience store while holding a 3-year-old boy in his arms.

Since it was incorporated in 1957, Industry has been known as a different type of city.

Crimes motivated by hate decreased slightly in Los Angeles County last year compared with the previous year, according to a report released Thursday.

A motorboat has caught fire off the Los Angeles County coast. County lifeguard Chief Terry Yamamoto says the fire was reported Tuesday afternoon west of the Venice Beach pier.

Ryan Seacrest has been granted a three-year restraining order from his alleged stalker, Chidi Uzomah, according to the Los Angeles County Superior Court.

LOS ANGELES a " The University of California is expected to vote on whether they will reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital.After a slew of failed attempts, Los Angeles County supervisors have called the UC the last, best hope to fully reopen Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital.The UC Regents are expected to announce their decision during ...

Actress Faye Dunaway attends a tribute to director Norman Jewison at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on April 17, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

A century-old anchor has been pulled up from the ocean floor off Santa Monica Pier in an area that was once a major shipping port.

The U.S. Forest Service should allow helicopters to fight fires during darkness, a tactic that could have been used in the critical first hours of the summer's gigantic and deadly wildfire in the Angeles National Forest, a Los Angeles County Fire Department report found.

The Los Angeles City Council has delayed a vote on a medical marijuana ordinance that would allow some cash transactions at dispensaries.

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended an air and sea search for two people who may have been aboard a burning powerboat off the Los Angeles County coast.

A judge is again considering whether to unseal court documents stemming from a police search in Las Vegas following pop singer Michael Jackson's death.

Pop star Janet Jackson holds Michael Jackson's personal doctor responsible for her brother's sudden death and has told ABC News that a day does not go by when she doesn't think about her late sibling.

Gosh, how fast they grow up. It was only Sunday that the public got its first rides on the newborn Metro Gold Line Eastside Extension.

Los Angeles County's top prosecutor says he will target marijuana dispensaries that violate state law, even if the City Council does not ban sales of the drug.

Deputies searched today for a gunman who shot and killed a cyclist in Norwalk, authorities said.

This May 1, 1990 file photo shows Zsa Zsa Gabor in a courtroom in Beverly Hills, Calif., during a probation hearing.

Monday's venue for free swine flu vaccinations, the Home Depot Center in Carson, is expected to be one of the largest yet in Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles County prosecutors and the Humane Society of the United States will launch a 24-hour tip line and reward program aimed at eliminating dog fighting.

The physician being investigated in Michael Jackson's death was due in a Las Vegas courtroom Monday to ask a judge to let him make minimum child support payments to a California woman and her son.

Los Angeles Unified schools chief Ramon Cortines told unions Friday they must accept a combination of furloughs and pay cuts this year and next or the district will be forced to lay off up to 8,500 employees.

The county is creating a network of hospitals specialized to care for stroke victims, and Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital is one of the first on-board, officials said.

Los Angeles County public health workers were scheduled to give free swine flu vaccines to high-risk individuals Sunday at seven different locations.

Los Angeles County firefighters are battling a small brush fire in the Soledad Canyon area northeast of Santa Clarita.

The pilot of a small plane was killed Saturday after attempting an emergency landing near railroad tracks and a parking lot, authorities said.

Los Angeles County Public work crew members remove mud from the driveway and back yard of a home in the 2100 block of Earnslow Dr.

The molesters drank blood, the children said, and hung them from hooks after forcing them to have sex with their parents.

6, dropping a half-cent to $2.985. The average price is 2.6 cents less than a week ago and 3.6 cents less than a month ago, but 46.7 cents more than this time last year and $1.179 more than the start of the year, according to the AAA and Oil Price Information Service.

Coroner's officials say the death of a Los Angeles developer and attorney is being investigated as a possible suicide.

Zsa Zsa Gabor's lawyer blames convicted swindler Bernard Madoff for a hefty tax bill owed by his client.

Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a man they are calling the oldest tagging suspect they've ever captured.

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD The largest wildfire in Los Angeles County history raged out of control because it jumped into inaccessible terrain, not because the U.S. Forest Service scaled back firefighters and aircraft attacking the flames, a federal review found Friday.The U.S. Forest Service study of decision-making during the Station Fire's first three ...

At least six homes were evacuated overnight after a quick burst of heavy rainfall caused debris flow on the mountain slopes denuded by this summer's Station Fire.

Caption: Eddie Cibrian filming on the set of Ugly Betty New York City, USA .... CIBRIAN'S EX DEMANDS SPOUSAL SUPPORT EDDIE CIBRIAN's estranged wife is demanding $40,000 a month in spousal support from her ex, after he left her for LEANN RIMES.

Three suspected teenage burglars attracted the suspicion of neighbors Wednesday afternoon when they carried a television out of a house and placed it inside a waiting car.

Authorities say a Los Angeles County sheriff's boat scraped a freeway bridge in Orange County, and was kept there for an hour while officials inspected the area.

A federal program that partners with local law enforcement agencies to identify and deport illegal immigrants who commit crimes has identified more than 111,000 such individuals in its first year, officials announced today.

Arraignment has been postponed for a man accused of being part of a burglary ring that broke into the homes of Lindsay Lohan, Paris Hilton and other celebrities.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 10:18 p.m. LOS ANGELES - Authorities have captured a black bear that was seen roaming neighborhoods in the La Crescenta area.

Homeless service providers say they are seeing more demand than ever in Los Angeles County and are baffled by a survey that shows the county's homeless population has drastically decreased.

A Los Angeles County sheriff's boat is stuck under a freeway bridge in Orange County.

Home : Features : People : Divorce for Shaq? Divorce for Shaq? 10-Nov-2009 Written by: Elaine Campion Shaquille O'Neal and his wife, Shaunie, filed for separation.

Beverly D'Angelo was renting out a sweet Beverly Hills home that she owns -- but according to a new lawsuit, the tenant hasn't been making payments and now Bev wants the alleged deadbeat to kick rocks.

Michael Jackson's mother dropped her challenge of the two men named as executors in her son's will, but her sudden reversal caught her husband by surprise Tuesday and led to a bitter fight in court.

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.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department says a suspect has been wounded in a deputy-involved shooting near Azusa.

Claremont police on Wednesday afternoon are still unsure what caused an elderly woman to step out on the tracks in front of a commuter train.

Officials Tuesday continued to search for a motive in the possible murder-suicide of a husband and wife in Canoga Park.

A Los Angeles County grand jury has charged a convicted serial killer with three more murders based on DNA evidence.

A large, fast-moving brush fire threatened a number of homes in the Diamond Bar area near the 60 Freeway on Tuesday, but fire officials quickly contained the blaze.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 4:03 p.m. Call it the Irony Curtain.

Sean Penn's teenage son was reportedly arrested last week. 16-year-old Hopper - the Oscar-winning actor's son with estranged wife Robin Wright Penn - was allegedly taken into custody by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's department after offices visited his high school in Malibu.

A former employee is suing the pastor of a Los Angeles County church, claiming he sexually abused her over a period of years.

A cluster of brush fires believed ignited by a malfunctioning vehicle threatened suburban homes and swept past a high school Thursday before aircraft and firefighters quashed its spread.

State court officials have recommended Los Angeles and San Diego counties to host the murder trial of former BART police officer Johannes Mehserle, several local news agencies reported.

A Los Angeles County Sheriff 's deputy was shot in the back Tuesday night during a gun battle in Lawndale .

Los Angeles County sheriff's officials say a deputy has been shot and wounded in Lawndale.

Both Deputy Attorney General Michael Johnsen and Gerald Uelmen, the lawyer for a man challenging his marijuana conviction, agreed that a state appeals court went too far last year when it ruled that the 2003 law protecting card-holding pot patients from arrest clashed with California law allowing medical use of marijuana.

PENN'S SON ARRESTED AT SCHOOL? Caption: Sean Penn visits Cross Creek Malibu Los Angeles, California .... PENN'S SON ARRESTED AT SCHOOL? SEAN PENN's teenage son is in trouble with Los Angeles police after he was arrested at school last week , according to an online report.

A cluster of brush fires erupted along the fringes of suburban neighborhoods in eastern Los Angeles County on Tuesday.

A teenage girl who was struck by a car while crossing Imperial Highway on Friday died from her injuries, authorities said Saturday.

Brandon Wesselink is looking to create a fast-food sonic boom in Southern California.

LAWYERS for Roman Polanski will argue for the director's 1970s child sex conviction to be dismissed for judicial misconduct at a hearing in Los Angeles next month, legal sources said on Monday.

Prosecutors have charged a man arrested outside Ryan Seacrest's workplace with felony stalking.

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Travion T. Ford, a former usher at USC football games, was sentenced Thursday to 16 years to life in state prison for the fatal stabbing of a USC film student last year in a dispute sparked by the clang of a slammed gate at an apartment complex near the university.

LOS ANGELES - It was bound to happen: Some people who aren't at high risk for swine flu complications got the much-in-demand vaccine.

Monday, November 02, 2009 LOS ANGELES: Twenty years after a seismic jolt of history sent it tumbling down, a section of the Berlin Wall has been rebuilt in Los Angeles, offering residents a glimpse of the brutal Cold War frontier that once divided Europe.

A 6-year-old girl died Saturday after a 32-inch television set fell on top of her, police said.

Monrovia - Los Angeles County public health workers will be giving free swine flu vaccines to children and pregnant women in Monrovia and the high-desert community of Quartz Hill today.

Director of the Department of Public Health Public Health and Health Officer for Los Angeles County, Dr.

Share + Oct 29, 2009 2:44 am US/Pacific Los Angeles County public health workers will be giving out free swine flu vaccinations Thursday to high-risk individuals in Boyle Heights, Watts and Azusa.

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 3:22 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 6:24 a.m. LOS ANGELES Downey High School sent its homecoming queen packing, crown and all, after she was seen making sexually suggestive moves on the dance floor a few years ago.