"Shooting guns to celebrate the new year is reckless, dangerous and can be deadly," Sheriff Lee Baca said.
Several checkpoints are scheduled in and around the city.
Drunken or drugged driving arrests from Dec. 13 through Christmas day have increased by about 100 arrests since last year.
Raymond Boykin, 18, was named in an arrest warrant following a sexual assault of a 19-year-old woman in a parking structure at the Westfield MainPlace Mall.
The suspects, described as three white males, confront the owners of a business on the 17500 block of Pioneer Boulevard.
We looked at stories from across America in the year since the shootings at Sandy Hook School to try to illustrate the scale of the problem.
A Long Beach and Buena Park resident face charges in connection with the death of a 55-year-old man.
Two men and a woman enters pleas in court to a murder charge in the death of a Cerritos man.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas is asking the board revisit a proposal for a a blue-ribbon panel that could provide increased oversight to the Sheriff's Department.
A Cerritos man faced several charges in connection to a chase that ended in a fatal crash in Long Beach.
Jane Warwick had taken a train to meet family in Buena Park when she disappeared. She was found disoriented but otherwise unharmed.
Jane Warwick, of Corona, took a train and was supposed to meet her family in neighboring Buena Park. She never made it home.
The boys were recovered unharmed at the San Ysidro border crossing in San Diego Saturday, authorities said.
Charles Samuel Baines Sr. took his sons -- Charles Samuel Baines, 10, and Nathaniel James Baines, 9 -- Wednesday from their home while their mother slept.
A Long Beach man and a man and woman from Carson are in custody. The victim was found in a Torrance parking structure near Pacific Coast Highway.
A South Gate man is accused of exposing himself to several victims within various Los Angeles County cities.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's will be holding a webcast on Cyber security.
The deputy was headed to help another official with an arrest.
Samai Hun, a Cambodian native walked away from a medical office in Long Beach and had been missing for several hours.
Samai Hun, 80, has Alzheimer's and has been missing since 12:30 Thursday.
Police ask for help from anyone who may the whereabouts of a man suspected of shooting a 19-year-old Filipino- American man in Artesia on July 27.
Five people, four of them teens, were arrested in connection with a number with Long Beach burglaries. Police said the suspects may have hit other towns.
The shooting occurred about 10:15 a.m. near Sunset Street and Pine Avenue.
The man who was killed by police are a chase that started in Cerritos and went through Long Beach and Paramount has been identified.
The annual campaign provides public education about the risks of driving.
Member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department will use Los Cerritos Center as the location for a tactical response drill. The event is not open to the public.
Christopher Evans Hubbart was born in Pasadena, lived in Claremont and was housed in Coalinga. Where the admitted rapist goes next is become the subject of controversy.
The chase began on Artesia (91) Freeway in Long Beach and ended in Paramount after the vehicle stopped and SWAT team members later fired shots at it.
The registered sex offender had been living in Long Beach.
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputies they are questioning a man whose driver's license was found near the spot where a truck with cargo was stolen.
Los Angeles County Assessor John Noguez and his co- defendants face counts of embezzlement and grand theft, according to law-enforcement.
Police said the woman attacked a cab driver with the hammer and with a box cutter last month. She is still on the loose.
The fire at 18943 Vickie Ave. was reported at 10:36 p.m. and was knocked down by 11 p.m.
Authorities say they are searching for anyone in the Orange or Los Angeles county areas who feels they may have been victimized by Gomez.
The man hit was identified as Philipose Geevarghese, 79.
Authorities say deputies tried to pull a vehicle over for a traffic violation, but it instead took off.
No information was released about a cause of death involving a man found early Friday morning.