Police announced the arrests of two men suspected of attempted murder in trying to burn down a homeless encampment, triggering a brushfire.
Coroner's officials say that a 27-year-old man who was found dead in the southbound lanes of the Hollywood (101) Freeway killed himself.
ParkFirefighters battled a slow-moving brush fire in the Elysian Park area Wednesday afternoon.
After two days, a jury still had not reach a verdict in the case of the alleged serial killer who targeted beautiful women in their homes.
Firefighters quickly stopped an uphill moving brush fire in Elysian Park Tuesday night.
The fatality occurred at Los Feliz Boulevard, blocking two lanes of the Golden State (5) Freeway,
Sheryl Watson was last seen about 6 a.m. on July 8 in the 100 block of South Virgil Avenue and hasn't been heard from since, police said.
A car chase involving an allegedly stolen Ford Mustang began in the Downtown area and continued to Pasadena where a foot chase ensued.
Authorities pulled a man from Echo Park Lake Friday afternoon after he suffered some sort of medical emergency.
Three home invasion robbery suspects were taken into custody by an LAPD SWAT team Monday morning following a barricade in a Mid-City home.
Before he was sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of a young girl, Jorge Palacios proclaimed his innocence to her parents.
Police arrested three people and warned of more to come in an operation targeting MS-13 gang members allegedly tied to a deadly crime spree.
One burglary suspect was in custody after leading police on a chase, but three others escaped on foot.
A 36-year-old woman suspected injuring a pedestrian and fleeing the scene surrendered after anonymous tips allegedly identified her.
Officers were responded to a report of a person armed with an "edged weapon" in the Atwater Village area Thursday.
A bystanders captured video of a driver who struck a pedestrian and fled without stopping to render aid.
Firefighters are battling a small brush fire that started at a homeless encampment along the Harbor (110) Freeway.
A 25-year-old man was wounded Tuesday night when he was shot while riding his bike.
A shooting in the Westlake District led to a vehicle chase, where three suspects then fled on foot in Echo Park Tuesday.
Director Spike Jonze was able to escape after finding an armed burglar in his home Tuesday morning, triggering an hours-long SWAT standoff.
The grandmother of the man charged with murder in the shootout death of a Silver Lake Trader Joe's employee testified said he shot her twice
Authorities identified a young man killed when his motorcyclist struck a guardrail on the Glendale (2) Freeway.
The Department of Water and Power was working to restore power to residents in the Silver Lake area overnight.
A man beaten and left on life support following a baseball game at Dodger Stadium was showing signs of improvement.
A 47-year-old father is on life support after he was punched by a man at Dodger Stadium.
Los Angeles police have DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols scheduled across the city for the weekend of March 29
The actress had a restraining order against the man after he showed up at her house in January, according to reports.
Police hope someone will recognize a transient suspected of raping and choking a person at the Metro station in East Hollywood.
Police hope someone will recognize a shooter who wounded another man in front of onlookers on Sunset Boulevard.
It was the second LAPD chase in 24 hours involving suspected car thieves and multiple crashes.
The 17-year-old boy died at the hospital.
A man facing a murder charge for a deadly Silver Lake shootout with police had tried to plead insanity while acting as his own attorney.
A motorist who allegedly fatally injured a man in the Westlake district while checking her cellphone messages has pled not guilty.
A woman celebrating her 79th birthday and 59th anniversary at a Dodgers game died after she was struck in the head by a foul ball.
A Los Angeles man faces life in prison today for a string of robberies that killed two people.
A wall collapsed in front of a house in Echo Park collapsed Thursday, and the building had to be red-tagged.
A hit and run driver struck and killed a mother of three Wednesday.
A kitchen fire damages a home in Echo Park Tuesday morning.
It was the second time in a month that a homeless person randomly pushed a person into harm's way in downtown Los Angeles.
"I plead insanity ... I'm pleading insanity," Gene Evin Atkins told a judge, who noted he was found competent to stand as his own attorney.