With more training for social workers and other reforms, 32 children in LA County were abused to death in 2014 compared to 61 in 2013.
The public is invited to a memorial service today for George Gregory Plitt Jr. at The Church of the Good Shepherd.
Harris worked with film studios to provide descriptive audio versions of films for the blind.
Bel Air Rabbi Leonard I. Beerman, a soldier turned pacifist who built bridges with the Muslim community died at 93.
Phil Stern shot some of the nation's most iconic images chronicling WWII, the Depression and the golden eras of Camelot and Hollywood.
The county will bury 1,489 people whose bodies went unclaimed in the last two years.
The multiple award winner suffered cardiac arrest at his home in New York Wednesday night.
Susan Schneider urged other people suffering from depression or facing serious illnesses to seek “the care and support they need.”
Flowers are just one indication of the outpouring of sorrow. At 8:30 tonight, the TCL Chinese Theatre will the forecourt lights in tribute
The actor was found dead in his Bay Area home on Monday.
The 84-year-old, who received his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in December, passed Monday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Only family and friends close to Casey will be invited to the service.
The radio star and cartoon voice actor died Sunday at the age of 82.
Mayor Eric Garcetti called Cortijo a "guardian angel" of Los Angeles, patrolling roadways for drunken and impaired drivers to keep other motorists safe.
Motorcycle Officer Chris Cortijo, a 26-year veteran who worked the Valley Division, was struck by a SUV April 5 and died four days later.
She was among the very last surviving cast members of "Gone With the Wind." She died Sunday.
His performing career spanned 10 decades.
Josephine Serrano Collier became an LAPD officer on Oct. 1, 1946.
Hollywood mourns the death of an actor who passed too soon.
Myers was a Marina del Rey resident who worked with entertainment icons such as Marilyn Monroe and Elvis Presley.
Gatto was found shot to death in his Silver Lake home last Wednesday.
See obituaries of people tied to Hollywood who passed away last month.
See obituaries of people tied to Hollywood who passed away in recent weeks.
Hagman dies Friday at age 81 due to complications of cancer.
The 80s television personality, who died Saturday of natural causes, was born in Venice and attended Santa Monica City College.
This past October he became the oldest recipient of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Flowers were placed on his Walk of Fame star Wednesday.
The entertainer behind the memorable ballad "At Last" dies of complications from leukemia.
The famous Hollywood actress died Monday at her family's home in Santa Maria.
With a TV and movie career than spanned 65 years in Hollywood, Garrett died Saturday in Los Angeles.