Police were advising drivers to avoid Via Rincon, which was closed to through traffic due to a disabled construction vehicle.
Damian Newhart, the “rolled- sleeves bandit,’ became addicted to drugs as a dentist and started robbing banks to support his habit.
Humidity continues to build this week, bring a chance of heavy rain to the mountains and valleys, say forecasters.
Dry lightning, strong winds and an already parched landscape have prompted an increase in fire staffing this weekend.
It took a jury less than an hour to find a trio of deputies guilty of punching and pepper spraying a jail visitor and then lying about it.
Authorities are advising drivers to avoid the area due to a fallen tree blocking the road.
A 28-year-old Rancho Palos Verdes man is accused of drunkenly veering into on-coming traffic, killing a man, 19, and a woman, 20.
An early morning crash on the northbound 405 in Torrance killed a man and shut down all but the carpool lane.
Responding to a burglar alarm, Manhattan Beach police found a 21-year-old Compton man allegedly in the acting of burglarizing a home.
Redondo Beach police are looking for help finding a 51-year-old man with a dementia and a prosthetic leg.
A Long Beach Man faces life in prison for allegedly crashing into a patrol car to aid a friend being pursued by the police in Harbor City.
Police arrested a man leaving a Redondo beach construction site they believe may be responsible for a series of South Bay burglaries.
A ten-year-old girl found unconscious at the end of a roller coaster ride at Magic Mountain died of natural causes, authorities say.
A recreational diver found a man 100 feet down, and homicide investigators are asking anyone with information to come forward.
Police are warning residents to lock their cars and not to leave their valuables in the car after a rash of thefts on Via Montemar.
An autopsy is pending to find out what killed a 10-year-old girl, who was found unconscious on a Magic Mountain roller coaster.
Retired Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Bascue has been arrested for allegedly shooting at officers during a standoff at his home.
A Long Beach man has been arrested for allegedly breaking into a woman's home and raping her.
Timothy Lee Lucas II, a former basketball coach at several South Bay schools, is accused of raping a 15-year-old girl in Hermosa Beach.
An 11-year-old boy faces possible legal trouble after admitting he made-up an attempted kidnapping that prompted a manhunt.
A jury convicted Nathan Campbell of second degree murder for plowing through pedestrians on the Venice boardwalk, killing a honeymooner.
A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy will get another chance at life today with a little help, and a liver, from a friend.
Timothy Lucas, who has taught at schools throughout the South Bay, is accused of raping a girl in Hermosa Beach.
Multiple inmates were stabbed at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles where about 80 inmates rioted.
On Thursday, a 24-year LA County sheriff's deputy will receive a liver transplant thanks to a donation from a fellow deputy.
An LA County Sheriff's Deputy pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with FBI agents alleging inmate abuse at the county jail.
Firefighters are responding to Terminal Island where five cargo containers fell into the water.
The little girl was on the sidewalk when she was hit.
An 11-year-old boy who escaped a pair of kidnappers provided a detailed description of the attempted kidnapper and the van he was driving.
The boy was walking home from the school bus when he was approached by a van with at least two people in it.
The suspect was ordered to surrender his passport is he meets bail.
Police caught up with the attempted murder suspect after a foot pursuit through a gated community.
Police reportedly arrested a 56-year-old Los Angeles man in connection with the massive downtown blaze that melted freeway signs.
Police are asking for help finding a 67-year-old schizophrenic South Bay man who has been missing a week.
The city is advising residents to avoid the area due to police and rescue activity at Inspiration Point.
There were no traffic fatalities in the first 36 hours of the holiday weekend in LA County.
Police are warning residents of phone scammers claiming to have kidnapped children and demanding a ransom.
The CHP will ramp up enforcement efforts of all types of violations on the 405 Freeway because of the high rate of motorcyclist deaths.
A Hawaiian Airlines flight out of LAX was forced to return shortly after takeoff due to a possible fuel leak.
The gas company vows repairs after a creative study by environmental activists found nearly 250 locations where methane is leaking.