Photos from residents, firefighters and local photographers document the devastation caused by our most recent wildfires.
One firefighter has been killed, homes and outbuildings burned, thousands of acres blackened--with new evacuations ordered Saturday night.
Firefighters are praising residents for keeping brush cleared from around their homes.
Do you recognize the man in these surveillance photos?
Police have released a surveillance photo of an alleged Porch Pirate in hopes of taking this woman off the streets.
The crash happened on the San Diego Freeway at Mulholland.
The attorney and reality star was found dead Wednesday when police responded to a call at their home.
One onramp was closed for a time.
The crash happened Tuesday afternoon near Sherman Avenue. A small child was hospitalized with injuries.
The accident happened back in February.
“If you don’t have to go, don’t go,” said a Caltrans spokeswoman. Alternate routes are listed.
Tickets for texting while driving increased 35 percent this year during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.
The Freeway connecting Southern California to Las Vegas was scorched but is now reopened.
A dramatic scene unfolded as a wildfire ripped across the 15 Freeway, burning cars and shutting down the freeway connecting OC to Vegas.
Los Angeles International Airport police are looking for a pair of lovebirds, who lost their wedding scrapbook at the airport last year.
A Valley area police officer accused of shooting a man to death after a bar fight and then fleeing to Mexico is scheduled for arraignment.
The drones are endangering lives and homes, according to fire managers frustrated by the unauthorized flights.
Chris Brown's aunt was locked in a closet overnight when the singer's Tarzana home was targeted in a home-invasion robbery.
As local politicians hedge on the President's historic deal, officials at the Simon Wiesenthal Center swiftly condemned the accord.
No one was injured in the wreck.
An oil shortage forces gas prices to spike. Patch has your cheapest prices around town.
A 28-year-old man died Sunday when he was overwhelmed by a strong riptide and battering waves.
The LAPD is trying to find the driver who reversed down winding Laurel Canyon Boulevard for more than two miles in an Audi dealership car.
A jury quickly convicted a porn star of extorting a telecommunications tycoon, who paid him for sex.
The mayor will meet today with activists calling for the dismissal of the police chief and officers involved in shooting of Ezell Ford.
It's a scam, the FTC explains.
Passengers were told to “brace for impact” before landing.
The baby boy was handed over in a "safe surrender" to the county.
A man surrendered to police after allegedly spraying painting messages around town in opposition to the state's new mandatory vaccine law.
A man hired to hack into hundreds of people's emails to get nude photos to post on the revenge porn site isanyoneup.com has pleaded guilty.
A Woodland Hills woman was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison for the shooting of her mother, a Woodland Hills special ed teacher.
A 27-year-old woman is scheduled to be sentenced today for the shooting death of her mother, a Woodland Hills special ed teacher.
An officer has been involved in a crash in Sherman Oaks.
A domestic violence suspect has barricaded himself inside a Sherman Oaks home.
The family of a man allegedly killed by a former Valley area LAPD officer packed the courtroom today only to see the arraignment postponed.
A cement truck flipped on the southbound 450 Freeway.
Humidity continues to build this week, bring a chance of heavy rain to the mountains and valleys, say forecasters.
A 6,400-square-foot fire along the 405 Freeway had multiple ignitions points and was likely set on purpose, authorities said.
A man who beat and stabbed an elderly roommate who tried to stop him from beating his girlfriend deserves a life sentence, panel rules.
Dry lightning, strong winds and an already parched landscape have prompted an increase in fire staffing this weekend.