Three wildfires circling the region are affecting air quality in the Valley.
A judge ruled the LAPD can't sue recruits who use its paid training only to work for department's that don't pay for training.
A 57-year-old motorcyclist killed by a hit and run driver in Winnetka has been identified, and a suspect has been arrested.
Temperatures are expected to begin creeping down today, following a weekend of record-setting temperatures.
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Children are heading back-to-school across California, so in your own neighborhood and where you commute to work--be safe!
Firefighters quickly tackled a vegetation fire along Topanga Canyon Boulevard.
Under California law, children must be fully immunized before starting school.
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A driver has been hospitalized after striking an embankment beside the road.
A suspect is in custody following an overnight hit and run crash that killed a man and gravely injured a woman.
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911 Dispatchers are being inundated with people calling because the fires in the Angeles National Forest and Simi Valley smell so close.
Criticizing the state's new mandatory vaccination law, Carly Fiorina is quoted, saying, “California is wrong on most everything, honestly."
Cordell Broadus, one of the nation’s most highly recruited college football players, eschewed Fall camp to pursue filmmaking.
County leaders can't be held responsible for the execution-style murders of four allegedly at hands of a parolee in Northridge.
Local gas prices spiked by nearly 10 cents in two days, but there may be relief if ExxonMobil's Torrance refinery gets approval to reopen.
A judge approved a settlement agreement in which LA would repay people a phone tax it illegally levied.
With temperatures to reach 108 degrees in places such as the San Fernando Valley today, authorities advise precautions and conservation.
A girl who was taken from her bed by an intruder in the middle of the night when she was 10 described her ordeal to a jury.
The only male mountain lion known to venture north of the Santa Monica Mountains became the 12th killed on an LA freeway in recent years.
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With triple digit temperatures facing the San Fernando Valley area, Department of Public Health officials are warning residents to take care
CHP are looking for a woman who crashed a stolen car on the Bay Bridge, jumped or fell into the water, and then hitched a ride to freedom.
Because of the new moon this week, the 'shooting stars' will be more spectacular, an astronomy expert said.
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The U.S. Olympic Committee announced today that it is working to make Los Angeles the nation's contender for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Three more women, two actresses and a flight attendant, say comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted them.
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A judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by three therapists contesting a law requiring them to report patients who view child porn.
With temperatures 10 degrees above normal forecast over the next several days, authorities are warning residents to take precautions.
Only 32 percent of the population can afford a home in LA County where the median price is $$440,620.
The LA City Council approved a 20-year plan to add 300 miles of bike lanes while reducing car trips by more than a million miles per day.
A former football executive spearheading the Carson stadium projects said he is “absolutely certain” the teams will play in LA by 2019.