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Famed beating victim Rodney King says that brawling has helped him to stay sober for well over a year. King is currently traveling the country as part of a D-list celebrity boxing league, and said the experience has kept him...
A Garden Grove auto mechanic who sexually assaulted five women after luring them into a service pit under the pretense of showing them needed repairs was sentenced today to 14 years in state prison, according to the Orange County district...
An MTA bus crashed into a car on Glendale Blvd. near the 2 Freeway in Silver Lake shortly after 6 p.m. today, police said. According to Officer Gregory Baek of the Los Angeles Police Department, the No. 92 bus was...
Michael Jackson’s father wants the late singer’s estate to help him cover living expenses that exceed $20,000 a month, according to court papers filed Friday. The estate is already paying Jackson’s mother a monthly allowance of $26,000, and an attorney...
Authorities arrested suspects accused of burglarizing the homes of Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and other young celebrities after a member of the alleged “bling ring” confessed, according a search warrant affidavit obtained by The Times. The search warrant said the...
A small majority of California voters supports the right of gay couples to marry, but a much larger portion of voters opposes efforts to place the issue back on the ballot next year, a new Los Angeles Times/USC poll has...
The Los Angeles City Council, in a preliminary action, voted unanimously today to ban the controversial practice of declawing cats, which council members described as unnecessary and abject animal cruelty. The vote was also a repudiation of the state Legislature,...
A federal judge sentenced “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis today to 301 days already served and a year of probation in a case in which the soft-porn mogul pleaded guilty to filing false income tax returns and bribing jail...
As concern spreads about H1N1 flu, a new survey of California voters found that while most consider the vaccine safe, a majority had no plans to get vaccinated. The poll also found that blacks and Latinos are far more likely...
State officials today announced a $19.5-million judgment over allegations that Shell gas stations violated California environmental laws. The judgment caps a three-year investigation into allegations that the company violated state rules in the underground storage of fuel at its gas...
Pasadena has a literal fork in the road. Where South St. John and Pasadena Avenues divide, there’s an 18-foot wooden fork in the median. The art was originally intended as a birthday joke for Bob Stane, who celebrated his 75th...
Two 16-year-olds were charged as adults this morning in the shooting of a Long Beach honors student last week after a Wilson High School football game. Tom Love Vinson and Daivion Davis, identified by authorities as gang members, were each...
A police search of a Las Vegas home occupied by a young woman arrested in connection with the so-called Bling Ring that burglarized young Hollywood celebrities turned up items belonging to Paris Hilton, Audrina Patridge and Lindsay Lohan, according to...
Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating a shooting involving a deputy that left one man dead after a car chase in Azusa. The shooting occurred near the 1700 block of Orkney Street in the unincorporated section of Azusa – a city...
Good morning from the City Desk, where we're waiting patiently for the arrival of the doughnuts. Some nutritional California stories from today's paper to help you round out your day: Children's deaths: A new California law was meant to expose...
Los Angeles police have arrested one suspect and are still searching for others after gunfire struck a police vehicle Thursday night in the North Hills area of the San Fernando Valley. The incident occurred at about 11:30 p.m. in the...
A memorial will be held in Sacramento at 11 a.m. today for those killed in a midair collision of two military aircraft last week off San Clemente Island. The ceremony will be broadcast live via Internet stream. The collision between...
Los Angeles police are looking today for a suspect in the Westlake area who is believed to be responsible for multiple sexual assaults involving young girls. The suspect is wanted for at least four sexual assaults dating to February 2008...
Los Angeles County prosecutors could decide as early as today whether to charge as adults two alleged gang members who gunned down a Long Beach honors student. The two teens allegedly opened fire a week ago outside Wilson High School...
In a big victory for surfers and environmentalists, officials have agreed to ban septic tanks in portions of Malibu. Hundreds attended a nearly 10-hour meeting. Surfer Ken Seino, a member of the Malibu Surfing Assn., pulled open his shirt to...
Deputies shot and wounded a suspect tonight after a car chase in Azusa, authorities said. The pursuit began about 8:30 p.m. and ended a short while later near Orkney Street in the unincorporated section of Azusa, a city of about...
More than two dozen suspected illegal contractors were cited this week during an undercover sting operation in Long Beach conducted by state authorities. Investigators posing as homeowners sought bids for work that included welding, painting, landscaping and swimming pool repair,...
Four reputed gang members were booked on suspicion of murder today in connection with a shooting at a Santa Monica park that left one man dead and prompted police to beef up patrols in the area, authorities said. The shooting...
A judge has formally invalidated a 2006 settlement between the city of Los Angeles and two companies, CBS Outdoor and Clear Channel Outdoor, that granted them special rights to convert as many as 840 billboards to a digital format, among...
And the winner is ... no one. That’s right. Nobody won this year’s Legislator of the Year Award from the California School Boards Assn. because schools suffered so much from funding cuts approved by the state Legislature that the group...
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