Automated license plate readers led deputies to a Mercedes linked to a July 11 Hawthorne carjacking. Two Colombian nationals were detained after a high‑risk stop on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.

Anaheim police say investigators seized roughly 2,200 pounds of meth after surveillance, two traffic stops and a residential search, officials told CBS Los Angeles.

A woman in her 20s was shot and killed while sleeping in a Vermont Vista home; LAPD’s South Bureau Homicide is investigating.

Copper-stripping thieves hit rooftop AC units at a bakery and an animal hospital in Pasadena, forcing emergency repairs and a police push for tips. Businesses say costs run into the thousands.

A man was found shot and killed in a parking lot beside the Santa Monica Pier early Monday; investigators say the suspect remains at large.

Federal marshals are asking for tips on 54-year-old Vang Her, wanted over a 2001 Lincoln County home invasion. Authorities say he fled probation last summer and may be in California.

A man was critically injured after gunfire at a South Los Angeles street takeover near 115th Street and Compton Avenue. Authorities say details are limited as investigators seek tips.

L.A. County crews battled a late-night fire at a vacant one-story market on East Florence Avenue in Walnut Park. Initial updates say crews operated in offensive mode.

A teenager overturned a car near Long Beach Airport while racing another vehicle late Friday; the driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and the other motorist fled.

Neighbors in Highland held a candlelight vigil after a 2‑year‑old found a gun in a couch and was fatally shot; two adults have been arrested and authorities are seeking tips.

Santa Clarita deputies recovered more than $400,000 in stolen freight in Valencia and arrested four suspects after tracking a "pinging" semi, the department says.

A 20-year-old driver died and six people were hospitalized after a two-vehicle crash on Mount Baldy Road late Friday. Authorities closed the road overnight while investigators worked the scene.

Late Saturday LAFD crews knocked down a Granada Hills house fire; one person was treated and the cause is under investigation.