Federal investigators moved in on California's unemployment agency after new warnings about pandemic-era fraud and hundreds of millions still at risk.

Whittier detectives arrested two people after executing search warrants tied to a November Greenleaf Avenue shooting that wounded a juvenile.

A Glendale man was sentenced to more than five years after prosecutors tied him to a dark‑web drug operation that allegedly shipped cocaine, meth, MDMA and ketamine nationwide.

LAFD crews were dispatched to a structure fire at 100 E. 21st St in Historic South‑Central. Officials have released only limited details so far.

A judge set education and service requirements that could lead to dismissal of a misdemeanor gun charge against Vem Miller, arrested outside a Coachella Trump rally in 2024.

A boarded-up house on South Wilton Place erupted in flames Monday night, drawing dozens of LAFD units. Investigators say the cause remains under review after a second call to the block in two weeks.

A former assistant has filed an appeal in Los Angeles after a judge dismissed her 2025 claims that Vin Diesel sexually assaulted her in a 2010 Atlanta hotel room.

An illegal fireworks display lit the 6th Street Bridge Monday night; LAPD reported no injuries or arrests.

A man was killed outside a taco stand near Figueroa and 77th in South Los Angeles; LAPD says detectives are investigating. No suspect information has been released.

A Long Beach motel standoff ended Saturday night after SWAT used tear gas and a K‑9; a man was hospitalized after an alleged stabbing. Video shows officers using nonlethal rounds to force the suspect out.

A single-engine plane crashed behind homes in Camarillo, critically injuring two people. Emergency crews extricated the occupants and federal investigators were notified.

A Burbank police pursuit ended on the westbound 134 near Buena Vista Street on Monday. CHP says the driver is in custody and lanes were closed while officers investigated.

A 30-year-old man was shot and killed around midnight Sunday on the 7500 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Sun Valley; Valley Bureau Homicide is investigating.