Riverside investigators say DNA and genealogy work identified a woman found near Palm Desert in 1980 as Victoria Jean Hargrove, prompting detectives to reopen the homicide.

Federal authorities arrested eight people and charged 15 in a sweeping Los Angeles hospice fraud case alleged to have bilked Medicare of tens of millions.

A wind-driven brush fire east of Moreno Valley prompted evacuations and closed Gilman Springs Road as crews battled flames; Cal Fire later mapped the blaze at about 1,000 acres.

A Los Angeles jury convicted Luis Gomes Akay in the disappearance of 22‑year‑old Anna Laura Costa Porsborg; her body has not been found. Sentencing is set for April 27, 2026.

A wind-driven brush fire in Acton prompted evacuations and a second-alarm response as crews and aircraft battled flames near Soledad Canyon Road.

HazMat crews sealed off part of the TraPac terminal in Wilmington after a 40-foot container began off-gassing. LAFD said teams are testing the container and monitoring air quality.

A Huntington Beach account manager was sentenced to 30 months and ordered to repay $2.89M after prosecutors say she embezzled nearly $3M from a Garden Grove noodle maker.

A grand jury has indicted Jonathan Renteria on murder and mutilation charges after his wife, June Bunyan, was found dismembered in a Hollywood apartment. He pleaded not guilty and remains held without bail.

Riverside County animal services are searching for two dogs after a donkey was killed near Reche Canyon; a resident filmed the attack and officers confirmed the animal was dead.

Two men were shot Wednesday at Trinity Recreation Center in South Los Angeles and taken to a hospital in stable condition. Newton detectives are asking for tips.

A pre-dawn multi‑agency sweep in Pasadena on April 2 led to eight arrests and the seizure of eight firearms, including an AK‑style rifle. Warrants were served across two counties.

A Los Angeles crash victim says a fake tow operator took her car and forced her to pay $3,000 to retrieve it, leaving her unable to make dialysis appointments.

An early-morning LAPD shooting in Westmont left one man dead and a residential block cordoned off. Investigators from the Force Investigation Division are processing the scene.