A stolen-car pursuit lasted barely a minute before it ended in flames near Candlewood and Premiere. Debris pierced a nearby home's door, but no one inside was hurt.

Laura Trelstad, 37, was found bludgeoned and garrotted near a Long Beach oil field, one shoe missing. Her killing was never solved.

A security-camera trail led LBPD Gang Detail and SWAT to a Pine Avenue apartment days after a 38-year-old man was shot downtown.

A federal judge cited Placied Vercher's own traumatic childhood before adding 15 months onto the mandatory minimum.

A man perched himself and his shopping cart on a Wilshire Boulevard bus stop roof, prompting a city response but no arrest.

LASD set up a canopy over an old greenhouse near East Avenue F, but has not confirmed if remains were found.

Soto-Parada hit businesses in eight communities total, including Gardena, where a 7-Eleven robbery led to his arrest and $17,815 restitution order.

A southbound pickup struck a wheelchair user outside a crosswalk near Bixby Road, days after a fatal hit-and-run hit another wheelchair user.

A car ended up inside a Food 4 Less in El Monte Tuesday morning; three people were struck, and at least two were taken to a hospital.

Eric Saavedra ran a private security squad that recruited sheriff’s deputies, at least one former deputy and a deputy’s sibling for Adam Iza, then faked a warrant to shake down a victim.

Deputies towed 25 cars and seized two guns as one Compton takeover drew over 200 people.

The new hub near the sheriff's station can host bigger rescue boats and round-the-clock search operations.

Police say a 4-to-5-foot viper was spotted near Main and Edinger, but local ERs don't even stock the antivenom needed to treat a bite.