A jury convicted Aloysius Winthrop James in the 1988 Santa Maria killing of Ofelia Sandoval after updated DNA testing and a multi‑agency investigation ended a decades‑old cold case.

Sheriff’s deputies say they stopped a courier-style government‑impersonation scam that had already netted $25,000 from an elderly Santa Barbara resident before arresting two suspects.

The Justice Department is suing local governments over permit rules even as it defends federal firearm bans before the Supreme Court.

Supervisor Janice Hahn urged riders to show up for a March 23 Metro committee meeting that will consider changing who sits on the agency's board.

Reserve Officer Michael Schwab died on Tuesday. Colleagues and community groups are remembering his decades of volunteer service with the Beverly Hills Police Department.

LAPD arrested three people after finding a stolen handgun and roughly one pound of meth near Whitsett Fields Park in North Hollywood.

Mario Valles, a former Downey officer, was charged after a March 13, 2023 crash that left a driver severely injured. His arraignment is set for March 17, 2026.

A woman identified as Jane Doe filed suit in Los Angeles accusing Crispin Glover of battery, fraud and wrongful eviction; Glover denies the claims.

After the Board of Airport Commissioners trimmed a council seat and added a residency rule, City Council asked LAWA to compile the Van Nuys advisory bylaws and recommend fixes.

A NASA‑funded, satellite-based study finds Southern California added about 500 acres of beach from 1984–2024, but the gains are uneven and concentrated near engineered sites.

A Ventura County audit found Flock Safety’s plate‑reader system was queried hundreds of thousands of times by out‑of‑state agencies, prompting suspensions and new audits.

Dashcam shows a violent North Hills crash that launched a man in a wheelchair into a food vendor; victims were rushed to hospital and police are investigating.

Newly unsealed court filings describe cadaver bags and severed remains found in a Tesla tied to singer d4vd, and show prosecutors have named him a grand‑jury “target.”