A San Fernando Valley gang member was sentenced to 35 years after pleading guilty to a racketeering conspiracy tied to a brutal 2018 killing in the Angeles National Forest.

Rodolfo 'Rudy' Acuña, author of Occupied America and founder of CSUN's Chicana/o Studies, has died at 93. Colleagues remember a scholar who turned history into activism.

County vector control wants up to $20 per home to expand releases of sterilized male mosquitoes after pilots cut Aedes counts by roughly 80%.

Family-run Junior Cookies opened a Studio City storefront on Ventura Boulevard, bringing its made-to-order, bite-size cookie cups and rotating flavors to the Valley.

A teen was bitten by a rattlesnake in Newbury Park and is in stable condition. Officials warn an early heat wave is waking rattlesnakes sooner and urge caution on local trails.

LAFD located a hiker in the Chatsworth hills Saturday and listed the scene "now static" at 11582 Browns Canyon Road; FS28 was among responding units. Details remain limited.

A driver led LAPD on a dangerous surface-street chase through North Hollywood, briefly driving the wrong way before surrendering near a NoHo encampment.

A Los Angeles man has been charged in a string of early‑March fires in Canoga Park and the Fashion District. Prosecutors say the blazes threatened civilians and firefighters; the next hearing is in April.

Paris Baguette has a "Coming Soon" listing at 650–658 N. Moorpark Road in Thousand Oaks' Whole Foods plaza. The first Thousand Oaks outpost will be operated by franchisee Gabriel Vesci.

A government-contracted nonprofit has expanded its Chatsworth headquarters at 9200 Oakdale Ave, a move CoStar says ranks among the county's largest recent office deals.

Decron Properties landed an $82.9M five‑year Fannie Mae refinance for River Ranch, a 398‑unit garden‑style complex in Simi Valley, freeing cash to support ongoing operations.

A man allegedly pointed a pellet rifle at city water and power workers on La Rambla Drive and barricaded himself in a nearby construction site. SWAT officers eventually raided the home and arrested him.

Marcos Tulio Flores pleaded no contest to first-degree murder in the 2017 Van Nuys shooting that killed his sister-in-law and was sentenced to 25 years to life.