By Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times
The L.A. County Sheriff's Department will not detain suspected illegal immigrants arrested in low-level crimes. The state attorney general's directive is cited as the reason.
By Paul Pringle, Andrew Blankstein and Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times
A former warehouse worker and a former payroll clerk are accused of stealing Coliseum funds by cashing falsified payroll checks. Eight people now have been charged in corruption scandal.
By Wesley Lowery, Los Angeles Times
The City Council overrides state law that limits issuance of tickets for drivers who use malfunctioning meters. City revenue from tickets at non-working meters is $5 million a year.
By Martha Groves, Los Angeles Times
The rules would require valid California driver's licenses for all workers, permits, liability insurance and proof of off-street spaces.
By George Skelton
They promise caution, but the party's legislative leaders are also keen to exploit their supermajority status. The opportunity may not last.
By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times
James, a lawyer and talk-show host, says he'll aim to win the support of voters tired of City Hall cronyism. He's already garnered the support of former Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley and a 'super PAC' is helping him raise funds.
By Ricardo Lopez, Ronald D. White and Stuart Pfeifer, Los Angeles Times
Union workers will return today to the L.A. and Long Beach terminals. The accord must still be ratified.
By Andrew Blankstein and Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times
Authorities say two men and two women wanted in the shooting death of four people outside a Devonshire Street home were taken into custody at a casino. The attack allegedly was sparked by a dispute over personal property.
By Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times
A federal judge says the state's new law banning gay-conversion therapy for minors may infringe on free speech rights, but another judge disagrees. A higher court may have to get involved, an expert says.
By Kate Linthicum, Robert J. Lopez and Ben Welsh, Los Angeles Times
Chief Brian Cummings was summoned to the City Council to explain the department's failure to produce a plan to improve service and cut response times. Instead, he says cost cuts increased response times.
By Stephen Ceasar, Los Angeles Times
Celebrities? Historical figures? Neighborhoods? As L.A. Unified replaces temporary generic campus names with permanent monikers, the process has become political, controversial or just plain wacky.
By Lee Romney and Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times
Attorney general says the U.S. program, intended to deport illegal immigrants convicted of serious crimes, had swept up too many non-criminals.
By David G. Savage, Washington Bureau
The Supreme Court justices seem split on how to rule. But they question whether Los Angeles County should be freed from liability for storm water pollution.
By Ari Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times
L.A. County's transit tax missed the two-thirds approval needed to pass by less than 1 percentage point. Some blame Proposition 13 for creating too high a threshold.
By Teresa Watanabe and Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times
District files brief by judge's deadline, but details remain unresolved in agreement with union on using student test scores to assess teachers.
By Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
Valuables taken in hundreds of so-called knock-knock burglaries are recovered. About 70 suspects, including two alleged fences, have been arrested.
By Rick Rojas, Los Angeles Times
Several explosives made from household chemicals were left outside a Rossmoor home. One exploded, but no one was injured. Authorities disabled the others.
By Louis Sahagun, Los Angeles Times
The plan includes eliminating the DWP's use of coal to generate electricity and better land use in the city's so-called toxic hot spots.
By Steve Chawkins, Los Angeles Times
The death of a Coast Guard crewman after suspected smugglers rammed a U.S. craft shows the rising popularity of sea routes for marijuana and illegal immigrants.
By Scott Gold, Los Angeles Times
After a judge ruled against allowing the scenes on public land, organizers announce the move but say the fight isn't over.
By Sandy Banks
An L.A. County task force is turning an insight into policy: that many young prostitutes are being sexually exploited, and not simply guilty of making bad choices.
By Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times
The Garden Grove native, already serving a three-year state prison term for auto theft, receives an additional 6 1/2 months after pleading guilty to looting his mansion of valuables before creditors could liquidate them.
By Michael J. Mishak and Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times
State lawmakers are sworn in Monday, with Democrats holding historic two-thirds supermajorities in both houses. The party's leaders call for investment in education and infrastructure after years of retrenchment.
By Julie Cart, Los Angeles Times
The 2020 deadline on using more renewable sources could mean high bills for electrical customers and damage to the environment, study finds.
By David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times
Nearly 44% of voters surveyed Nov. 6 back former Mayor Riordan's plan to transfer city workers to a 401(k)-style plan. Forty-five percent of voters oppose hiking the sales tax.
By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times
Four members of an elite team receive the medals for their actions during a firefight in July 2010 in Helmand province in Afghanistan. Missing was Posha, a military working dog who died of cancer.
By Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times
A website that city officials believe is associated with the house describes services such as assistance in obtaining American passports for newborns.
By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times
The California Supreme Court says that William Richards, 63, had failed to prove his innocence in the 1993 killing of his wife, even though forensic evidence used against him was later discredited.
By Kate Mather and David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times
As many has 17 people may have been living in the Northridge house. New boardinghouse rules are urged.
By Kate Linthicum
The City Council, frustrated by the department's slow response times and inability to produce accurate data, has summoned Brian Cummings to appear Tuesday.