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A dozen local moms gathered right outside the front gate of Telfair Avenue Elementary School in Pacoima on Monday morning, but they weren’t there to just drop off their children for class. Instead, the group waved signs and chanted “Save our Teachers” in support of staff currently facing possible displacement by the sc

The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office reached a plea deal this week with a former California Highway Patrol officer from Castaic accused of criminal threats, illegal possession of an assault weapon, illegal possession of ghost guns and contempt of court. The plea for Brian Timothy Powers, 44, was announced...

LOS ANGELES - Neighbors in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles say a woman has been defecating on their sidewalks for years, and her behavior is escalating. One mother says the woman threatened to kill her on Tuesday while she was out walking with her young daughter and dogs. Residents say they have contacted pol

A woman who was an accounting manager for a Los Angeles clothing company was charged with stealing more than $2.5 million from the business. The crimes allegedly occurred when Donna Faye Bui, 45, was employed with Karen Kane, Inc., a women’s clothing company based in Vernon, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s O

A report released by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the body recovered from the Dominguez Channel in Carson earlier this week as that of a girl believed to be between 6 and 13 years old. Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department responded just after noon on Sept. 1 to t

Apartment hunters face two very different Californias.

MARINA DEL REY - Prosecutors have declined to file charges after two people were hospitalized in a stabbing at the Pearl Apartments in Marina del Rey last month, saying there was insufficient evidence to pursue the case. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to a medical call in the 4000 block of Via M

George Lucas previewed the long-in-the-works Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles on Wednesday, and Lucas said of the Herculean effort, “I’m fascinated by doing things that people say can’t be done.” “I’m used to doing the impossible,” said the “Star Wars” creator, who, along with his wife Mellody Hobson, has b

LOS ANGELES — Beachgoers at six Los Angeles County beaches will be advised Wednesday to avoid swimming, surfing and playing in ocean water because of elevated bacteria levels. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health issued ocean water use warnings after recent samples showed bacterial levels exceeding state.

A chase ended when a suspect abandoned an RV on railroad tracks in Irwindale before being apprehended by sheriff's deputies.