A man driving a stolen car made a clever escape from police today by driving off the edge of a cliff, then managing to stroll off from the scene of the crash. City News Service reports that the man was pulled over at around 1:45 p.m. on Malibu Canyon Road, about a mile away from the Pacific Coast Highway. According to ABC Local, several passengers got out of the car -- a Honda Element -- upon being asked to by police, but the driver refused. more ›

A man died after the car he was in plunged off a cliff into the San Gabriel Canyon early this morning. The black Honda Civic the man was in went off the road around 3:18 am around San Gabriel Canyon Road just north of Azusa. more ›

19-year-old Ivan Salas was rescued yesterday after he tumbled down a cliff side about 150 feet, as he went after his dog during a family hike. Video captured the dramatic rescue. more ›

The L.A. Sheriff's Department rescued a hiker who was trapped on the face of a Topanga cliff last night, according to a statement. The 24-year-old woman was stuck directly above a 300-foot drop. At about 6:30 p.m., a helicopter pilot and a paramedic lifted her up from the cliff. more ›

If you took an early lunch and flipped on KTLA, you watched as rescue workers saved two dogs wandering about a precipice in the Malibu hills. more ›

Still recovering from an attempted suicide jump off a Palos Verdes cliff in a February, 47-year-old David Viens, the Lomita restauranteur suspected in the death of his wife Dawn Viens, arrived in a wheelchair to a Los Angeles courtroom and pleaded not guilty to murder, reports KTLA. more ›

Authorities have been building a case against the husband of a Lomita woman who has been missing for 16 months and is believed dead, and this morning that man attempted to evade the police by jumping off a cliff in Rancho Palos Verdes. 47-year-old David Viens was upgrade to a suspect in the case of his missing wife. Now he is listed in critical condition after plunging about 80 feet near the Point Vicente Interpretive Center, according to the Daily Breeze. more ›

A midday workout ended in cuts and bruises for a woman who was the victim of a sexual assault attempt in Malibu, according to the Huffington Post. more ›

In what appears to be an accident, a 24-year-old man died yesterday evening after he apparently climbed the fence near the cliffs of Point Fermin Park in San Pedro. The fence is there for a very good reason, but numerous people have fallen, often to their death, at the park over the years. Fire department rescues at this location almost seem routine. more ›

Three men were swept into the ocean this afternoon below the cliffs of Point Fermin in San Pedro. Two of them were able to escape to shore with relatively little injury, but one had to be rescued by a Los Angeles Fire Department boat. He's listed in critical condition. Rescues around Point Fermin are pretty common as the area seems much safer than it actually is. more ›

There are a lot of falls over at and near Point Fermin and the Sunken City, whether it is accidental or suicidal. The battle for safety precautions over natural views of the ocean can be a contentious one with the community. There comes a point where you can't stop people from killing themselves or just being stupid by climbing over the fence to get that "perfect shot," only to tumble down the cliff and now subject of a local TV news' helicopter shot. more ›

One person is dead (now reported as a 50-year-old woman) after they went over the side of a cliff near Point Fermin 1:40 p.m. this afternoon in San Pedro (map). No preliminary reports on how this happened are out yet, but this cliff is no stranger to incidents like today (Update: An officer at the Harbor Division said that it appears to be a suicide). more ›

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Update: The death has been ruled a suicide for a woman in her forties.