A 25-year-old woman was found dead in a garage up in the hills of Malibu. A relative found the woman unresponsive last night. She was declared dead at the scene. more ›

A student at San Diego State University was found dead in a frat house at about 8:30 this morning. A statement on the school's website says that the student's identity is being withheld until his parents are notified, but NBC Los Angeles reports that relatives in the area have confirmed that his name was Barzeen Barzanji. more ›

A 21-year-old Caltrans subcontractor was at work late Wednesday night on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in Baldwin Park when he was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver. more ›

Police suspect foul play in the death of a woman, whose body was found in a parked car last night. The woman—only identified as being white and in her 30's—was found slumped over in the passenger seat of a car in a driveway on the border of Burbank and Los Angeles. more ›

A male inmate at Twin Towers Correctional Facility in downtown L.A. was allegedly beaten to death by two other inmates over the weekend and has died. Coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said the man, who was in his mid-20s, was declared dead at approximately 1:40am Tuesday. He had apparently been beaten by two other inmates on Saturday and transported to the hospital. more ›

An 11-year-old girl has died following an after-school brawl with another female student in Long Beach. The girl, whose name has not been released, was taken to the emergency room by a family member around 5:50pm Friday. Police say she was unconscious and not breathing when admitted to the hospital. more ›

A 51-year-old Rancho Cucamonga woman has died after being brutally attacked by her allegedly golf club-wielding son Wednesday night. Sheriff's deputies responded to a domestic disturbance in the 11500 block of Stoneridge Drive just after 7pm to find "a 65-year-old female, unconscious, breathing but labored, with severe head and facial injuries." more ›

The 5-year-old girl who was allegedly almost drown to death by her mother last week was taken off life support today - a difficult decision that had to be made by her father. Jose Humberto Lopez agreed Monday to remove his daughter from life support and donate her organs. more ›

A 62-year-old man who called a San Bernardino storage unit "home" was found dead Monday afternoon. The manager of Extra Space Storage at 155 West Club Center Drive went to check on the man around 2pm Monday after he was missing for several days. more ›

A car chase stemming from an alleged kidnapping ended today in a crash that killed one woman and injured a man. Shortly after 8am Thursday, a witness dialed 9-1-1 to report a suspect had grabbed a woman from the sidewalk and forced her into a GMC Yukon in the 2400 block of West Sixth Street. more ›

A one-year-old girl is dead and her 5-year-old sister in serious condition after their mother allegedly tried to drown them in the bathtub today. LAPD officers and LAFD firefighters responded to a small converted garage in the 900 block of West 50th Place in South L.A. around 7:30am to find the children "not conscious and not breathing." more ›

A 70-year-old woman who dozed off while smoking has died after her Pasadena apartment went up in flames. Firefighters arrived at the scene five minutes after the call around 2am to find the unit in the 300 block of West California Boulevard engulfed in fire. more ›

A woman's body found up a tree in Australia has been identified as 22-year-old Melissa Joy Dietzel of Redlands. Local investigators in Sydney are treating the death as a suicide, though they do not know exactly how the body of the young woman, in Australia working as a nanny, came to be up the tree. more ›

After Whitney Houston passed away, Tyler Perry reportedly offered the use of his private jet to Houston's family to transport her body. Today, they took him up on that offer. more ›

The family of singer Whitney Houston has been told the Los Angeles County Coroner's Office no longer needs to hold her body, and they are free to collect her remains and make funeral arrangements, according to a coroner's lieutenant, reports City News Service. more ›

Yesterday afternoon, music superstar Whitney Houston was found dead in her hotel suite at the Beverly Hilton. Her body was removed from the hotel to the morgue for an autopsy, but Beverly Hills Police Lt. Mark Rosen said, "There were no obvious signs of criminal intent," though it's unclear whether she died of natural causes. more ›

A 25-year-old Long Beach man died Saturday morning after he drove the wrong way on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway. While heading south in the northbound number three lane in Tustin, the man struck another motorist. more ›

Students at Crescenta Valley High School are recovering this afternoon after several teens witnessed a student fall to his death during lunch from atop one of the campus' main buildings. more ›

A man's body was discovered in the driveway of a home near the Hollywood Bowl Tuesday night. The home is located in the 6900 block of Oporto Drive, and the body was found shortly before midnight. more ›

Police are currently investigating the death of an 11-month-old infant from Studio City. The infant experienced breathing distress at a licensed daycare facility in Burbank on Wednesday. more ›

Los Angeles-based contemporary artist Mike Kelley was found dead in his South Pasadena home Tuesday. He was 57. His death remains under investigation, but Blouin ArtInfo says Kelley died of an "apparent suicide." more ›

The man who allegedly stabbed his girlfriend and her mother to death and wounded a male roommate in a shared Torrance condominium Sunday night is scheduled to be arraigned today. more ›

The woman who was shot and killed at a Hollywood Thai restaurant Friday night was identified Monday by the coroner's office. Jitrujee Buatet, 44, was shot once and pronounced dead at a local hospital. more ›

A man died this morning at Gillespie Field in El Cajon after attempting to hand-crank a Piper Cherokee, a light aircraft designed for flight training, air taxi and personal use. During his attempt, the man was struck in the head by an airplane propeller around 8:30am. more ›

A homicide investigation was underway this morning after a man allegedly stabbed two women to death and injured a man in a shared condominium in Torrance. Deputies received a call at 8:23pm on Sunday and responded to the scene of the murders: a complex in the 21800 block of South Vermont Avenue near Harbor-UCLA Medical Center. more ›

Caitlin Doughty believes her fascination with death started when she was a little girl and she witnessed a girl fatally fall from the balcony of a local mall. She went on to get a degree in mortuary science and start a delightful (no, really!) web series about death. more ›

The boyfriend of a woman found beaten to death inside the couple's Simi Valley home has been arrested as detectives investigate the murder. Neighbors told reporters the 16-year-old daughter ran screaming from the house at the time of the incident. more ›

Want to hike to the top of the Half Dome in Yosemite? It might be tougher to get a permit this summer than last. The National Park is considering creating a new lottery system that will weed out scalpers and lower the number of permits that it gives out. more ›

Texting on a cellphone while driving can be fatal, but so can a lack of sleep. An apparently fatigued man fell asleep at the wheel this morning, crashing his car and killing his wife. more ›

Police have identified the murder suspect responsible for the shooting death of 17-year-old El Camino Real High School star soccer goalie Francisco Javier Rodriguez Jr. as a red-haired Latina female. more ›