An 80-year-old man shot his wife inside their home in Lake Forest this morning before turning the gun on himself. The 68-year-old woman called sheriff's dispatchers around 8:30 am to let them know her husband was armed and distraught and that she feared for her safety. more ›

A man holding a woman and two children hostage in Venice was shot in the face by police, reports City News Service. The incident went down at about 1:15 this morning, after a neighbor heard a woman screaming for help and called the cops. When they showed up, they were able to see the suspect pinning a woman against a wall inside the house at Penmar Avenue and Lake Street. They heard a gunshot, and called in the SWAT team. more ›

A man in San Bernardino County has been jailed for brutally attacking his daughter with a shovel. James Shovey, 48, broke down the door of his daughter's home on Wednesday night with a shovel and then threatened to kill his daughter and her baby. more ›

A passing driver who noticed a fight between a suspect and a cop in Burbank decided to take matters into his own hands today: he rammed his car into the suspect. The 30-year-old suspect who got into a fight with a Burbank police officer was accused of domestic violence. more ›

In a CBS2 exclusive, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa revealed a secret that he's kept since his childhood on Monday night, one that involved an abusive home and an alcoholic father. Villaraigosa, whose childhood continues to haunt him, watched his father repeatedly beat his mother. more ›

Harry Morgan died yesterday at his home in Los Angeles, and most of the obituaries about his legacy mentioned his work on "M*A*S*H," "Dragnet" and "Inherit the Wind." But there was something troubling missing from the obits: a description of his relatively recent arrest for beating up his wife. more ›

Taylor Armstrong talked about her memoir of domestic violence, "Hiding from Reality: My Story of Love, Loss and Finding the Courage Within," after Monday night's episode of "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills." Now, she tells ABC News that she didn't feel safe coming forward about the alleged abuse she suffered at the hands of her late husband, Russell Armstrong, until after he committed suicide. more ›

A police standoff in Old Town Monrovia ended this afternoon when a man shot and killed himself. The man had pulled a gun on a woman that he was arguing with in a busy commercial area of Monrovia, according to Monrovia Patch. Police responded and told him to drop the gun. Instead, the man pushed the woman out of the way and turned the gun on himself. more ›

After one of its students was stabbed to death by her boyfriend during lunchtime on campus, the Los Angeles Unified School District is finally — after a decade in the works —expanding its program to tackle teen violence. On Tuesday, the board passed a $2 million program aimed at preventing teen violence, according to ABC 7. more ›

You may remember Tone Loc for his one-time hit, "Funky Cold Medina," or for his earlier chart-topper, "Wild Thing." Well, now he may also be remembered for being arrested and charged with domestic violence and possession of a deadly weapon. more ›

A SWAT team came to the rescue last night of a Monterey Park woman who had locked herself and her child in the bathroom while her husband stood outside threatening her with butcher knives, reports L.A. Now. By the time authorities arrived on the scene at about 9:30 p.m., the woman had already been stabbed in the leg, according to KTLA. more ›

Manny being Manny may include more violence than previously thought. The former outfielder for the Dodgers was arrested yesterday in Florida after his wife told police that he hit her across the face with an open palm, reports NBC LA. Juliana Ramirez told police that she and Manny were on their bed at about 4:30 p.m. when they started arguing and he hit her in the face, sending her head into the headboard. more ›

Police say they have arrested a Hawthorne man who pepper sprayed his kids when they tried to stop him from choking his wife, The Daily Breeze reports. The man Lakepa Tahi Fifita, 45, began choking his wife after they had an argument about finances. When his children asked him to stop, he asked one of them to fetch him a can of pepper spray, which he then turned on them. more ›

This is the true story... of thousands of strangers... living together in the Los Angeles Country Men's Central Jail. From the deeply 90s file of Where Are They Now And Why Do We Care?, David "Puck" Rainey, of the 1994 San Francisco installment of The Real World, has been arrested on domestic violence charges in L.A., according to the L.A. Times. more ›

A woman who was found dead in Irvine yesterday in front of a daycare was allegedly shot and killed by her estranged husband who, reports the OC Register, had been threatening her for months. Alejandra Hernandez, 29, filed for divorce from John Rand Agosta, 35, in February, after three years of marriage. more ›

A woman is missing from Simi Valley, and police are on the hunt for her ex-boyfriend, believed to be responsible for her kidnapping. The Daily News reports that Keisha Marshall, 24, was taken from her home last night by Rashaun Bailey, 27. The couple had a history of domestic violence, and a trail of blood was left in her wake, leading police to speculate that she was seriously injured at the time of the kidnapping. more ›

Police have arrested a man that held his mother-in-law hostage for six hours in a Hollywood home, according to CBS Los Angeles. LAPD was alerted to the situation by a domestic violence report made around 12:30 p.m. and their arrival at the home led to a standoff that ended once SWAT teams arrived at 6:30 p.m. The man and his mother-in-law were not injured in the standoff and he was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats. It is unclear why the man held her hostage and his name has not been released. more ›

According to university officials, a 33-year-old, UC Irvine student suspected of trying to strangle his wife on Wednesday was found dead Friday afternoon in San Juan Capistrano, reports KTLA. more ›

The he said, she said dispute between mixed martial arts star Tito Ortiz and porn actress Jenna Jameson is over, at least for now. After an alleged domestic abuse incident in late April, the couple has reconciled and a restraining order against Ortiz has been lifted, according to the LA Weekly. And the Orange County District Attorney's office will not get involved, either: "We declined to file charges based on insufficient corroboration to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt,'' a D.A.'s spokesperson told the Weekly. more ›

The battles between mixed martial arts star Tito Ortiz and porn actress Jenna Jameson are playing out in a public arena, as the troubled couple slings accusations at each other in the media. more ›

Elected officials are keeping to a theme today and for good reason -- Denim Day aims to raise awareness about preventing sexual and domestic violence. The Los Angeles City Council this morning officials declared April 2010 as Sexual Assault Awareness Month and today as Denim Day. A few floors above in City Hall, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa a domestic violence initiative and up in Sacramento, Secretary of State Debra Bowen called for passage of legislation that would help the state combat domestic violence. more ›

Donning blue jeans might be a daily thing for many people, but today keep your eye out for people whose denim is being worn for a purpose. For Denim Day in LA, thousands of men and women all over the city are wearing jeans today as part of a world-wide effort to raise awareness about preventing sexual and domestic violence. Now in its 11th year as an annual observation, the campaign has its roots in a 1992 Italian rape case wherein the judge ruled the victim had consented to sex because she had to have helped her attacker remove her jeans. Among today's participants include the LAUSD students, faculty, and Board members, and thousands more. more ›

More details are coming out about the unfortunate murder in Mid-City last night in which a woman was murdered by her estranged boyfriend. According to an LAPD statement, 30-year-old Flor Medrano flagged down officers on patrol yesterday evening after she was threatened and assaulted the day before. more ›

In an unusual and unfortuante story, a woman who arrived at police station around midnight to file a domestic violence report died soon after officers gave her a ride home, says the LA Times. After dropping her off at her apartment, near Pico and Cochran in Mid-City, officers stayed outside filling out a crime report inside their patrol car. At the same time, the woman was attacked by the man inside the apartment. Screams were heard and someone ran outside to inform police of the attack. Once inside, officers found the man stabbing the woman and shot him. Both were taken to the hospital where they died. Update: The Times follows up, exploring "how woman under police protection was slain with officers nearby." more ›

After wiping out 100 percent of domestic violence funds in the state budget over the summer, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is expected to sign a bill tomorrow that will restore funding. more ›

After Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger slashed 100 percent of funding for domestic violence programs in California, shelters began making plans to cut services or worse, shut doors. In Santa Clairta, the local shelter laid off some employees and moved offices to save on rent. more ›

State Parks are not closing after all, but at least six domestic violence shelters around the state have closed due to a small, but devastating budget cut by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger over the summer. That's according to the Domestic Violence Center of the Santa Clarita Valley, which came close to being the seventh such closure. more ›

An Orange County Police Sergeant has been on administrative leave since May over a domestic violence call, but now officials are finding that he used law enforcement databases for dates and to look up rival men. Sgt. Bill Arganda of the Westminster Police Department stands accused of searching the database some 4,000 times and has been accused of domestic violence twice. Of those databases searches, there were "a blond Fox news correspondent, a woman from a gym class, a mother from his daughter's kindergarten class, his ex-wife and ex-girlfriends as well as the new men in their lives," according to the Orange County Register, which dives into the Arganda's history. He is an 18-year veteran. more ›

Last month, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger eliminated full funding--a mere $16.3 million--for domestic violence programs in the state. Highlighting the need for such a program, an 18-year-old girl was killed in her bed in the Santa Clarita Valley last Sunday. Her boyfriend allegedly committed the murder inside the family trailer in the Canyon Country neighborhood. That was the third domestic violence death for the valley in a year's time. more ›

Speaking of domestic violence, Actor Tom Sizemore was arrested on those charges late last night. Police picked him up on the 100 block of Beaudry Avenue around 10:45 p.m. He remained in jail this morning in lieu of a $20,000 bail. "Over the last few years, Sizemore, 47, has developed a troubled history with the law," says the LA Times. "In August 2003 he was convicted of misdemeanor charges of physically abusing and harassing his ex-girlfriend, the former 'Hollywood Madam' Heidi Fleiss. In February 2005 Sizemore failed a court-ordered drug test after he was caught trying to use a prosthetic penis to defeat a urine test and was ordered into drug rehabilitation for two years." He was arrested in 2007 for possessing methamphetamine. more ›