The man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend and taking the lives of their two young sons has been charged with three counts of murder. Shazer Fernando Limas, 31, could face the death penalty for the crimes. more ›

Fishermen near the Coronado Islands found a body floating in the water Sunday, and it may be that of a missing Redondo Beach skipper whose boat crashed during an annual regatta on April 28. more ›

Cadaver dogs are headed back to the Brea landfill again today to resume the search for the bodies of two young boys who may have been killed and disposed of by their own father. more ›

The investigation into the death of a 25-year-old woman whose body was found in the garage of her Malibu home Saturday evening continues, however detectives say this afternoon that they have ruled out foul play. more ›

A 21-year-old Placentia man who had just given his girlfriend a ride to her college campus was injured in a car-to-car shooting on the Harbor (110) Freeway Thursday. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department say they have taken a juvenile into custody in connection with the shooting of a teen boy in Pacoima Thursday. more ›

A group of sixth graders at Rancho Dominguez Prep School in Long Beach say they discovered their substitute teacher had possibly set up a camera under his desk to record them in the classroom. Now that teacher has been removed from the school while the Los Angeles Unified School District launches an investigation into the allegations. more ›

All lanes of the southbound Ventura (101) Freeway are now re-opened following an overnight investigation in the aftermath of a man shot to death by Los Angeles police officers. more ›

Authorities have released the identities of two victims of a shooting that took place early Wednesday morning in a vehicle near the USC campus. A woman, Ying Wu, and a man, Ming Qu, were found shot to death at the scene of what may have been a botched carjacking. Both victims, in their 20s, are graduate engineering students from China. more ›

Two people were shot to death inside a vehicle in the West Adams area, and authorities suspect the killing was a botched carjacking attempt. more ›

Authorities have released the identity of the man fatally shot Sunday night in a Van Nuys apartment during a night of drinking involving several men. The victim is 25-year-old Saul Zacarias. more ›

People have been expressing anger at Nadya Suleman (aka Octomom) and her decision to go on welfare to help support her 14 children. Now that outrage has shown up where Suleman and her brood live in La Habra: A vandal trashed Suleman's car outside her home and may have left a threatening note. more ›

Two former top-tier execs of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum have been arrested, as well as the owner of a music promotion company, says a spokeswoman for the District Attorney's Office. more ›

Los Angeles Police Department North Hollywood Area Homicide detectives made an arrest Tuesday afternoon in the stabbing death of a woman whose body was discovered in a valley park earlier that morning. more ›

Police in North Hollywood are investigating the stabbing death of a female transient whose body was discovered early Tuesday morning in a local park. The victim was found at about 2:15 a.m. at a baseball field in Weddington Park, per the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Station, according to City News Service. more ›

A teenage boy who admitted he beat three kittens to death with a baseball bat and dumped the bodies in the trash could face criminal charges, however authorities caution today that the investigation is likely to take some time. more ›

An unidentified male teacher at a Wilmington elementary school is under investigation for alleged "inappropriate touching" of a student. The investigation of the educator at George de la Torre Jr. Elementary, in the Los Angeles Unified School District, began Friday, according to City News Service. more ›

Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department are working to determine if the death of a restaurant worker found dead outside Guido's in Malibu Sunday night can be classified as a homicide. more ›

A man who was asked to leave a valley hospital was stabbed to death by the security guard who kicked him off the property. City News Service reports that the stabbing took place at about 3 this morning at Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Woodland Hills. more ›

Homicides don't happen often in Malibu, so residents are doubly shocked today to learn about the fatal beating a man took Sunday night outside of a restaurant. The victim, a dishwasher at Guido's Malibu on Cross Creek Road, "was taking out the trash when he was confronted and brutally beaten" at the back of the restaurant. more ›

Police are calling the Thursday afternoon robbery of a Huntington Park vitamin store "brazen," since it took place in broad daylight, but it also claimed the life of a woman inside the shop. more ›

A woman in her 40s reportedly used a chainsaw to take her own life this week inside her home. The body was found at about 12:40 a.m. Thursday by her sister, according to City News Service. more ›

HBO has announced this afternoon they have suspended "all future production" of their racetrack drama "Luck." The show has been under much scrutiny following the death of a third horse on the set. more ›

An official report form the Los Angeles County Office of Independent Review issued today explores the failings in the handling of the death of Mitrice Richardson, a 24-year-old woman whose remains were found a year after she had been released from custody by the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's Lost Hills/Malibu station. more ›

A horse injured on the set of HBO's series "Luck" had to be euthanized Tuesday, making the animal the third horse to die during filming of the racetrack-themed drama. more ›

A Southern California high school student is accusing an English teacher of seducing him and having sex with him in the classroom, and that among her appeals to the minor, she said he resembled "Twilight" star Taylor Lautner. more ›

A 4-year-old girl was discovered hanging and unresponsive in the back of a closet at her family's Westchester apartment Thursday. Upon calling 911, family members followed the operator's instructions to perform CPR until the paramedics arrived. The child, however, was unable to be resuscitated. more ›

Officials with the Los Angeles Unified School District insist that the fights that broke out during the Wednesday morning snack break at Carson Senior High School had nothing to do with racial tensions. In fact, according to Los Angeles School Police Chief Steven Zipperman, the Carson "campus has no current racial issues." more ›

A fake bomb and a real threatening message had a section of Encino shut down Tuesday night while the Los Angeles Police Department's bomb squad took care of things. The "phony explosive device" was discovered at around 6:15 p.m. on top of a vehicle near the intersection of Newcastle Avenue and Santa Rita Avenue. more ›

A fire ripped through a historic Hollywood recording studio overnight, and investigators are looking into the cause of the damaging blaze. The fire at 1041 Productions located at 1041 N. Orange Drive was first reported around 7 p.m. Monday night, and took firefighters 20 minutes to extinguish. more ›