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 ›

Courtney Wagner, the 38-year-old daughter of actor Robert Wagner and the late Natalie Wood, was arrested recently in Malibu on suspicion of drug possession. The arrest took place following a noisy spat at Wagner's home that included gunfire. more ›

A 36-year-old man who has worked for 10 years as a Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy is facing criminal charges for his alleged relationship with a minor female. Manuel Enrique Perallon Jr., was charged today with one felony count of oral copulation of a person under 18 and misdemeanor child molesting, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office. more ›

An ocean pursuit off the coast of Malibu late Tuesday night ended in the arrest of three suspected drug smugglers. The action began when Los Angeles County lifeguards notified the sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills at about 10:30 p.m. they had spotted a suspicious boat with possible contraband aboard about 50 feet off Latigo Beach. more ›

While some may argue that what actress Amanda Bynes wants is a Lindsay Lohan-style career downward spiral and tabloid drinkity-drunkity headlines, it seems apparent that what this girl wants is another drink. more ›

What the heck is going on with actress Amanda Bynes? The 26-year-old actress was busted in the wee hours of Friday morning in West Hollywood for a suspected DUI after she sideswiped a cop car with her black BMW. more ›

Authorities in Norwalk are looking for two teen boys who made quite an impression via video during a recent burglary at a church. While stealing the video camera set up at the LVN Church, the thieves just about smiled for the camera as it captured their images. more ›

In response to the confusion stemming from the death of a restaurant employee found dead outside his place of work in Malibu last weekend, the City of Malibu has issued a statement about the case, and their disappointment with the "confusing and contradictory messages given to the media and public about this tragedy." more ›

Authorities have released the cause of death in the case of the Malibu restaurant employee who was found dead Sunday evening outside his place of work. 32-year-old Carlos Ivan Rodas died from an upper respiratory disease, say Los ngeles County Sheriff's Detectives. 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 ›

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 ›

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 ›

Authorities are still looking for a female suspect who allegedly firebombed her former apartment building in West Hollywood early Sunday morning. The suspect was identified by a current tenant as being her former roommate, described in reports as being "jilted." more ›

Unfortunately, this story of "errant equines" in the wee morning hours in Rolling Hills Estates has more of a trotting speed than a gallop, but we can all use a little good news. more ›

Mark Berndt, the ousted Miramonte Elementary School teacher accused of performing lewd acts on 23 children, pleaded not guilty today on all charges. Outside the court today, Berndt's court-appointed attorney, Victor Acevedo, told reporters his client is being harassed in jail, and the Sheriff's Department is to blame. more ›

A young man behaving erratically while standing in the middle of Paramount Boulevard was fatally shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies early this morning. Deputies reportedly confronted the man, said to be in his early 20s, while he stood shirtless in the street. "The suspect's behavior was erratic," noted Sheriff's Lt. John Corina. more ›

Authorities are investigating the death of a Monterey Park woman, and her husband appears to be the prime suspect. 39-year-old Chenan Bao's body was discovered with what Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detectives are calling "suspicious marks" on it. Bao was three months pregnant. more ›

Anyone lose track of $500,000 worth of marijuana, bundled in 35 bales and left to float near the Marina del Rey harbor? "The bales were found floating in the water by members of the Los Angeles County sheriff's marine operations shortly after noon Wednesday." more ›

More details are emerging about the man fatally shot by deputies last night in Lancaster. The sheriff's department said that the man was unarmed and that there was a warrant out for his arrest. more ›

Deputies fatally shot a man who tried to flee from them during a bicycle traffic stop in Lancaster last night. Christian Cobian, 26, was killed last night just before 11 pm when deputies tried to stop him for committing a traffic violation. more ›

Deputies announced today that they found some interesting clues: it appears that the skeleton—whose gender is still undetermined—had a gunshot wound to the skull, and there was a handgun nearby. more ›

The ACLU is suing the Sheriff's Department, claiming that top commanders knew that inmates were being brutalized but failed to do anything about it. "This suit is directed at them because they have allowed deputies to go unpunished, covered up their behavior and for years made no effort to reform this broken system," said Peter Eliasberg, legal director of the ACLU of Southern California. more ›

The LASD deputy who allegedly smuggled heroin into jail via a burrito also happens to have been one of the participants of "The Academy," a Fox reality show in which he "was portrayed as the dim-witted class bumbler." more ›

Forget the file in the cake trick, how about getting drugs into the jail in a tasty rolled-up Mexican food staple: Heroin in a burrito. One Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy, "assigned to provide courthouse security," surrendered Wednesday for having willingly smuggled the drugs into the courthouse jail in a 2010 incident. more ›

While the drowning death of actress Natalie Wood was re-opened for investigation around the time of the fatal accident's 30-year anniversary, today the L.A. County Sheriff's Department says they have found no new evidence indicating foul play. more ›

We haven't been hearing much about the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department investigation into Natalie Wood's death, which was reopened with great fanfare last November. That is until yesterday when someone from Access Hollywood asked the Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore about whatever happened to that Natalie Wood case. more ›

A shooting yesterday in Lake View Terrace has left a parole officer hospitalized in "serious but stable condition," according to City News Service. The suspect is 43-year-old Steven Hoff, reports the L.A. Times, a parolee who allegedly shot at the law enforcement officers who were out looking for him Wednesday afternoon. more ›

Harry Burkhart, the suspected arsonist behind 53 car fires set over a four-day period last week in Los Angeles, is likely to be arraigned today, and prosecutors will reveal this morning just what and how many charges he will face. more ›

Officials from multiple agencies held a press conference this evening to share information about the arrest of a suspect in a series of 53 arson fires set in the city of Los Angeles, as well as in Burbank and West Hollywood, over the past four days. more ›

At a press conference that got underway shortly after Noon today, the Joint Task Force investigating the rash of arson fires that have been set over the last four days in Los Angeles announced that the "person of interest" has in fact been arrested, but the investigation remains ongoing. more ›