A gunman opened fire this afternoon at an office building in Irwindale which houses offices of Southern California Edison. According to reports from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the gunman wounded a man and a woman, and there may be more victims. more ›

After receiving a report of a gunman on campus, school officials at Santa Monica College locked down the campus, including the KCRW studios, for about one hour on Tuesday, according to NBC LA. more ›

A middle school in Diamond Bar was on lockdown yesterday afternoon as authorities searched the area for three men suspected of robbing a nearby home. Police were called to the area by a witness who saw the men break into a house on Chandelle Place. Deputies arrived at the scene as the men were leaving the home. more ›

UPDATE 1:25 PM: The LAPD confirm that Solano has been found, and is in custody. Right now in Studio City three schools are on lockdown and streets are closed to traffic as the Los Angeles Police Department search for murder suspect Luis Solano, Hispanic male in his twenties spotted earlier today by officers from the North Hollywood Division. more ›

Hey, remember when that LAUSD Police officer faked being shot in the chest outside a school in Woodland Hills, and caused a subsequent lockdown of the neighborhood as well as a several-hour-long manhunt? Yeah...so does the LAPD, and today they filed an investigation into the actions of officer Jeff Stenroos, who later admitted to fabricating a story about being shot by a man who was attempting to break into vehicles near El Camino Real High School on January 19. more ›

Last week the LAPD mounted one of the largest manhunts in recent history in the attempt to apprehend a burglary suspect who shot and wounded a LAUSD police officer stationed outside El Camino Real High School in the West Valley. Tonight, however, the authorities have arrested that officer, Jeffrey Stenroos, on charges he filed a false report. It turns out: There was no gunman. more ›

Every classroom in the Los Angeles Unified School District should have one, and yesterday, thousands of Woodland Hills students held on campus for hours learned for themselves what a "lockdown kit" is. Some students who were interviewed live on the many afternoon-long newscasts offering uninterrupted coverage of the aftermath of the shooting of a LAUSD officer outside of El Camino Real High School talked about the option to use a bucket for a bathroom. more ›

Things got a little crazy overnight during the Los Cerritos Center's "Midnight Madness" shopping event, after reports of a fight in the food court, and possible gun shots, prompted authorities to put the mall on lockdown, according to LA Now. Few details have been made available regarding this possible shopping scuffle, however the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirms the incident took place around 2:30 this morning and the lockdown was "quickly lifted," and shopping during the advertised "craziest night of shopping" went on as planned. more ›

It was a rough Valentine's night for California's lawmakers, as they worked until the wee hours trying to resolve our budget. But in the early morning hours today it became apparent that the budget was not going to get the one last Republican vote it needed, and it has stalled. more ›

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It was a tense Good Friday for those in the vicinity of the 4300 block of Club Vista Drive yesterday in Palmdale when the attempt to serve an arrest warrant on a man wanted for a 2004 North Hollywood murder barricaded himself inside a home for several hours and the neighborhood went into lockdown mode. more ›

Today around 12:30 p.m. at Nogales High School in La Puente, a call came into 9-1-1 -- there was a gun on campus. Sheriff Deputies responded and found out it was a prank. "Apparently unsupervised students in a classroom there called 9-1-1 to report someone with a gun," reported Frank Girardot of CrimeScene Blog, which covers San Gabriel Valley area crimes. He says at least two students were in custody. more ›