20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith went missing over two weeks ago—and now his family is asking for the public's help finding him. The sheriff's department will be coordinating a search this weekend to look for Smith in undisclosed "remote areas." more ›

Authorities have turned their sights to a second landfill where perhaps they might find the bodies of two infant boys thought to have been murdered by their own father. The killings, which took place in mid-April, also claimed the life of the boys' mother, whose body was found April 25, and identified at the morgue a week later. more ›

A Hollywood photo agency is shopping for a buyer willing to fork over big bucks for a grisly photo: a woman posing with the severed head that some dog sniffed out on a stroll through the Hollywood Hills. more ›

Lauren Kornberg, the professional dog walker who discovered the severed head of a man while on a walk near the Hollywood sign, has been giving interviews to discuss the initial discovery that later led to finding two hands and two feet. more ›

Not long before the search was called off in the Hollywood Hills for human remains possibly affiliated with the severed head found in the area Tuesday afternoon, two human feet were found. more ›

Soon after the search resumed Wednesday morning for more remains belonging to the victim of an apparent homicide whose head was found in a bag in the Hollywood Hills Tuesday afternoon, authorities report they have found one other body part so far. more ›

A 14-year-old autistic boy is missing after he deplaned a delayed flight at Bob Hope Airport. The minor was taken to the airport by his parents, and had been successfully boarded as an unaccompanied minor on his Delta flight this morning. more ›

The search is on for a pair of suspects from Ventura County serving on a work crew in the Hollywood Hills who broke free and fled. The two men were sentenced to the labor detail for robbery crimes according to a report aired on ABC7. The fleeing pair "were assigned to a brush clearance detail on a fire road near Mulholland Drive and Fryman Canyon Park," reports KTLA. more ›

The family of 20-year-old Joe Le of Anaheim, the hiker who died after being swept away in the San Gabriel River, now says they believe the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is partly to blame for the young man's death, according to the LA Times. Le's older sister, Victoria, said in an interview "hat she believes her brother could have been saved if sheriff's officials had put more effort into the search-and-rescue operation immediately after the accident." more ›

Local graffiti artist Cristian Gheorghiu, known by his "tag" name "Smear," was arrested yesterday after Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies conducted a search of his home on Tuesday. Gheorghiu is the focus of a unique injunction being sought by City Attorney Carmen Trutanich, who wants to bar the artist from selling his artwork that bears his tagging name. more ›

Today in privacy news: If you get arrested in California, the police can search your phone without a warrant. "The California Supreme Court allowed police Monday to search arrestees' cell phones without a warrant, saying defendants lose their privacy rights for any items they're carrying when taken into custody," reports the San Francisco Chronicle. In a 5-2 ruling the state court decreed that police are permitted to seize, open and examine anything of importance they find on the arrestee. more ›

Sally Menke, known for her work as Quentin Tarantino's film editor, has been found dead near Griffith Park, reports LA Now. Sally Menke, known for her work as Quentin Tarantino's film editor, has been found dead near Griffith Park, reports LA Now. Menke, in her fifties, was the missing hiker for whom the LAPD searched diligently yesterday evening after friends reported her missing. Her body was found at the bottom of a ravine early this morning in Beachwood Canyon. more ›

UPDATE 12:05 PM: KTLA is reporting that the family has been located, alive: "Missing members of a break-off religious group, who were reported missing by their families Saturday, have been found alive and well at a park in Palmdale. The 5 adults and 8 children were spotted late Sunday morning at Jackie Robinson Park in Palmdale.." more ›

The search for 17-year-old Norma Lopez of Moreno Valley continues today, reports LA Now. The Valley View High summer school student was reported missing midday on Thursday when she failed to return home from classes. more ›

*UPDATE 2:35 PM Nancy Salas has been reported found, according to a live report on abc7. The 22-year-old Glendale resident is said to be safe and sound in the town of Merced, according to KNX. Though she is well, there are many questions surrounding her disappearance. more ›

The case of missing Glendale woman Nancy Salas has taken a turn Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz of the Glendale police calls "sideways," according to LA Now. The 22-year-old, missing since she left for a routine jog yesterday morning, has been deceiving friends and family for the past two years, who thought she was preparing to graduate from UCLA this month and pursue a Masters at an East Coast school. Salas, however, has not been enrolled at UCLA since 2008. Lorenz is hesitant to over-interpret the twist in the plot: “There’s obviously a deception. I don’t want to go so far as to call it a double life.” more ›

Authorities in Glendale say the disappearance of 22-year-old Nancy Salas is "suspicious," and today are going to expand their search for the UCLA student who went out for a jog in Glendale yesterday morning and did not return, according to the SGV Tribune. more ›

The body of 42-year-old Zoltan Tombol was found today after a couple days of searching in the Cleveland National Forest. Tombol, an L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy described as being in in exquisite shape, went missing Sunday night when he went hiking. Officials have been mum about any speculation to the cause of death, but when his truck was found yesterday, there were no signs of foul play. An autopsy will be performed tomorrow. more ›

As Chief William Bratton begins to step down--his official last day is October 31st--the question that keeps on getting ask is who will replace him? Many are speculating an internal search, one that has been "raised" under Bratton. He's been repeating his mantra, telling TIME Magazine that the search should take place internally: "With the crises that the city is facing at this time with this budget, an outsider no matter how qualified or skilled, it's going to take that person months to get up to speed. Why take that risk when there's no shortage of people in the department who know the city, who know the issues of the department." The word on the street, according to the magazine, is that "three assitant chiefs, Jim McDonnell, Sharon Papa and Earl Paysinger may be in the running along with the well-regarded head of detectives, Deputy Chief Charlie Beck." more ›

It's been more than a month since Moe the Chimp took voluntary leave of his digs at Devore's Jungle Exotics, and he hasn't been found. So now it's time to call off the search, since there aren't enough funds or resources to keep the hunt active. His trainers hope that the missing chimp is still alive, and now just hope he'll "make an appearance." Multiple sightings of what may have been Moe, from a nudist resort to folks driving around Big Bear to a stranded hiker, haven't helped pin down the wandering chimpanzee. Maybe will Moe will wander home, after all. more ›

The Long Beach Fire Dept.'s Arson Division is searching for suspects on the city's west side where more than a dozen small fires were started late Monday night/early Tuesday morning. "With the time of day and the close proximity to residences, any of these fires could have turned into something far more serious, even fatal," said LBFD Batallion Chief Frank Hayes. Fires were set to vehicles and in trash cans although no serious damage was done. At least 22 arson fires have been set in the past seven days, according to Hayes. For more information, visit the LBFD's Firechannel Blog. more ›

Unconfirmed reports of a mountain lion on the loose in Eagle Rock have authorities on the move, searching house to house on the 5000 block of College View Ave. more ›