Andy Sternberg

Three former Diamond Bar PTA members were charged on Tuesday with allegedly operating a scheme that defrauded their victims out of millions of dollars. More than 40 investors were victimized, some losing their life savings via the womens' ponzi scheme.

Pro Publica has published a database that makes it easy for you to compare your access to quality education and at what cost in an effort to provide insight into the opportunity gap demonstrated by economic difference in the classroom.

With temperatures expected to reach the 90s and 100s across the region, Los Angeles firefighters are prepared for a high risk of wildfires over the celebratory Fourth of July weekend. Fireworks are illegal in L.A., the fire department reminds us but we all know that's not going to stop July 4th revelers from firing off their own.

DASH public bus riders are seeing a steep fare hike on their routes today. OK, steep only as a matter of percentage as the L.A. DOT-operated busses increase fares from 35 cents to 50 cents. But who can't scrape up a few extra nickels each day? After all, as LADOT conveniently announced on this week, commuters are more satisfied than ever with its services.

Gregory Meyer and Richard Fox were on a four-day backpacking trip with three others when unseasonably high waters swept them into Falls Creek near Hetch Hetchy Reservoir. The group had successfully traversed the Wapama Falls bridge on the inbound hike but runoff from a storm that hit the mountains Tuesday led to the swollen waterfall which swept the men to their deaths early Wednesday.

It appears Village Voice may be messing with the wrong man after mocking the Ashton Kutcher / Demi Moore-led "Real Men Don't Buy Girls" anti-teen sex trafficking campaign. In an article titled "Real Men Get Their Facts Straight," the Voice describes Kutcher as a "scruffy doofus" in one of the campaign's PSAs

An alleged immigration scammer who claimed to be the supreme commander of a non-existent army pleaded guilty to three felonies on Wednesday. 51-year-old Yupeng Deng of Temple City, also known as David Deng, was sentenced to three years in prison for theft by false pretenses, manufacturing deceptive government documents and counterfeit of an official government seal

Sunset Junction Street Fest is adding a sixth stage this summer to feature some of L.A.'s finest local bands. The Locals Only stage will actually be off-street, inside everyone's favorite mariachi/punk rock/Mexican restaurant/dance club El Cid.

Former Angels Radio pregame show host David Smith filed a lawsuit this week alleging the team fired him in 2009 for racist reasons.

The Mongols, a notorious California motorcycle gang formed after its founding members were rejected from Hells Angels in the 1970s for being Latino, caught a big break this week in federal court. U.S. District Judge Otis Wright "regrettably" ruled in favor of the Mongols on Thursday in the first-ever government attempt to gain control of a gang's identity through a court order.