Emma G. Gallegos

A police officer for LAX was sentenced today to four years in prison for sexually assaulting a passenger while he was on duty at the airport.

A Christian group has threatened to file a lawsuit against a school district after a first-grader complained that he wasn't allowed to give out candy canes with a Christian message.

Metro will be offering all-night service and free rides on New Year's Eve for those of you who don't have a designated driver or want to ruin a perfectly good hangover by going to the Rose Parade.

LAPD decided to ring in this holiday season by ticketing jaywalkers in downtown at the cost of at least $190 a pop. And while this certainly isn't the first time LAPD has made a big to-do about jaywalking, the national press seems to be having a field day with it—and rightfully so. It's embarrassing.

Occidental says the college noticed a problem starting on Monday night: they received about 400 reports over the course of 36 hours.

Colin Farrell described what sounds like a sweet, slightly romantic connection he had with the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor.

Snowed-under New Yorkers apparently aren't the only ones being gouged by Uber's surge pricing. A woman here in sunny California says she got stuck with a $357 Uber bill that she didn't see coming.

Tila Tequila, reality TV star and parallel universe creator, has a new sex tape coming out.

This weekend the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History has officially been scrubbed of an errant reference to a higher being. The Nature Lab is a place for the young'uns to explore the scientific method with a hands-on exhibit, but it's also where an anonymous donor to the museum placed the following inscription.

Fifteen high school students have been arrested for throwing a party at the mansion of an out-of-town La Habra Heights multimillionaire, in a tale that sounds a little like the San Gabriel Valley equivalent of the Bling Ring (which is to say there were no tabloid celebrities involved).

A new poll finds that a clear majority of California voters want to legalize weed. The Field Poll released a poll today showing for the first time in its polling history that the majority of California voters—56% to be exact—think legalizing weed is a good idea.

Union Station is testing out a new policy aimed at booting out homeless passengers who take up residence in the front seating area. This new policy comes just as Metro, which owns Union Station, is working on restoring the station, attracting some new eateries and pondering a major overhaul.