Lindsay William-Ross

It's become a new annual tradition: Ride the rails up and/or down on Angels Flight on the last day of the year for the bargain price of one penny each way.

A robbery at a taco stand in Cypress Park ended in gunfire, but it wasn't the suspected thieves who were doing the shooting.

There are holiday-time grinches all over who swipe packages likely holding presents right off people's porches, and then there are those who take it a step further and steal the purchaser's identity, too. One such suspected thief was busted this week in the Rancho Palos Verdes Area.

From eye-opening interviews to exciting experiences and some looks back in time in between, check out the stories we chose as our best of what was an interesting year in L.A.

Traffic on the 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles came to a complete standstill this afternoon as authorities conducted a vehicle-to-vehicle search for suspected bank robbers and the bags of cash they took.

Gun owners in Los Angeles can expect to hear from Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich soon reminding you of all the laws you agreed to abide by when you bought your firearm. Well, assuming you bought your firearm legally.

As part of the ongoing civic reaction to last week's horrific mass shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, one Orange County school district is already saying no to a councilman's proposal their teachers carry firearms.

A cellphone camera captured a rare and bizarre sight in the middle of a street in Downtown Los Angeles Wednesday night, as a naked man climbed atop an occupied car and proceeded to stand, stomp, and recline on its roof.

Scandalized a few years back when he stepped out on his wife with Spanish-language news reporter Mirthala Salinas, post-divorce Villaraigosa moved on to cozy up for some time with KTLA reporter Lu Parker. Now, though, the rumor going around is that the now-single Villaraigosa is dating actress Eva Longoria.

Tuesday night's powerful winds left a fair share of destruction in their wake, and in the light of day it's time for clean up and getting power restored.