Rina Palta

Kamala Harris is launching a new office that will do research and help find funds to launch programs that are statistically proven to prevent crimes and and rehabilitate criminals.

In a preliminary hearing Tuesday, witnesses described a car plowing down the Venice boardwalk, hitting people and stands in its path.

In L.A. for a hearing for the man accused of swerving down the Venice Boardwalk, killing a honeymooning Italian woman, Katia Gruppioni says the family wants justice.

The 78-year-old father of state Rep. Gatto was found dead from a gunshot in his home Wednesday night. Residents of the well-groomed community don’t see much violent crime.

State regulators have taken the rare step of imposing fines on LA County for not placing children in foster homes quickly enough. Official say a high-call volume and a low pool of foster parents are hindering efforts to resolve the problem.

Two papers out of Stanford Law School's Criminal Justice Center look at how realignment is playing out in California counties. It shows local politics can influence how the policy is implemented.

A federal judge appointed an attorney to represent Paul Ciancia, accused of a shooting spree at LAX that killed a TSA agent. It has dealt a blow to investigators who sought to interrogate him.

Police say the demonstration was generally peaceful, but when officers declared an unlawful assembly to disperse the more than 200 protesters, some sat in a circle in the street and refused to move.

A Los Angeles jury Thursday made the award to five inmates who sued after suffering broken bones and head trauma at the hands of L.A. County Sheriff's deputies in 2008.

Twenty county jail inmates Wednesday packed up their personal items and boarded vans headed to Sylmar to learn how to fight wildfires. The plan includes sending hundreds more.