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Rina Palta
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With an increase in homelessness, California cities have increasingly cracked down on things like sitting and sleeping in public, according to a new study.
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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Friday announced the first details of a plan to revamp the agency's West Los Angeles campus to house homeless veterans.
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So far, 29 people have been murdered in Los Angeles in 2015, up from 23 at this time last year. Most of the spike is happening in LA's poorest neighborhoods.
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In December, the LAO counted 588 empty beds, which cost the state about $230,000 each year - despite having a wait list of 550 patients.
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A rash of officer-involved shootings in Long Beach in 2013 provoked questions about Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell, the frontrunner in the race for sheriff.
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L.A. County's Probation Department is checking on doctors who approve questionable workers' compensation claims.
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A pilot program in Van Nuys will seek to keep low-level, mentally ill homeless arrestees out of jail. Officials say it could be the key to solving a chronic problem.
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A review of three years' of Probation Department workers' compensation claims turns up dozens of questionable cases, such as falling out of chairs or tripping in parking lots.
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L.A. County Sheriff's Deputy James Sexton was found guilty of obstruction of justice and conspiracy Tuesday in his second trial before a federal jury.
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An L.A. County Superior Court judge ruled that local police do not have to share license plate data gathered through automatic scanners with the public.
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One member of the Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees is calling for the board to rescind its recent policy change allowing some officers to have assault weapons.
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An L.A. County sheriff's deputy on trial for trying to thwart an FBI investigation said he'll call former Sheriff Lee Baca as a witness in his September trial.
