Sarah Parvini

Chuck Lorre understands what it's like to be parked on 405 and bear the "meaningless effort to ease traffic."

The man fell more than 10 feet from the balcony onto Sunset Boulevard.

More than 50 protesters were arrested Thursday night during a protest to demand better pay for Wal-Mart employees.

Two men were arrested Thursday in connection with kidnapping a teen who was tortured with lighted cigarettes, cut with samurai swords and beaten, authorities said.

It looks like there's more news coming out of Runyon Canyon Park this week: not only is there a new gate to deter hikers from a popular path, a media group wants to rename the park.

Six stores were targeted in West Hollywood, Beverly Hills, West L.A. and Santa Monica -- including designer labels Saint Laurent Paris, Stacey Todd and Phillip Lim.

The zoo announced this week that a male calf was born on Aug. 26, but he was kept away from the public while he bonded with his mother.

About 20 people have been wrongly identified as driving with blood-alcohol levels above the legal limit of .08 when they were really just below it.

It looks like it's not just the NFL drawing controversy anymore when it comes to team names. Coachella Valley High School's use of an Arab mascot has garnered attention from a rights group that says the character stereotypes Arabs as angry people with beards and large noses.

Selling those bacon-wrapped hot dogs on sidewalks is illegal, but two council members are looking to change that.