Sharon Knolle

A woman in labor didn't quite make it to the hospital, giving birth to a baby girl on the 405 early Saturday morning.

What caused the historic Angels Flight railway to derail in September? That's still not known but the fact that operators were using a tree branch to override the safety system can't have helped.

A boy who was found in a South Los Angeles backyard has been identified by his aunt and uncle, but the circumstances of how he came to be there are under investigation.

With the epidemic of hit-and-runs in the Los Angeles area showing no signs of slowing, several lawmakers are trying to increase penalties to drivers.

Was the heated Kanye West/Jimmy Kimmel feud just an elaborate set-up?

A driver who struck a pedestrian in the middle of Ventura Boulevard likely wouldn't have been at fault if he or she had simply stopped. Now, however, that person is facing felony hit-and-run charges.

The man who allegedly stabbed his stepdaughter to death, then called her mother to tell her a "surprise" was waiting for her at home, has been arrested after a two-week search.

After briefly being taken offline due to the government shutdown, the Amber Alert website is back up as of 8 a.m. this morning.

An unusual police pursuit began when police attempted to stop a parolee, who fled on a bicycle. The weapon he pointed at police ended up being a toy gun.

A Costa Mesa resident woke up at 2 a.m. to find a very unwelcome intruder in his home: a pantsless man coming out of the bathroom.

One of the four people killed in a private jet crash at Santa Monica Airport was identified by a coroner's official today as 28-year-old Lauren Winkler of Irvine.

If you've long suspected that L.A. has the least-maintained roads in the nation, you are right on the money.