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January 24, 2024

13-year-old California bakery riot suspect arrested hours after release for robbery

Los Angeles County Sheriff says a 13 year old was behind the wheel of a Kia that smashed into a bakery and then involved in a robbery hours after release.

January 22, 2024

LA Times endorses Gascón for re-election, claims backlash to crime policies is a MAGA 'fairy tale'

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has earned an endorsement from the Los Angeles Times, with the paper defending his record on crime.

January 22, 2024

California man faces 2 life sentences plus 30 years for deadly bombing of ex-girlfriend's spa

California man Stephen Beal received 2 concurrent life sentences plus 30 years for blowing up his ex-girlfriend's spa business, killing her and injuring two others in the process.

January 22, 2024

California’s next crisis? Experts race to solve explosion in Los Angeles stray cat population

Los Angeles has become a haven for feral cats, often called 'community cats,' that experts say need ample resources in order to curb the population growth.

January 19, 2024

California police officer unknowingly walks into 7-Eleven armed robbery: video

A quick-thinking police sergeant was captured on video thwarting a suspect from carrying out a robbery from taking place inside a 7-Eleven store on California on Wednesday.

January 18, 2024

Los Angeles County DA Gascón running for re-election amid concerns about crime rather than reform

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is running for re-election under a different climate since taking office in late 2020 amid calls for justice reform.

January 18, 2024

Scott Peterson case taken up by Los Angeles Innocence Project, investigating claim of 'actual innocence'

The Los Angeles Innocence Project has taken up the case of convicted killer Scott Peterson.

January 12, 2024

Navy officer imprisoned in Japan over deadly car crash freed from US custody, family says

A Navy officer jailed for killing two Japanese citizens in a car crash was freed from U.S. custody in Los Angeles on Friday, his family said.

January 12, 2024

Lawyer for Hollywood headless torso suspect says his client is being forced to show up shirtless in court

Hollywood scion Sam Haskell pleads not guilty in murders of wife Mei and her parents, Goashan Li and Yanxiang Wang, who lived with the couple and their sons.

January 11, 2024

Los Angeles police arrest 71-year-old 'serial bank robber' for allegedly carrying out another heist

The Los Angeles Police Department says Bruce Edward Bell, a 71-year-old “serial bank robber," is now the suspect in another heist in Sun Valley.