Juror misconduct may have occurred when a panel ruled in favor of Whittier College in a long-running whistleblower lawsuit brought by a former professor who had alleged she was wrongfully fired for ...

A former Southland-based Navy veteran is expected to plead guilty in the coming weeks in Los Angeles to defrauding the military out of more than $9 million through a bid-rigging and contract steering ...

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley Wednesday filed a legal claim against the city and Mayor Karen Bass for defamation, retaliation and negligence, alleging she was the victim of a pattern ...

A brush fire that erupted Wednesday just east of Temecula blackened about an acre and threatened an outbuilding before it was stopped. The non-injury blaze was reported at 12:20 p.m. near Avenue ...

A brush fire that broke out Wednesday near the southwestern edge of Lake Mathews charred just over an acre before it was stopped. The non-injury blaze was reported at 12:35 p.m. in the area of La ...

The City Council Wednesday designated two buildings from the Japanese American Commercial Village on Terminal Island as the latest historic-cultural landmarks in Los Angeles. In a unanimous vote, ...

The family of an administrator at an Inglewood aeronautics and aviation training school who was fatally shot by a campus security guard announced a wrongful death lawsuit against the college Wednesday ...

A U.S. Postal Service carrier from Glendale who used a garden hose to keep a house fire from jumping to another home will receive the Postmaster General Hero Award at a ceremony Thursday. Victor ...

One person was airlifted to a hospital Wednesday after a vehicle rolled over the side of Topanga Canyon Boulevard and down an embankment. The crash in the 2300 block of North Topanga Canyon Boulevard ...

A 42-year-old church staffer is facing charges of sexually assaulting a girl he is related to for a decade in Irvine, police said Wednesday. Michael Robert Maxwell was charged Tuesday with 18 felony ...

A young man accused of gunning down a 19-year-old man during a dispute in Moreno Valley was charged Wednesday with murder and other offenses. Jacob Nulen Necochea, also 19, of Banning, allegedly ...