Authorities: Palmdale man dead, girlfriend jailed

A 51-year-old man was shot to death in Palmdale and his estranged girlfriend was arrested on suspicion of murder and [...] Read More

LA Times: Role of Sheriff Baca’s son raises questions about LA hiring

The only rookie sheriff’s deputy hired in past 19 months was recommended by the sheriff’s son, who works for the [...] Read More

San Francisco Giants pitcher Barry Zito injured in Los Angeles crash

Zito was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said Lt. Ana Brackpool of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s West Hollywood Station. Read More

LA authorities seek suspects videotaped in sexual assaults of 10 disabled women

UPDATE: One suspect ID’d in case. A computer hard drive obtained from an anonymous source contained more than 100 hours of video footage showing at least 10 women being sexually assaulted by at least eight men. Read More

Body believed to be missing Venice woman found on Mount Baldy

Michelle Yu, described by friends as an experienced mountaineer who trained and hiked regularly on Mount Baldy, had last been heard from Saturday. Read More

Police: Ontario home surrounded; authorities searching for murder suspect

Police officers and sheriff’s deputies have surrounded a residence in Ontario, where authorities are looking for a suspect in the fatal shooting Monday night in Pico Rivera of 17-year-old Robert Andrew Velazquez. Read More