California lawmakers are proposing tougher penalties on looting and other opportunistic crimes during disasters after more ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the identification and arrest in the murder of Reajonette Morgan.

The county is still a long way from its goal of reducing response times to 30 minutes on average, so it is exploring ways to ...

The Probation Department’s failure to properly supervise probationers was blamed, in part, for the deaths of two El Monte ...

The 10,000-acre Hughes Fire near the Los Angeles County community of Castaic, which sent thousands fleeing this week, was more than 95% contained Sunday with all mandatory evacuation orders lifted.

"The citizens of L.A. County deserve government officials that have integrity that is beyond reproach," the lawsuit reads.

A reconfiguration of the Riverside County Superior Court’s online services portal ran into major stumbling blocks this week, stymieing members of the public, defense attorneys and prosecutors, raising ...

TAKE YOU ABOUT 12 MINUTES. BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. LET’S GO TO L.A. COUNTY NOW, WHERE A FIRE HAS FORCED THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO EVACUATE AS CREWS HAVE RUSHED IN TO TRY TO PROTECT HOMES.

The Hughes Fire near Castaic Lake in northern Los Angeles County began Wednesday morning and now covers more than 10,000 acres or 15 square miles. It was 24% contained at 2 p.m. local time ...

The Hughes fire has grown rapidly in northern Los Angeles County, with the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires still burning in the region. By Corina Knoll Alyce McFaddenVik Jolly and Isabelle ...