D.A. calls Justin Bieber’s surprise MacArthur Park gig a ‘testament to … progress’
Did Justin Bieber perform at problem-plagued MacArthur Park? Never say never. An impersonator may have tricked a Las…
San Francisco’s ‘rideshare rapist’ sentenced to 150 years in prison
When rideshare apps were still in their relative infancy, Orlando Vilchez Lazo was driving around San Francisco posing…
SoCal man dismembered mom’s body, put it in trash, is found not guilty
A Southern California man who killed his mother, dismembered her corpse and left the remains in a dumpster…
Ventura County driver double-fatal 124-mph crash sentenced to prison
A Pico Rivera man who killed his friend and girlfriend in a 124-mile-per-hour crash in Ventura County has…
SoCal attorney pleads guilty to embezzling $310,000 of clients’ money to fund gambling habit
A Manhattan Beach attorney has pleaded guilty to four felony counts, including charges for appropriating his client’s money…
Trump administration sues California over ‘Glock ban’ law
California’s effort to restrict sales of handguns that can be converted into fully-automatic machine guns drew an immediate…
Ex-officer for L.A. firefighters union charged with stealing from charity
A former top officer of the Los Angeles Fire Department’s labor union was arrested Wednesday and charged with…
‘Wall Street Whiz Kid’ pleads to L.A. scams, faces prison
David Bloom — a twice-convicted con man known as the “Wall Street Whiz Kid” — pleaded no contest…
Prosecutors: D4vd dismembered teen with chainsaw, tried to cover it up
D4vd allegedly used a chainsaw to dismember the body of a teenager he was sexually abusing, then amputated…
Reiner murder case delayed to September, autopsy reports not complete
The murder case against Nick Reiner will not proceed until September, in part due to delays in the…
Dementia patient beaten, set on fire and killed in downtown L.A., prosecutors say
A wandering dementia patient died Monday after a homeless man in downtown Los Angeles punched and kicked him…
D4vd’s cellphone contained ‘child pornography,’ L.A. prosecutor says
A cell phone belonging to David Anthony Burke, better known as the singer D4vd, contained “a significant amount…