Arrests after Burbank home sells without owner or buyer being aware
Using fake identities and purchase agreements and forged loan applications, four people allegedly cooked up a months-long scheme…
Residents who sued due to putrid Dominguez Channel smell win millions
Two dozen people who sued the owners and tenants of a Carson-based warehouse responsible for a putrid smell…
L.A. public defenders on a win streak as Trump DOJ charges activists
As they waited for jurors to return a verdict, the lawyers were on edge. Rebecca Abel and Kyra…
Los Angeles manufacturer accuses law firm of filing fraudulent asbestos lawsuits
A Los Angeles pipe manufacturer that has been sued thousands of times for allegedly causing asbestos-related disease in…
Man charged in ‘largest jewelry heist in U.S. history,’ avoids trial by getting deported
A man facing federal charges in what authorities have called the largest jewelry heist in U.S. history was…
Are repeat drug defendants choosing treatment under Prop 36?
One year after California’s Proposition 36 went into effect, increasing penalties for certain repeat theft and drug crimes,…
Trump pardons convicted California fraudster he freed for other crime
President Trump this week pardoned a San Diego-area woman whose sentence he commuted during his first term but…
Undercover D.A. op targets ‘criminal contractors’ in L.A. fire zones
Five people were arrested earlier this year and charged with working as unlicensed contractors in an area affected…
OC Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Death
An Orange County man pleaded guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to having sold counterfeit oxycodone pills to…
Defendant to Plead Guilty in OC Fentanyl Death
An Orange County man is expected to plead guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to having sold counterfeit…
Defendant to Plead Guilty in Orange County Fentanyl Death
An Orange County man is expected to plead guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to having sold counterfeit…
18 prisoners seek reduced sentences under state’s Racial Justice Act
When California lawmakers approved the Racial Justice Act in August 2020 — just months after a Minneapolis police…