Crime & Public Safety

COSTA MESA, Calif.—A 45-year-old San Pedro man has been arrested on suspicion of setting trash bins on fire in Costa Mesa, authorities said April 27. Detectives reviewed surveillance video and ...

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego woman who sold fentanyl to a Ramona man, leading to his overdose death, was ...

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A woman who was driving during a road-rage confrontation on the Costa Mesa (55) Freeway that ...

Drug abuse, mental illness, and repeat offenders plaguing L.A.’s trains and buses.

SAN DIEGO—A former San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) executive who prosecutors say stole more than $400,000 ...

DOWNEY, Calif.—Four more Los Angeles County probation officers were placed on leave following an investigation that detected additional ...

A district attorney says residents of 'our big cities no longer feel safe even walking to lunch.' He ...

LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles County woman pleaded guilty April 26 to using counterfeit postage to ship millions of ...

LOS ANGELES—A man who owned a marijuana dispensary and the business' manager were sentenced Thursday to 25 years ...

A Los Angeles man was arrested last week at an Irvine hotel for alleged sex trafficking and pimping, ...

The board agreed to install bus driver safety barriers and take other steps to improve safety after an ...

The bill called for charges against adults who coerce or employ children to commit theft. Assembly committee members ...

With Kern County crime rates higher than state averages, the CHP will assist, especially on auto and retail ...

A man was charged with attempted murder April 24 in the shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s ...

A man was charged with murder April 24 in the fatal stabbing of a 67-year-old woman who was ...

At a panel discussion, defenders of the 2014 ballot measure say it 'directly addressed the root causes.' Opponents ...

Mr. Schiff, a Democrat, said he did not want to dwell on the incident.

New safety measures forced cancellation of the big event, which would have meant processing 65,000 people. Individual school ...

In less than a week, over 1 million fentanyl pills and more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine were ...

The man who brutally attacked and nearly killed a Metro bus driver this month was found and arrested ...

LOS ANGELES—One day after nearly 100 people were arrested following pro-Palestine protests on the campus of USC, a ...

LOS ANGELES—A Burbank man who allegedly evaded the payment of nearly $5.8 million in federal taxes over several ...

London Breed's plan, which she submitted to supervisors, would close corner stores and liquor stores between midnight and ...

"Students, faculty, staff, and people with business on campus may enter with proper identification," USC said in a ...

Mint Butterfield was last seen wearing a black sweatshirt, flannel pajama pants, and black boots.

Mr. Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year sentence in New York.

Los Angeles assistant district attorney accused of illegally using confidential information.