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LOS ANGELES — A majority of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors and members of an oversight panel called for the ouster of the head of the Probation Department this week after the Los Angeles Times published a disturbing video showing staff at a juvenile facility violently restraining a teenage…

The patriarch of the Taylor Sheridan-verse may not be putting the Dutton ranch at risk after all, says a rep

LOS ANGELES — The race to replace Sen. Dianne Feinstein is shaping up to be a close contest between two congressional colleagues who have built national profiles and potent fundraising operations but appeal to different generations of Democratic voters, according to a new UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll…

New Mexico prosecutors have downgraded felony penalties against Alec Baldwin and the armorer in the fatal “Rust” shooting, removing the threat that either could spend years in prison.

LOS ANGELES — California’s largest and most expensive environmental cleanup has failed to properly remove lead pollution from some homes and neighborhoods near a notorious battery recycler in southeast Los Angeles County, leaving residents at continued risk, a Los Angeles Times investigation shows.

Police are treating the death of Cork native, Bishop David O'Connell, as suspicious after he was found with a gunshot wound in a home

Tom Sizemore has been hospitalized in critical condition after suffering a brain aneurysm, a representative for the 61-year-old actor told the Los Angeles Times.

LOS ANGELES — Two members of the Los Angeles City Council called Friday for an overhaul of the Police Department's disciplinary process, one that would enhance the police chief's power to fire officers and scale back the involvement of civilians in disciplinary hearings.

PHOENIX — The Dodgers are still expecting Clayton Kershaw to play in next month’s World Baseball Classic for Team USA.

WASHINGTON — Sen. Dianne Feinstein, California's longest-serving senator, will not run for reelection next year, marking the end to one of the state's most storied political careers.

Rihanna is pregnant with her second child, a representative for the musician confirmed to the Los Angeles Times shortly after this year’s Super Bowl halftime show.