Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives are assisting the Baldwin Park Police Department with investigation of the in-custody death of a man accused of stealing a U.S. flag, authorities said.
Triple-digit temperatures continued to bake Southern California on Sunday as authorities battled a wildfire that has scorched more than 1,400 acres.
At least three people were killed Sunday morning when two small planes collided over Otay Mesa in eastern San Diego County near the Mexican border, authorities said.
Kenley Jansen became the father of a newborn boy Sunday morning, but is nonetheless expected to be available to pitch in the Dodgers' series finale against the Cincinnati Reds.
Syrian government warplanes struck a crowded market in a rebel stronghold near Damascus on Sunday, a watchdog group said, killing 82 people and wounding more than 250. The carnage unfolded even as the U.N's top aid official began a visit to the country to assess humanitarian needs.
A San Francisco tech entrepreneur says his garage was defaced with a racial slur against Asians this weekend, spurring outrage on Twitter after he shared images of the vandal online.
The USC football team wrapped up its first week of training camp Saturday with a 2 1/2-hour practice in temperatures hovering in the 90s on Brian Kennedy-Howard Jones Field.
Executives from the shuttered Petersen Automotive Museum say their Miracle Mile temple for car fanatics will reopen on time, and on budget, and will feature a new restaurant and reflect the participation of multiple new deep-pocketed partners.
Loyola, a six-time Southern Section football champion, hasn't been in the Pac-5 playoffs since the 2011 season. Its fans are getting a little restless.
Upselling has become a major strategy for the airline industry.
At about 11 p.m. Wednesday, Zhang Deyong stood by his apartment's 22nd-story window and watched two massive fireballs ripple into the sky and then fade into an ominous mushroom cloud of smoke and debris. He felt shock waves course through him, knocking him off-balance. Then he fled, panicked, his...
"Straight Outta Compton" lifted the box office out of its August funk, debuting at No. 1 in the U.S. and Canada with an estimated $56.1 million.
A year ago, Alex Akingbulu of Narbonne was a first-year football player trying the sport after playing basketball. He was so good he became Narbonne's standout offensive lineman.
Kern County officials have confirmed that the man who was fatally shot Saturday in Inkoyern by deputies was the same suspect who authorities had been pursuing for weeks after the July slaying of a dentist and a shooting that wounded two deputies.
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Every year, the world's auto enthusiasts travel to the Monterey Peninsula to participate in the Car Week that culminates with the luxurious Concours d'Elegance classic car competition.
One man was killed and another injured after fire engulfed a converted garage in Van Nuys early Sunday, authorities said.
Denver-based Frontier Airlines has replaced its toll-free customer service phone number with a regular toll-charge line.
Border Patrol Agent Erica Sanchez was stalking immigrants on the banks of the Rio Grande, her long brown hair pulled back in a knot, her foundation and eyeliner intact despite the sweat running down her face in the 100-degree heat.
His day begins in darkness.
Three years ago, Silver Lake residents were horrified by a traffic collision that claimed the life of a 24-year-old woman celebrating her birthday with her dad.
Samantha Martin was anxious, and it wasn't because she was living in a bus with 14 cats, two white rats, a groundhog and a chicken named Cluck Norris. That's normal for her.
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Peter Bogdanovich: In the Aug. 16 Calendar section, an article about film director Peter Bogdanovich said that he has no children. He has two daughters, Sashy and Antonia, from his first marriage to late production designer and producer Polly Platt. Antonia also serves as a co-executive producer...