Los Angeles County prosecutors say a convicted arsonist has been ordered to pay $8.9 million in restitution and serve an 18-year sentence for setting a church fire in Hacienda Heights. Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose says 35-year-old Gregory Yusuke Shiga …
The Los Angeles City Council has agreed to pay $4.2 million to two women whose truck was shot up by police during the manhunt for cop-turned-killer Christopher Dorner. City News Service says the council voted 10-nothing on Wednesday to approve …
Prosecutors say a Los Angeles city firefighter has been sentenced to probation for filing workers’ compensation claims at the same time he was competing in mixed martial arts fighting. The district attorney’s office says 36-year-old Raphael Davis has paid $30,000 …
Authorities say a tipsy tree trimmer dangled for nearly two hours in a West Los Angeles tree and it took a battalion of firefighters to rescue him. Authorities say the man was reported about 40 feet up a eucalyptus tree …
Authorities say more than 900 people who rode in Los Angeles Fire Department ambulances may have had their personal information stolen. The city attorney’s office says the IRS is investigating whether Social Security numbers, birth dates and other information were …
Federal officials are investigating a collision involving two police helicopters in the Los Angeles area that left five officers and a civilian with minor injuries. Investigators believe Saturday’s crash occurred when the rotator blades touched of a chopper that was …
The California Highway Patrol says a Los Angeles freeway construction worker has been crushed to death by a 3,000-pound steel beam that was being unloaded from a truck. Sgt. Joe Zizi says the accident happened around 2:30 a.m. Thursday on …
A Los Angeles company that promotes Lap-Band weight-loss surgery was warned to pull advertising that federal officials claim failed to warn potential customers of the risks. The Food and Drug Administration warned Lap-Band VIP last month to change its billboard …
A Honda hybrid car owner who took the auto giant to small-claims court for failing to deliver promised mileage is heading back to court for another round after a judge ordered a continuation of her trial Tuesday. Los Angeles County …
It was another night of firefighters scrambling across the nation’s second largest city to snuff out a series of arson attacks when a tip came in about a German man who matched the description of someone with a shoulder-length ponytail …