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Mark Wayne Hewlett is accused of going to four different doctors between Sept. 9, 2013 and Nov. 15, 2013 and getting five prescriptions for the powerful pain killer Hydrocodone.
Tiffani Monique Lowden of was charged with one felony count of hit-and-run driving resulting in injury to another person and one misdemeanor count of driving when privilege is suspended or revoked.
The prime minister of Japan arrived in Los Angeles Friday to promote expanded trade between his country and the United States.
Authorities said a North Hollywood man was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in state prison for the murder of his girlfriend.
The final 11 files were made public eight years after the Archdiocese of Los Angeles paid $660 million to settle hundreds of sex abuse claims.
SeaWorld — whose safety practices have been under scrutiny since an animal trainer was killed in 2010 by an orca at its Orlando, Florida, park — has been cited for not adequately protecting its killer-whale trainers at its park in San Diego.
Drivers who picketed several trucking firms at the nation's busiest seaport complex returned to work Friday after a weeklong strike they say will not be their last.
A Gardena retiree says he might splurge on a vacation to Mexico after winning $1 million with a California Lottery scratcher.
The Rim Fire burned more than 250,000 acres and nearly a dozen homes before it was contained late last October, more than two months after it was sparked.
With a whoosh and a cloud of mist, millions of gallons of water were released into the San Gabriel River Friday.
Ontario Fire Department personnel were dispatched to the scene at Roswell and Walnut avenues at approximately 1:20 p.m.
Taylor Kirby, of Signal Hill, surrendered at the Huntington Beach Police Department Thursday.
Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel were called to the scene in the 20000 block of Keaton Street at 1:27 p.m.
A Placentia man said he takes full responsibility for the brutal murder of a 20-year-old Cal State Fullerton student he had been dating before being sentenced to 26 years to life in prison.
In briefs filed in the state's Second District Court of Appeal, attorneys for the state, the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers contend there was no "legal or factual justification" in striking down state laws on tenure and job protection.
