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Angela Spaccia, seeking to absolve herself of blame for the financial collapse of the city of Bell, testified for a second day Friday about manipulations by her boss, Robert Rizzo, as he built his own personal fiefdom in the small, blue-collar California town.
A missing Riverside County teenager with special needs was found safe Friday.
Officials Friday warned the public to be wary of an increased number of utility phone scams in Glendale.
Opponents of two new California laws that greatly expand abortion access are working to gather signatures for referendums that could overturn them.
Sky 2 was overhead Friday morning as the Coast Guard rescued a man and two 11-year-old old boys from a skiff off the coast of Marina del Rey.
A university study released Friday of how counties are spending $4.4 billion to implement Gov. Jerry Brown's prison realignment law found that nearly 20 percent have fundamentally changed how they approach criminal justice.
An Orange County woman, who recruited a man to kill her husband in a machete attack that left him maimed, has been sentenced to 10 years and four months in prison.
California Sen. Barbara Boxer on Friday called on an oil company to stop production at its Los Angeles facility after some residents complained of nosebleeds, headaches, dizziness and respiratory problems.
Police Friday asked for the public's help in identifying three men who robbed a Koreatown jewelry store at gunpoint.
Non-perishable food items and monetary donations will be collected Saturday at the Los Angeles Kings game.
Attempted kidnappings of teenage girls in Venice and Torrance could be the work of the same suspect, police said Friday.
A co-founder of the popular Pinkberry frozen yogurt chain has been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon.
A coalition of law enforcement agencies, child advocacy groups, private entities and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles gathered Friday for a symposium warning children about the darker side of the Internet.
A reputed gang member was charged Friday with capital murder in the fatal shooting of a 99-cent store clerk.
At least one Orange County official is seeking to hit the brakes on a proposal to replace the carpool lanes in each direction of the 405 Freeway with two "express" toll lanes.
