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A scalding report Friday depicted a rogue culture inside the nation's largest county jail system in which deputies abused and humiliated inmates while top management failed to recognize problems or weed out bad officers.
A panel of federal judges won't consider easing its order that California sharply reduce its prison population to improve inmate care, but may give state officials more time to comply, the three judges said Friday.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill requiring professional sports stadiums and arenas to post security phone numbers for fans to report violence.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill expanding the state controller's oversight of local government auditing practices.
A Sacramento County superior court judge ruled Friday that former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't break any laws when he cut the manslaughter sentence for the son of a political ally just hours before leaving office last year.
President Barack Obama's speech at the Democratic National Convention Thursday set a record for most tweets per minute about a political event.
Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan was at two small fundraising events in west Los Angeles Thursday after stumping in Colorado.
Six people were arrested as dozens rallied outside a county jail in downtown Los Angeles jail in favor of a bill aimed at protecting some illegal immigrants from deportation.
Republican Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan is expected to arrive in Los Angeles Thursday afternoon.
Three popular auto-related claims from the Democratic Party are examined and graded for accuracy.
Nadia Lockyer, the estranged wife of state Treasurer Bill Lockyer and a former Alameda County supervisor, was charged Wednesday with drug possession and child abuse, according to prosecutors.
The former Los Angles City Commissioner charged with possessing child pornography, initially blaming it on his alleged split personality, is now agreeing to plead guilty to the crime.
The San Bernardino City Council is planning to eliminate more than 100 city jobs in order to trim a more than $45 million budget shortfall.
The bankrupt city of San Bernardino is considering a plan to reduce police and fire protection in order to cut $18 million from its budget.
The first black mayor of Inglewood and former state Senator Edward Vincent died Friday. He was 78.
