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Civil rights activists and other community leaders called for hate crime charges on Monday against gang members suspected in attacks on a Compton black family and threats against other black residents.
A man has been fatally shot in Lynwood.
Authorities used a GPS tracking device to nab an alleged robbery suspect in Rancho Palos Verdes.
One person has died and a second has been wounded in a shooting outside a West Los Angeles apartment complex.
Sheriff Lee Baca Wednesday revealed that homicides were at a historic low in Los Angeles County despite an increase in overall crime.
Authorities have arrested a home burglary suspect based on a photo the victim, who was home at the time, took with her cell phone at her residence in northern Los Angeles County.
Property and violent crime in the city of Los Angeles were down for the 10th consecutive year in 2012, the city's mayor and police chief said Monday.
An 18-year-old is accused of the strong-arm robbery of an 11-year-old on Christmas day.
Authorities Saturday continued to search for a gunman suspected of firing three rounds at the vehicle of an off-duty deputy in Altadena.
School officials at two local universities are angered by a published report that placed their campuses near the bottom when it comes to safety.
Police are warning women in Glendale to be on the lookout for armed and dangerous thieves.
Officials said 38 anti-crime cameras will soon be installed in downtown Los Angeles.
A 71-year-old woman was found stabbed to death in her bed causing shock throughout her neighborhood in Santa Ana.
A popular radio shock jock partnered with an ex-TV cop to catch an alleged Hollywood Hills thief.
Southern California is known for sun, beaches, beautiful women, male bodybuilders. But bank robberies?
The recent heat wave could be a major factor in a string of residential and vehicle burglaries in East Hollywood, according to police.
The son of an 81-year-old man found dead at the bottom of a staircase in a Los Angeles home was taken into custody for questioning about the incident, according to police.
After months of criticism and complaining President Obama finally reacts to the horrific crime rate and record-breaking murder rate in Chicago.
Many who supported Obama in 2008 did so because they believed that he would help black Americans. The criticism four years later is that having a black president in the White House hasn't helped African Americans at all.
Family members of three victims murdered in 2006 say they are still asking for the public's help to solve the case.
Police report crime has decreased at Venice Beach despite an angry brawl caught on tape at the Boardwalk on Thursday.
Flash mobs were once innocent social experiments, but now are all too often racial attacks. Unfortunately, the media continues to paint a rosy picture and fails to report the violence and crime they cause.
A group of martial arts enthusiasts foiled a jewelry store heist in Long Beach Monday, capturing one suspect. The store owner suffered a minor wound in the incident.
For America's big cities: the people who are supposed to have, need to have, and claim to have all the answers simply don't have a clue.
Police are warning iPhone, Droid and other smartphone owners of a sharp rise in the number of brazen robberies targeting those devices.
