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Wielding a silver shovel instead of a lightsaber, "Star Wars" creator George Lucas joined a handful of elected officials Wednesday in breaking ground on a billion-dollar museum dedicated to the art of visual storytelling.
The 90th Academy Awards crowned Guillermo del Toro's monster fable "The Shape of Water" best picture at an Oscars that confronted the post-Harvey Weinstein era and sought to pivot to a vision of a more inclusive movie business.
Police responded to a disturbance call Thursday morning at a San Fernando Valley home reportedly belonging to the family of actress Tori Spelling, CBS Los Angeles is reporting.
Heather Locklear was arrested for investigation of domestic violence and fighting with sheriff's deputies at her California home, authorities said Monday.
A law enforcement official says former Miami Dolphins player Jonathan Martin was taken into Los Angeles police custody after a threatening Instagram post referencing a private prep school.
A mansion in one of Los Angeles' most exclusive neighborhoods was engulfed in flames Thursday evening.
Detectives are trying to figure out where the girl got the gun, which was unregistered, and why she brought it to school.
Four students were shot and wounded, one critically, inside a Los Angeles middle school classroom Thursday morning and police arrested a female student believed to be 12 years old, authorities said.
California is rapidly plunging back into drought, with severe conditions now existing in Santa Barbara, Ventura and Los Angeles counties — home to one-fourth of the state's population, a national drought monitor said Thursday.
The corpse of Charles Manson will remain in a morgue for at least another month before would-be heirs can argue in court over who gets his remains.
Mark Salling, who played bad-boy Noah "Puck" Puckerman in the hit musical-comedy "Glee," died of an apparent suicide Tuesday, weeks after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography. He was 35.
A judge has tossed the fight over the body of Charles Manson out of Los Angeles County.
Police say a donkey led more than a dozen sheep and goats on a stroll through a suburban West Covina neighborhood east of Los Angeles.
Tom Petty died of an accidental drug overdose in October last year, his wife Dana and daughter Adria announced in a Facebook post Friday.
Renowned early '80s punk supergroup the Flesh Eaters featuring members of X and the Blasters plays a rare show in San Francisco at the Independent this Sunday night.
Chrissy Teigen and other Tokyo-bound passengers ended up right where they started after eight hours of flying: Los Angeles.
The man who left gift-wrapped boxes of horse manure outside the gates of two posh Los Angeles homes owned by Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin says the idea came to birth while drinking with friends.
Firefighters doused hot spots Thursday as winds increased that could whip up embers and cause flare-ups at the gigantic wildfire still smoldering northwest of Los Angeles.
Fourteen people have been charged with running a pizza delivery-style drug ring out of Los Angeles that used a fleet of cars to fill telephone orders for heroin and cocaine.
A dangerous new wildfire erupted in the tony Bel Air area of Los Angeles early Wednesday as firefighters battled three other destructive blazes across Southern California.
Erratic winds are hampering efforts to battle a 100-acre brushfire in Southern California that has left two people burned, one critically.
After struggling from long range all night, Stephen Curry hit two quick 3-pointers to open overtime and the Golden State Warriors outlasted the Los Angeles Lakers 127-123.
Cult leader Charles Manson, who was imprisoned for the murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others, has died in a Bakersfield hospital, TMZ reported Sunday night.
Cult leader Charles Manson, who was imprisoned for the murder of actress Sharon Tate and eight others, has died in a Bakersfield hospital.
A high pressure system parked in the Pacific off the Northern California coast Tuesday turned the heat up on the Bay Area, sending temperatures soaring towards record levels.
