A Los Angeles probation official wants state felons to be ordered to serve probation when they are released from local jails under realignment.

While Los Angeles International Airport is a significant source of air pollution for the region, a study finds efforts by the airport and airlines to reduce emissions have been working.

Sacramento County sheriff's officials say a 50-year-old parolee has been arrested after tossing a firebomb into a house.

A portion of a Malibu beach has been closed after a sewage spill on Pacific Coast Highway may have entered the ocean.

Los Angeles officials expect to save millions of dollars on the city's light bill now that more than 140,000 street lights have been retrofitted with energy efficient bulbs.

The Los Angeles Board of Education has voted unanimously to approve the purchase of $30 million worth of iPads.

A woman has been sentenced to eight days in jail for stealing a former "American Idol" contestant's iPhone while the singer was performing at a California elementary school.

A former Cal Poly professor has been sentenced to three years of probation for exposing himself in the university library last year.

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has agreed to pay a $550,000 settlement to a couple who alleged that sheriff's deputies falsely arrested and framed them on drug charges.

Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings, whose unflinching reporting ended the career of a top American army general, died early Tuesday in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said.

An Orange County woman has been sentenced to eight days in jail for stealing a former "American Idol" contestant's iPhone while the singer was performing at a Santa Ana elementary school.

Two stranded teenage boys were plucked off a peak at an elevation of more than 8,000 feet by a California Highway Patrol helicopter as it was rocked by gusty winds.

Rancho Cordova will contract with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department for law enforcement services for at least three more years while continuing to evaluate other options for police services.

'Terminator 2' star Edward Furlong has been charged with assault after a May 21 incident in which his girlfriend called police and reported he attacked her.

Seven construction workers and a firefighter sustained minor injuries after a fire broke out at on the seventh floor of a San Francisco General Hospital building under construction.