Dozens of alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia were arrested in a sweeping pre-dawn operation across Southern California on Thursday, federal authorities announced, targeting what officials describe as a violent criminal enterprise operating in Orange County. The takedown resulted in 37 arrests tied to three federal indictments, with a total of 40 defendants […]

A man identified by police as a suspect in a series of sexual assaults targeting women across the San Fernando Valley has turned himself in, according to police. Booking information shows 29-year-old Damian Denzell Robinson was arrested by the LAPD’s Devonshire Division around 11:15 p.m. Wednesday and booked into the Valley Jail in Van Nuys […]

A transient accused of brutally beating an 84-year-old man and then setting him on fire in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday was charged with murder after the victim died a day later, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced. “This case involves an elderly man who was disoriented and living with dementia, conditions that […]

Southern California’s late-week warm temperatures will quickly cool over the weekend as a chance of light rain re-enters the forecast. “Today is expected to be the warmest day of the week,” KTLA meteorologist Kirk Hawkins said Thursday morning. The expected high in the San Fernando Valley is 81 degrees. A noticeable weekend cooldown will follow, […]