A now-former Los Angeles Police Department officer who pleaded guilty to murder and DUI charges stemming from a high-speed, off-duty crash that killed three people on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Santa Fe Springs was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in state prison.

In a demand letter sent to Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell, Jonathan Markovitz, a staff attorney for the ACLU SoCal, said that the reasoning given for denying Refuse Facism’s permit “appears to be unconstitutional.

A Southern California man has been charged for allegedly impersonating a firefighter after officials found a fire truck and other first responder gear in his home.

A now-former Los Angeles Police Department officer who pleaded guilty to murder and DUI charges stemming from a high-speed, off-duty crash that killed three people on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Santa Fe Springs was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in state prison.

On July 12, 2025, around 7:45 a.m., Mission Division officers responded to a radio call for the discovery of a deceased child in a dumpster behind the 8200 block of Van Nuys Boulevard. Upon arrival, officers located the body of a male child, approximately 5 to 7 years old, and requested the assistance of detectives from LAPD’s Juvenile Division.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred on the evening of July 10 in the city’s 77th Street Division, following a confrontation involving an armed suspect.

A man who was shot and killed by police after barricading himself in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles was holding an automatic BB Airsoft rifle capable of firing metallic projectiles, which he raised at officers,