Doug Smith

If a pet dog has a history of biting, does the public have a right to know? The grand jury in San Diego County considered this question and answered in the affirmative. In an investigation prompted by a complaint from […]

It was one of those moments with an irresistible emotional tug. They were driving east on the 91 Freeway in Riverside when they saw it: a kitten stranded on the westbound side. The woman at the wheel and her male

A helicopter made an emergency landing on the 110 Freeway in South Los Angeles on Thursday night, bringing southbound traffic to a halt for hours. The California Highway Patrol received a report at 8:25 p.m. from the craft’s pilot, who

A violent sexual predator is set to be released and could be making his home in Los Angeles County. The proposal to house the man once known as the “Pillowcase Rapist” in the Antelope Valley town of Juniper Hills has

When officers of the state Department of Cannabis Control swooped in on a neighborhood in the Bay Area city of Antioch this spring, they found what they were looking for — about $1 million in illegal marijuana — and one

The 17-year-old suspected of grappling with and shooting San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall on a San Francisco street has been charged with attempted murder. San Francisco’s district attorney filed the murder and related firearm charges against the

Years of litigation now comes down to a brutal choice: To make room for shelter and housing to get thousands of veterans off the streets, should a judge tear up the lease that allows UCLA to operate its Jackie Robinson

Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators are trying to determine if there is a connection between two fatal shootings that occurred about the same time Saturday night on adjacent blocks in Carson. The Sheriff’s Department issued a statement early Sunday that