L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors in his office to consider pursuing the death penalty, a punishment his predecessor did not use.

A federal judge in Los Angeles sentenced the former chief financial officer of Tom Girardi’s shuttered law firm to 10 years in prison Friday ... record with the State Bar of California remained ...

Marina del Pilar, the governor of Baja California, confirmed Reyes' death in a statement on Wednesday. "I deeply regret the death of State Citizen ... incident, FOX Los Angeles reported.

Law enforcement is asking the public to be on the lookout for an incarcerated man who escaped from a reentry program facility in Los Angeles on Saturday. The California Department of Corrections ...

A hearing was held Friday on the Los Angeles County district attorney's motion to withdraw the Menendez brothers' ...

A Southern California youth soccer coach charged with killing a 13-year-old boy last month has also been accused of ...

Cesar Hernandez, 34, was serving a life sentence at North Kern State Prison, but on December 2, he managed to escape a van he ...

Chelsea Hylton is a web producer for CBS Los Angeles. She covers local breaking news across the Southern California region ... were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole ...

As a Los Angeles Superior ... said he hopes the state will resentence the brothers or grant clemency based on their life and behavior in prison. As LA County's resentencing hearing for Lyle ...