Crime and Public Safety

The suspect, 23-year-old Jonathan Maldonado-Cruz, is behind bars.

Jessie Meza was apprehended Thursday in Bakersfield, authorities said.

"I spoke to the daughter, and she did confirm her mom has no criminal background," said Diana Delgado who recorded the video.

Police are searching for the man who was caught on camera walking up behind a woman on the sidewalk in East Hollywood, then stabbing her twice in the back.

A man accused of having a knife led police into a standoff in Granada Hills.

Police say Derrick Dwayne Thompson told a girl that he worked for Child Services, and offered her a ride home. After she got in, officers said he assaulted her.

When jurors were being selected, prosecutors asked them whether Rihanna’s connection to the case, especially if she appeared in court, would affect their ability to deliver a guilty verdict.

Two police officers were investigating a fatal collision in South LA, when a driver hit their vehicle. Both officers were hospiatlized.

The law is named for Laken Riley, a 22-year-old Georgia nursing student who went out for a run and was killed by a Venezuelan national in the U.S. illegally.

According to a LAUSD spokesperson, the school was placed on lockdown temporarily and all operations are resuming normally.

President Donald Trump unveiled plans to establish a detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, aiming to hold up to 30,000 migrants residing illegally in the United States.

Students at Middle College High School in South LA were evacuated following a bomb threat at Stella High Charter Academy.

A woman was taken to the hospital after being shot near the Home Depot in Hollywood on Wednesday morning.

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