Crime and Public Safety

The LAPD is investigating an attempted burglary in Sherman Oaks as city leaders surge patrols to stop a persistent string of home invasions in the San Fernando Valley.

Los Angeles voters to weigh fee increase for streetlight repairs amid copper theft concerns.

Police and prosecutors described the case as a “parent’s worst nightmare," alleging a 14-year-old girl was last seen going to singer D4vd’s Hollywood Hills home in April 2025 before later being found dead.

Singer D4vd pleaded not guilty Monday after he was charged with the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez who police say was found dismembered in his Tesla in 2025.

Two people are dead after a planned fight near a North Carolina middle school escalated “significantly" and led to multiple people exchanging gunfire, local police said.

Officials and relatives say a man killed eight children and shot two women in two homes in Shreveport, Louisiana. The violence early Sunday was one of the nation’s deadliest recent mass shootings.

Some of those who survived a mass domestic violence incident in Shreveport, Louisiana, escaped via the roof and called 911, police said.

Monday marks Day 79 in the search for Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie.

A California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officer and an alleged drug trafficker face 20 years in jail for smuggling 20 kilograms of cocaine into Los Angeles County.

Community members are calling for changes as concerns grow over shelter conditions and apparent oversight of homelessness programs.

Shamim Mafi, of Woodland Hills, was arrested at LAX over alleged arms trafficking for Iran.