LAPD motorcycle officer hurt in South LA crash

A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was recovering Thursday at a hospital after being hurt in a crash in South LA, officials said.

South LA residents hold forum to demand LAPD accountability following explosion

The South Central Neighborhood Council held a community forum Monday to ask members of the Los Angeles Police Department about their decision to detonate thousands of illegal fireworks in their neighborhood, and to demand accountability from the LAPD.

Man shot, killed in South Los Angeles

Deputies are investigating a deadly shooting in South Los Angeles.

South LA residents displaced by massive fireworks blast allowed to return home

Some of the families who were forced to evacuate from their South Los Angeles homes when a massive explosion occurred more than a week ago, were allowed to finally return home Thursday.

Fireworks blast victims return home
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Some of the families who were forced to evacuate from their South Los Angeles homes when a massive explosion occurred more than a week ago, were allowed to finally return home Thursday.

Family describes the nightmare of being displaced by South LA explosion

A family who can no longer live at their South Los Angeles home describes the nightmare that comes with being displaced after a horrific incident.

Family displaced by South LA explosion tells their story
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A family who can no longer live at their South Los Angeles home describes the nightmare that comes with being displaced after a horrific incident.

Suspect in massive fireworks explosion that injured 17 in South LA granted bond
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Federal investigators filed a criminal complaint against the man suspected in the explosion that rocked a South Los Angeles neighborhood that left 17 people injured. The 26-year-old suspect appeared in court on Tuesday, where he was granted bond.

Suspect in massive fireworks explosion that injured 17 in South LA granted bond

Arturo Ceja III was expected to be released from federal custody at the end of the day on a bond set at $25,000. He was arrested Saturday by special agents with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on a criminal complaint charging him with transporting explosives without a license.

Woman found beaten to death, bound, gagged, rolled in blanket inside her home in South LA

Fatima Johnson was found beaten to death inside her South Los Angeles home over the weekend. She was bound, gagged with duct tape and her body had been rolled up in a blanket.

Vigil held for South LA mom of six found beaten to death, rolled up in blanket
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The family of 53-year-old Fatima Johnson held a vigil Monday night after the South Los Angeles mother was found brutally murdered in her own home on the Fourth of July.

Woman found beaten to death, rolled in blanket in South LA
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A South Los Angeles woman was discovered bound, gagged with duct tape and beaten to death inside her home over the weekend.

South LA man facing federal charges related to massive fireworks blast that injured 17

The initial investigation by local authorities estimated that 5,000 pounds of fireworks were found; however, on Saturday the ATF determined that Arturo Ceja was actually storing 32,000 pounds of fireworks in his South LA home.

Community demands answers from LAPD after South LA explosion
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The community is calling for accountability and answers following an explosion involving fireworks confiscated by LAPD.