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Attorneys for a LAPD captain awarded $4 million over the internal distribution of a topless photo that was falsely purported to be her have made a presumptive showing that they are entitled to contact jurors in order to fight defense motions for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict.

The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday voted to extend its emergency declaration to help the Children's Hospital of Orange County cope with an ongoing wave of patients afflicted with upper respiratory viruses.

A 41-year-old man was charged Tuesday with fatally shooting one man and wounding four other victims in a suspected road-rage incident on Thanksgiving in Costa Mesa.

Rep. Nanette Diaz Barragán, D-San Pedro, was the lead nominator Wednesday for New York Rep. Hakeem Jeffries to be the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives.

A 64-year-old man who was arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing a man during an argument in Long Beach was released from custody when coroner's officials determined that stab wounds sustained by the victim in the fight were not the cause of his death, police said Monday.

A Los Angeles federal judge Monday issued a ruling preventing the state from preemptively ending the AIDS Healthcare Foundation's contract with Medi-Cal covering 825 patients living with AIDS in California.

"The Watcher" was the most-watched streamed program for the third consecutive week while runner-up "Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities" was among four programs in the latest top 10 that were not in the previous week's, according to figures released Monday by Nielsen.

Overnight temperatures are expected to drop significantly in parts of the Southland this week, prompting health officials to issue a cold weather alert for affected areas -- while a storm system is expected to bring a chance of rain to the region by week's end.

A 26-year-old man suspected of trying to flee from being ticketed by Bell Gardens Police Department officers for riding a motorized scooter on a sidewalk was shot by a stun gun and arrested on a weapons charge, the department announced Monday.

In new court papers, an executive of the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk defends her office's work amid efforts by members of a group who unsuccessfully sought to recall District Attorney George Gascon to review thousands of signatures that were declared invalid in August.