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The Los Angeles City Council sought a report Friday from the city attorney on whether City Controller Ron Galperin had the legal authority to cut Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas' pay and benefits after Ridley-Thomas was suspended from the council last year.

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Tuesday's drawing will grow to $87 million.

A state appellate court panel has reversed a Superior Court judge's decision that ordered companies owned by Rick Caruso to allow those who oppose his mayoral candidacy to express their views under certain guidelines at the Grove prior to the Nov. 8 general election.

A bill to name a post office in Glendale for former U.S. Navy Secretary Paul Ignatius, a son of one of the first Armenian families to settle in the city, was introduced Friday by Rep. Adam Schiff.

A 44-year-old man was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in prison for strangling and stabbing his girlfriend to death with a screwdriver in their Santa Ana apartment nearly five years ago.

A 40-year-old man pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four years in prison for pimping a 16-year-old girl in Orange County, according to court records obtained Friday.

Authorities Friday sought the public's help to identify additional potential victims of a teacher at a Sylmar elementary school arrested on suspicion of sexual assault of a student.

The Drug Enforcement Administration will hold its semiannual National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Saturday at locations across the Southland and around the country, allowing people to turn in expired, unused prescription medications for disposal.

Nearly 1,200 new COVID-19 infections were reported in Los Angeles County Thursday, with the public health director noting a slight rise in the weekly case rate after months of steady declines.

Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday hailed a new center in Fullerton that will aim to address the root causes of homelessness.