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Knott's Berry Farm updated its chaperone policy Wednesday for the park's popular Knott's Scary Farm Halloween event, allowing those 21 and over to chaperone up to five guests age 17 and younger instead of four and providing free entry for chaperones who accompany five minors.

Hoping to combat an increase in violent crime, the Los Angeles Police Department Wednesday released a "Step Away LA" public service announcement urging residents to actively de-escalate confrontations to avoid violence.

An Orange County physician pleaded guilty Wednesday to orchestrating a scheme to defraud Medi-Cal out of $20 million.

A judge Wednesday took under submission a motion by "Judge Judy" Sheindlin and other parties to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a talent agency that alleges she cheated the firm out of profits when she bought and sold the show's library rights in a deal with CBS.

Seeking to address what she described as community concerns over an increase in chartered flights at Van Nuys Airport, Council President Nury Martinez introduced a motion Wednesday asking for an analysis of the regulations of charter operations at the airport.

The Los Angeles Unified School District and its teachers union have reached an agreement over four optional instructional days that were added to the academic calendar in an effort to recoup learning lost during the pandemic.

While overall COVID-19 numbers keep trending downward, Los Angeles County continues to register virus-related deaths, with 13 more fatalities announced in its latest data.

A pedestrian was killed and a driver was injured Wednesday in an accident in the El Sereno neighborhood of Los Angeles.

A council committee recommended Wednesday that Los Angeles' eviction protections due to COVID-19 hardship end on Jan. 31, setting a potential end date for the moratorium established at the beginning of the pandemic to come before the full council.

Coolio, the Compton-raised rapper who achieved international fame with the 1990s Grammy-winning single "Gangsta's Paradise," died Wednesday in Los Angeles at age 59.