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Schools across the country have been forced into lockdowns after receiving hoax reports about school shooters and bomb threats.

Attorneys for a state agency and lawyers for Disney and ABC told a judge Wednesday they are close to a settlement of litigation alleging the companies looked the other way while a crew member for "Criminal Minds" inappropriately touched men on the set for years.

Police sought the public's help Wednesday to identify a hit-and-run driver who left a 46-year-old woman severely injured in downtown Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Community College District received a $1 million grant that will allow its students to ride Metro buses and trains for free, Metro officials announced Wednesday.

A 36-year-old felon was behind bars Wednesday on suspicion of attacking another man with a hammer in a Garden Grove bar, leaving the victim battling for his life.

Anaheim police Wednesday obtained a felony arrest warrant for animal cruelty for a 33-year-old man suspected of kicking and punching a dog.

An Echo Park man has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of using a social media messaging app to distribute child pornography and attempt to sex-traffic two children, prosecutors announced Wednesday.

A former Arcadia resident who made regular appearances as a financial analyst on CNBC was charged Wednesday with lying to investors about the health of his finance firm and failing to disclose massive losses incurred through risky investments following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Owners of Kia and Hyundai cars filed a class-action lawsuit in federal court in Santa Ana alleging that the Orange County- based companies failed to install technology to thwart car thieves, leaving the vehicles vulnerable to a rash of thefts spurred by a video that went viral on social media.

Six Southern California financial institutions were named Wednesday recipients of nearly $330 million in federal funds aimed at providing loans and other assistance to small and minority-owned businesses.