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The Los Angeles Dodgers will attempt to continue their recent dominance over the San Diego Padres when they open a six-game homestand at Dodger Stadium Friday evening.

After a week of deliberating the nomination of Heather Hutt to serve as an interim member of the Los Angeles City Council, the council is set to consider appointing her to represent the 10th District at a special meeting Friday.

A neurosurgeon pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal criminal charge for accepting $3.3 million in bribes for performing spinal surgeries at a now-defunct Long Beach hospital whose owner was later imprisoned for committing a massive workers' compensation system scam.

Firefighters battling the Route Fire in Castaic are reinforcing fire lines Friday and are focused on boxing the fire in because of excessively high temperatures in the forecast.

Amid a statewide call for residents to cut back on their electricity use during the heat wave, Glendale Water and Power officials warned Friday the utility may be forced to implement rolling blackouts early next week if customers don't conserve.

California Highway Patrol officers will be ramping up operations on highways throughout Los Angeles County starting Friday to catch drunk and drug-impaired drivers as part of the agency's annual Labor Day weekend enforcement campaign.

A San Fernando Valley man pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges, including cyberstalking two sisters by sending them text messages that threatened them with rape and murder.

Amid searing triple-digit heat, a brush fire erupted in dry vegetation alongside the Golden State (5) Freeway in Castaic Wednesday, consuming more than 250 acres, injuring several firefighters and forcing multiple evacuations.

A South Los Angeles man was arrested Wednesday on a five-count federal indictment alleging he recruited a 15-year-old girl for whom he acted as a pimp and advertised on the internet for sex work.

A judge postponed a bail review hearing Wednesday for a woman accused of running a red light and speeding into a Windsor Hills intersection, leading to a chain-reaction crash that killed six people, including an unborn baby.