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A giant mural will be unveiled and the Santa Monica Pier's Ferris wheel will be lit up tomorrow to mark ``Mamba Day,'' the annual L.A.

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Holly Mitchell called on the county Probation Department today to immediately begin transferring more than four dozen youth offenders out.

The Los Angeles Police Department is not meeting its staffing goals, Chief Michel Moore Tuesday told the Board of Police Commissioners.

Annette Ramirez will continue to serve as interim general manager of Los Angeles Animal Services after her re-appointment was confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council today.

Authorities Wednesday sought the public's help to find the hit-and-run motorist responsible for severely injuring a restaurant worker who was struck while riding his moped home in the downtown Los Angeles area.

A South Los Angeles gang member pleaded guilty today to a federal narcotics charge for conspiring to distribute drugs such as crack cocaine and methamphetamine from a local storefront.

An attorney today asked a federal jury to award Vanessa Bryant and her co-plaintiff -- both of whom lost spouses and daughters in the helicopter crash that killed Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and eight others.

``America's Got Talent'' and ``Password,'' which follows it on NBC, accounted for four of last week's nine most-watched prime-time programs.

A 36-year-old man was convicted today of going on a rampage on a June morning three years ago, attacking four people in two Orange County cities, including a Fullerton police officer.

The former superintendent of the Bassett Unified School District and the head of a construction management firm appeared in court today.