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Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso Friday criticized his opponent, Rep. Karen Bass, for backing city attorney hopeful Faisal Gill, who has proposed a 100-day moratorium on some misdemeanor case filings.

A drug baron captured Friday in Mexico following his release from prison nearly a decade ago after serving 28 years of a 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnap and murder of an American narcotics agent remains under indictment in Los Angeles for the crime.

Three men were behind bars Friday awaiting extradition to Orange County to face charges in connection with the robbery and killing of a Garden Grove resident three years ago.

San Fernando Valley accountant pleaded guilty Friday to a federal criminal charge for helping a long-time client fraudulently obtain a $1.2 million COVID-19 business loan by preparing a false corporate tax return on the client's behalf.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County fell back below $6 Saturday, dropping 3.3 cents to $5.988 for its 32nd consecutive decrease and 33rd in the last 34 days.

If you've been thinking about adopting a pet, this could be the weekend to do it, with Pasadena Humane offering free adoptions Saturday and L.A. Animal Services holding a "Basic Black" event Saturday and Sunday, providing discounted adoptions for animals with primarily black fur/hair.

Long Beach reported its first presumptive case of monkeypox Saturday.

Betty the sea otter, who was named for "Golden Girl" and animal lover Betty White and spent her life enchanting visitors at Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, has died of causes that are so far unknown, aquarium officials said Friday.

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 $530 million.

Elvyn Antonio Rodriguez, 22, a Nicaraguan national illegally residing in the United States, was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee, who also ordered him to pay $2,825 in restitution to the USPS and two mail carriers.