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A man crossing a busy Los Angeles-area boulevard was twice struck by hit-and-run drivers, a woman who tried to help him was hit by yet another car, and the driver who tried to help her was beaten and robbed by a mob ...

Los Angeles police say actor Peter Fonda discovered a dead body in a car and they are investigating the death.

A day after releasing images of men suspected of sexually assaulting severely disabled women, Los Angeles County sheriff's detectives said they have identified two of them.

The recent recovery of one of his stolen trophies and several scrapbook items at a Los Angeles park left tennis legend Pete Sampras "a little more optimistic" that the rest of his coveted memorabilia will soon be found, his agent said Monday.

Tennis star Pete Sampras says most of his trophies and other memorabilia were stolen from a West Los Angeles public storage facility.

A man wanted for questioning in the slaying of a Hollywood publicist killed himself in the lobby of a dreary Los Angeles hotel as police closed in with a search warrant -- the latest mysterious turn in a case that began on a posh stretch of Beverly Hills.

Prices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, which had been increasing, both fell in August from July. Home prices are falling faster in the nation's largest cities, and a record number of foreclosures are expected to push prices down further through next year.

The L.A. County coroner has determined that the death of a toddler who fell from a luxury box at Staples Center after a Lakers game Sunday was an accident.

A young boy fell to his death from a luxury suite at Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday night, according to a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department.

Well-known Hollywood publicist Ronni Sue Chasen was shot to death Tuesday in her Mercedes-Benz near Sunset Boulevard, authorities said. Chasen, 64, of Los Angeles was the publicist for movies such as "Driving Miss Daisy" and "On Golden Pond."