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After graduating from the Door of Hope's homeless-assistance program, Lonnene Vreede and her family of five got help finding affordable housing from Executive Director Tim Peters.

For years Hollywood's paparazzi have hounded celebrities, but now -- with help from local politicians, a lawyer in the Monica Lewinsky case, and even Malibu surfers -- they are the ones feeling the heat.

A local porn producer has been arrested on suspicion of tricking Hungarian women to come to the United States and work as prostitutes in a Sherman Oaks brothel, authorities said today.

Seventy members and associates of the Drew Street clique of the Avenues gang have been named in a federal racketeering indictment unsealed on June 25 that alleges a long series of narcotics-related offenses and ...

"It's better to live one day as a lion, than a thousand years as a lamb." Great quote, but possibly an even better band? Anti- Records has announced the signing of One Day As A Lion , the collaboration between ...

Los Angeles is losing the war on billboards. Despite a six-year-old ban on new billboards, activists say Los Angeles' streets, sidewalks and buildings have more advertising than ever.

One day after San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced an exploratory bid for governor, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said he is focused on his current job and did not give any indication whether he ...

Parks in eight crime-plagued neighborhoods of Los Angeles will remain open until midnight four days a week, beginning today, as part of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's strategy to stop children from joining gangs.

Officer Michael Donatoni is telling KNBC-TV a man about 65 years old walked into the lobby of the Los Angeles Police Department's Hollywood Station at about 12:30 Friday morning and remained there holding the ...

More than a dozen people, some wearing orange protective gear, pulled rakes and shovels from a dingy shopping cart and started working on a parched patch of land along a busy off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway.

ROLLING: Hip commercials spotlight automaker's crossover. Ford Motor Co.'s ad campaign for its new Flex vehicle is titled "CPR for the Dead of Night" - an edgy slogan for a series of avant-garde commercials ...

Gian Lobatto, 21, a young Latino, was shot to death in the 7800 block of Lou Dillon Avenue in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, near Walnut Park, about 7 p.m. Saturday, June 28.

Caption: Christina Applegate leaves the Petrossian Paris Boutique & Cafe with her boyfriend while hiding under a black sweatshirt Los Angeles, California .... Actress CHRISTINA APPLEGATE's former toyboy lover ...

Charismatic and politically bold, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and his Southern California counterpart, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, seem like naturals to help Democrats reclaim the governor's ...

Police trying to cite the driver of a van for violating the new ban on talking on a hand-held cell phone triggered a wild wrong way pursuit on the 405 freeway.

Despite dire warnings that Los Angeles city workers would face layoffs to balance a severe budget deficit, just four workers could potentially lose their jobs.

When the organizers of the Latin Alternative Music Conference say that their event puts a spotlight on Spanish alternative music, believe them.

Antonio Villaraigosa's first three years of his four-year mayoral term have been OK.

Violent crime in Los Angeles dropped 7.2% during the first half of 2008 compared to the same period last year -- with the exception of homicides, which rose 4.3%, newly released crime statistics show.

A woman was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run and drunken driving for allegedly crashing her car into an SUV and injuring another woman outside an upscale West Hollywood steakhouse, it was reported ...