James Queally

The family of an El Monte police officer who was shot and killed at a motel last year is suing the Los Angeles County Probation Department and Dist. Atty. George Gascón, alleging both committed errors that set the stage for two officers' deaths at the hands of Justin Flores.

California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta has launched a civil rights investigation into the Antioch Police Department. Reports detail bigoted messages.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Jim Devoe was arrested on suspicion of child abuse in early May.

Daniel Saldana, 55, was freed from prison earlier this month after the Los Angeles County D.A.'s office acted on information provided by the state parole board that pointed to his innocence in a case where he was convicted of attempted murder decades ago.

LOS ANGELES — A 55-year-old Baldwin Park man was freed from state prison earlier this month after prosecutors and parole officials uncovered years-old evidence that pointed to his innocence in

Anthony Rauda, 46, was convicted in a string of shootings that left a 35-year-old father of two dead and several others injured.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Patrick Connolly sought to disqualify a fellow justice from ruling on the resentencing of a convicted cop killer. Legal experts say the move is nearly unprecedented and deeply concerning.

Danny Masterson was convicted/acquitted in his second trial on charges he raped three women he met through the Church of Scientology in the early 2000s.

Eighty-one years after California incarcerated its first 'ward,' the state's notoriously grim youth prison system is shutting down. But will young offenders fare any better in county lockups?

LOS ANGELES -- When he sought to make the leap from prosecutor to judge in 2008, Patrick Connolly branded himself to voters as a hard-charging and hard-partying attorney who had