Nathaniel Percy

If found incompetent to stand trial, Medina could be placed in a secure mental-health facility until he is declared competent.

A 50-year-old Los Angeles County man drugged and sexually assaulting nine women in his Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach homes, with one of the women dying of an overdose, prosecutors said on Friday, Oct. 18.

The judge called the case against Selvin Fabian Salazar “one of the most gruesome, unjust, unjustified cases in my 20 years on the bench.”

A judge will first decide whether to resentence the pair, but a hearing has yet to be scheduled.

A gunman walked through a gate and into the backyard of a Hawthorne home, fatally shooting a man before the gunman was then fatally shot by a second shooter at a weekend Halloween house party, authorities said Monday, Oct. 28.

While interviews with an ex-girlfriend and a key piece of physical evidence were among the items a judge cited to send the murder case against a

The fire continues to burn in steep, rugged terrain with dry fuels, officials said Friday morning.

The pilot said he was experiencing “engine roughness” shortly after takeoff from the airport Monday afternoon.

The pilot said he was experiencing “engine roughness” shortly after takeoff from the airport Monday afternoon.

California Highway Patrol officers were searching for the driver of a U-Haul truck who attempted a U-turn in Stanton, they said, leading to a crash that killed a motorcyclist Tuesday night, Nov. 26.