Kate Mather

So what was it? The loud explosion that jolted North Hollywood on Tuesday night remained a mystery the next morning, authorities said. An officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood station said police searched the area for a half...

Alaska Airlines released a statement Wednesday saying the company was “deeply saddened” by the death of a 55-year-old veteran pilot who was found dead along an off-ramp of the 5 Freeway in Burbank. The man, Lee Morris of Richland, Wash.,...

A 55-year-old man found dead along an off-ramp of the 5 Freeway in Burbank was an Alaska Airlines pilot, sources said Wednesday. A passerby spotted the body along a fence at the Scott Road off-ramp about 6 p.m. Tuesday and called authorities, said...

Alaska Airlines released a statement Wednesday saying the company was “deeply saddened” by the death of a 55-year-old veteran pilot who was found dead along an off-ramp of the 5 Freeway in Burbank. The man, Lee Clifford Morris of Richland,...

Supporters of a UCLA water polo player arrested on suspicion of sexually assaulting another student have created a YouTube video proclaiming his innocence. The 76-second video—titled "Hakop Kaplanyan - Innocence 2013"—lauds Kaplanyan's...

Rescue crews appear to have found the second of two hikers who went missing in the Trabuco Canyon area of Orange County. TV helicopter footage showed a woman moving in the brush as crews moved toward her. The development came Thursday after search...

The search for two Costa Mesa teens who went missing while hiking in Trabuco Canyon stretched into a third day Wednesday, as dozens of civilian volunteers continued to scour the area — a pair of whom got lost themselves. Two searchers out looking...

Bell verdict: A jury returned a mixed bag of verdicts Wednesday in the trial of six ex-Bell City Council members accused of misappropriating public funds....

Guilty verdicts against five of the six ex-Bell City Council members brought a "long-awaited day of justice" to the city's residents, its current administration said Wednesday....

After months of speculation, Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators confirmed Thursday they believed missing Fox movie executive Gavin Smith was murdered and publicly named a convicted drug dealer a person of interest in the case. The revelation...

The family of a 24-year-old woman killed in an attack by a lion said they believe her death was an accident and that the big cat didn't intend to harm her. Intern Diana Hanson was killed Wednesday afternoon at a......

The lion that killed a 24-year-old intern at a Fresno County wild cat park probably killed the woman by accident, her family said....