What started as a routine traffic stop quickly escalated into violence and six days of civil unrest known as the Watts Riots ...

Sixty years after the Watts Riots (sometimes referred to as Watts Uprising or Watts Rebellion), young people like Hernandez ...

Federal authorities said MS-13 gang members have a "chokehold" on the area near MacArthur Park where the raid took place.

Who Can Forget?' revisits some of the biggest moments of the 1990s, from Tiger Woods’ historic Masters win to Kurt Cobain’s ...

A roving history makes the case for shade’s centrality to public health, climate adaptation, and even a more robust and ...

This action was taken despite opposition from both the governor of California and mayor of Los Angeles, in response to ...

It's a mistake for ICE agents to wear face masks on immigration raids. But I also understand why they're doing it. And it's ...

The Watts Riots began on Aug. 11, 1965 and ended on Aug. 16, 1965 — and that day Gov. Edmund G. “Pat” Brown declared the ...

The LAPD announced an "all-hands-on-deck" strategy to address recent crimes and public safety concerns in Encino. The strategy includes increased patrols, focused burglary investigations, air ...

On Friday, LAPD cops allegedly battered and detained journalists at a protest — the ugliest of the many threats to U.S. press ...

LAPD Jim McDonnell has given new assignments to more than a dozen officials from the Police Department's upper ranks, elevating three deputy chiefs to top positions and resurrecting a long-dormant ...

If an employee complains about a sexually suggestive picture circulating in the workplace that looks like her but is not, is that a hostile work environment complaint? It might be. In Lillian Carranza ...