Three school buses catch on fire in Riverside County, prompting investigation
The Riverside County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation into the fires.
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The Riverside County Sheriff's Office launched an investigation into the fires.
Investigators said the deputy suffered non-life-threatening injuries after being dragged across the parking lot.
The Glendale Police Department closed off a shopping center's parking lot after a man was shot to death on Thursday.
The officer tasered the clerk before beating him with a baton 16 times. His attorney said the cop broke bones in both of his legs.
The suspect repeatedly entered and exited the freeway while trying to lose officers before finally surrendering.
A big rig crash on the 2 Freeway sent boxes of raisins and caused a massive traffic jam.
Ventura County deputies arrested an Ojai man after he allegedly pepper-sprayed two girls and pushed another pair of teens off a bicycle.
The Ventura County Sheriff's Office is looking for a suspect who ran over one of its deputies during a traffic stop.
Federal investigators are trying to figure out how a handgun that was once registered to the infamous Christopher Dorner ended up in the possession of alleged crime tourists from South America.
Anthony Palos was last seen driving a white 2016 Toyota Camry away from Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church.
A video shows a mob of teens riding bicycles around downtown Los Angeles before brutally beating a man and destroying his car earlier this month.
The video shows the undercover officer inside his tinted, unmarked car when he shot and killed an 18-year-old.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's office charged a 33-year-old man with attempted murder after he allegedly pushed a woman on Metro train tracks in Pasadena.
About 50 masked teens rushed into a 7-Eleven and ransacked the convenience store. None of them were arrested.
A car rammed into a Canoga Park taco shop late Friday evening and owners say this isn't the first time that they've been victimized by the same woman.