LOS ANGELES– A man who responded to an Internet advertisement to have sex with a young girl has been arrested and now faces more than 15 years in prison. Joshua Paul Crouch, 28, of San Pedro, was arrested Wednesday in San Pedro and charged Thursday with attempted sex-trafficking of a minor. Thi...

LOS ANGELES– A Los Angeles federal jury has convicted a Garden Grove man of smuggling Asian songbirds into the United States concealed in his suitcase at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Can Thanh Nguyen, 63, was found guilty Thursday of importing and bringing Asian songbirds into the U...

SAN FRANCISCO– Attorney General Kamala D. Harris today filed a lawsuit against investment bank Morgan Stanley for misrepresentations about complex investments such as residential mortgage-backed securities, in which large pools of home loans were packaged together and sold to investors.  These mi...