This year the state legislature sent Gov. Jerry Brown 1,059 pieces of legislation. THE BILL BREAKDOWN • 898: bills the governor signed into law • 159: bills the governor vetoed • 2: bills that become law without the governor signing them Here is a sampling of other new laws that Californians will...

(CNS) – So who's the prankster who altered the famed Hollywood sign on New Year's morning to make it read “Hollyweed”? Indications Tuesday were pointing toward a local artist who goes by the moniker “Jesus Hands,” a name that was scrawled on one of the black tarps used to alter the sign. In an in...

A 32-year-old homeless man was charged today with smashing the windows of 29 cars, including one with the driver inside, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. William Michael Ramirez (dob 6/24/84) faces 18 felony counts including one count of assault with a deadly weapon an...

FONTANA >> In the wee hours of Wednesday, police say a 73-year-old man shot and killed three family members and wounded a fourth at a Fontana apartment complex, although one person managed to escape the gunfire. “This appears to be a result of some sort of family issue, but we're not certain of t...

BLOOMINGTON >> Deputies arrested a woman Monday on suspicion of possessing stolen property, according to a San Bernardino County sheriff's statement released Thursday. Christalin Castelan, 28, of Bloomington was arrested at home Monday after investigators executed a search warrant and found prope...

A 23-year-old man was sentenced to 25 years to life in state prison for shooting an acquaintance in the head in Huntington Park, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. Deputy District Attorney Seth Carmack, who prosecuted the case, said Jorge Godoy of Huntington Park was fou...

FULLERTON, Calif. – A high school water polo and swim coach is scheduled to be arraigned today for sexually assaulting three female students between 14 and 16 years old. Joshua Christopher Owens, 23, La Palma, was charged today with one felony count of oral copulation of a minor under 16, one fel...

SANTA ANA, Calif. – A jeweler was sentenced today to six years and four months in state prison for stealing clients' diamonds and replacing them with fake stones. Charles Jayson Hanson, 53, Newport Beach, was found guilty by a jury on Oct. 25, 2016, of one felony count of first degree residential...

A 57-year-old man was convicted today of sexually abusing a teenager over a span of seven months in 2015, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office announced. At today's court appearance, Joseph Alan Kikuchi of Monterey Park pleaded no contest to all counts in case GA097357 in an open ple...

Volkswagen AG (VW) has agreed to plead guilty to three criminal felony counts and pay a $2.8 billion criminal penalty as a result of the company's long-running scheme to sell approximately 590,000 diesel vehicles in the U.S. by using a defeat device to cheat on emissions tests mandated by the Env...