Crime & Courts

Facing few serious challenges for statewide posts in last year's election, many California politicians were free to make financial decisions with an eye toward the future, final campaign reports show.

Prosecutors filed murder and attempted murder charges Monday against former rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight, four days after officials say he barreled his red truck into two men in a parking lot in Compton, killing one of them.

A former Stanford University swimmer pleaded not guilty Monday to several felony charges of rape and sexual assault.

Former rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight has been charged with murder and attempted murder after a fatal hit-and-run that followed an argument in Compton last week, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney.

A truck driver was convicted Monday of stealing about $300,000 worth of Oakley eyewear bound for U.S. soldiers, then auctioning off the sunglasses online.

The power of nonprofit foundations to change state law was exemplified by the bankrolling of Proposition 47,  a $9.5-million campaign that reduced drug possession and minor theft charges to misdemeanors. By contrast, opponents reported spending a total of $550,000, much of it raised from...

The arraignment for a man accused of killing 20th Century Fox executive Gavin Smith has been delayed until late this month.

People close to a former "Power Rangers" actor accused in a fatal stabbing find the allegation inconceivable, his agent says.

A man who was arrested over the weekend for allegedly leaving human body parts in a suitcase in downtown San Francisco is innocent, the man’s friend told the San Francisco Chronicle.

Police in Ventura are looking for a group of teenage boys suspected of attacking a homeless man with a knife and bat in a parking garage Sunday night.

A Ventura County dentist has been arrested on suspicion of torching the offices of rival dental practices, authorities said.

A 25-year-old man turned himself in to police Sunday in connection with a fatal stabbing in a Van Nuys apartment complex, police said.

A sampling of Angelenos' wishes, concerns and kudos, a month before city elections:

A Jewish fraternity at UC Davis was defaced with swastikas over the weekend, spurring outrage and accusations on the Northern California campus.

A Palmdale man who acted in a "Power Rangers" television series was arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with the fatal stabbing of his roommate with a sword, authorities said Sunday.

A Latino man was arrested Saturday for allegedly stabbing two black men in the parking lot of a Covina shopping center, said police.  

A Simi Valley man wielding a machete assaulted a man and tried to break into a home where a family was sleeping before he was arrested early Sunday, police said.

Video footage taken outside Tam's Burgers in Compton may shed light on exactly what happened when Marion "Suge" Knight ran down two men with his truck Thursday, killing one of them, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Three suspects in the armed robbery of an Upland marijuana dispensary are in custody after barricading themselves in an apartment, the Upland Police Department said Saturday.

The nonprofit group of business leaders who attended an LAPD-arranged event featuring a convicted ex-shot caller for the Mexican Mafia has approached police officials with an offer to reimburse the department's costs, an official said.

Police have arrested a man in connection with a grisly find in which a body was found dismembered and stuffed in a suitcase in downtown San Francisco.

The arrest of Marion "Suge" Knight in the death of a man Thursday brought disappointment in Compton.

Five men who robbed a marijuana dispensary and shot an employee were barricaded in an Upland apartment Saturday morning, authorities said.

Police have detained two people in a gruesome case involving human body parts that were found stuffed in a suitcase and scattered over a three-block radius in downtown San Francisco, authorities said late Friday.

Rene Enriquez boasts an impressive law enforcement resume.

Proposition 47 is supposed to free up prison cells for "real" criminals by reducing drug possession to a misdemeanor offense. But what if those addicts also are the "real" criminals we fear?