Some local Lap-Band patients will have to wait for their new lives to begin, as two L.A. outpatient clinics have temporarily halted the surgeries. The 1-800-GET-THIN marketing campaign has fallen under much scrutiny in recent months, including state and federal investigations. As a result, both local clinics are conducting a review of the procedure. more ›

Miramonte Elementary might be closed for another day as they work to situate a completely new staff from the custodians to the secretaries and every teacher, but the community at large still has the school under scrutiny. more ›

Authorities are investigating the death of a Monterey Park woman, and her husband appears to be the prime suspect. 39-year-old Chenan Bao's body was discovered with what Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide detectives are calling "suspicious marks" on it. Bao was three months pregnant. more ›

Police are currently investigating the death of an 11-month-old infant from Studio City. The infant experienced breathing distress at a licensed daycare facility in Burbank on Wednesday. more ›

Los Angeles County firefighters taking out a car fire on a San Bernardino (10) Freeway onramp late last night in Pomona made a grisly discovery: A human body. more ›

As expected, the charges against suspected arsonist Harry Burkhart are continuing to mount, as today prosecutors are expected to add a whopping 63 additional criminal counts to the 37 counts Burkhart already faces. That brings the total of criminal counts Burkhart currently will face up to 100. more ›

Who shot Cali Swag rapper Monte "M-Bone" Talbert? Inglewood Police have been grappling with solving the crime since Talbert was gunned down outside a liquor store in May 2011. more ›

Authorities have called off the search for more body parts in the rugged Hollywood Hills terrain where so far a head, two feet, and two hands have been discovered as part of an ongoing homicide investigation. more ›

Soon after the search resumed Wednesday morning for more remains belonging to the victim of an apparent homicide whose head was found in a bag in the Hollywood Hills Tuesday afternoon, authorities report they have found one other body part so far. more ›

The search is underway again today for additional human remains belonging to an apparent homicide victim whose head was discovered Tuesday afternoon in the Hollywood Hills. The head was found by two women walking with several dogs in the hills near the 3200 block of Canyon Drive. more ›

Los Angeles Police are investigating the discovery of a human head in a bag in the Hollywood Hills as a homicide. The head was found late this afternoon by two women out for a walk in the 3200 block of Canyon Drive, reports City News Service. News reports describe the remains as being "relatively fresh." more ›

Loren Herzog, one half of the duo dubbed the "Speed Freak Killers," was found hanged to death at his trailer on state property late Monday night, and state and local officials are investigating the parolee's death as a possible suicide. more ›

Authorities in Orange County are focused on identifying a suspect considered a serial killer of homeless men who has taken three lives so far. A $5,000 reward has been offered by the Association of Orange County Deputy Sheriffs for information leading to an apprehension. more ›

An autopsy on the body of a 44-year-old Artesia man found at a "green waste" facility could take place later this week, as the investigation into how he came to be at the site is ongoing, reports CNS. more ›

While the drowning death of actress Natalie Wood was re-opened for investigation around the time of the fatal accident's 30-year anniversary, today the L.A. County Sheriff's Department says they have found no new evidence indicating foul play. more ›

After the discovery of the body of a homeless man in Santa Ana this morning, local authorities are not willing to attribute the death to a serial killer targeting the homeless in Orange County. The body was found beside the truck in which the man lived. more ›

Suspected arsonist Harry Burkhart is reportedly under investigation in Vancouver, Canada, according to the L.A. Times. Burkhart, 24, lived in Vancouver prior to living in Los Angeles, and drives a van with British Columbia plates. more ›

Authorities believe the same arsonist or arsonists responsible for multiple fires early Friday morning in the Hollywood and West Hollywood area struck again early Saturday morning, this time in the Fairfax district and the North Hollywood area. An estimated 11 car fires set in the early morning hours have been added to the disturbing and growing chain of fires set by an unknown suspect or suspects. more ›

A months-long investigation culminated last week in the arrest of a man wanted for sexually assaulting a minor girl and forcing her to work as a prostitute, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Criminal charges were filed December 22 against Michael Vincent Pree. more ›

The body of a woman who had apparently been bludgeoned to death was discovered just after midnight today by a cleaning crew inside a rented room at the Olympic Hotel in the MacArthur Park area. The woman appears to be about 40 years old. more ›

Allegations of animal abuse prompted an investigation into the elephant rides offered at the Santa Ana Zoo, and now several months after video purporting to show that abuse came to light, the Zoo has announced they will no longer offer elephant rides. more ›

Who shot Jeffrey Tidus remains a mystery to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives, who have been working on the puzzling case since the lawyer was gunned down in his own driveway on December 7, 2009. Now the L.A. County Board of Supervisors have approved a $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in this unsolved homicide case. more ›

A Catholic High School in Torrance is closed for the day as authorities investigate an unspecified threat made late last week, according to City News Service. All classes at Bishop Montgomery High School are canceled today due to the threat, which was reportedly made on YouTube. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department may have misused funds paid to them by Los Angeles International Airport to provide security at the facility, and now a federal probe aims to get to the bottom of the allegation, says KTLA. Millions of dollars are in question, per the complaint. more ›

Ah, the last day of school...a day for getting signatures in your yearbook, turning in your textbooks, trashing the contents of your notebooks and lockers, and watching a porno movie with your teacher. Oh, hold up: That's totally not what's supposed to happen, is it? more ›

Self-defense is just one of the possible motives detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department are considering to determine just why a woman used pepper spray to ward off fellow shoppers at the Porter Ranch Wal-Mart during their Black Friday pre-sale last Thursday night. more ›

If you're going to flee the scene of a car crash, climbing up a tree to get away from the cops is not necessarily a winning technique. A parolee gave the ol' tree climb getaway a late Monday night, only to have his plan foiled when he tumbled down in front of the police. more ›

Eyebrows are raised anew as the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department re-opens the investigation into the 1981 drowning death of Natalie Wood, and scuttlebutt once again surfaces about the 43-year-old actress' tumultuous marriage to Robert Wagner. Now actor Christopher Walken, who was aboard the yacht with the Wagners the night Wood died, has hired a lawyer. more ›

Lieutenant Corina of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department held a brief press conference this morning to discuss the re-opening of the investigation into the 1981 drowning death of actress Natalie Wood. The LASD wanted to make it clear that Wood's husband, actor Robert Wagner is not a suspect, and, in fact, Wood's death remains considered an accident. more ›

Nearly 30 years ago, actress Natalie Wood, wife of actor Robert Wagner, drowned while boating with her husband and actor Christopher Walken. The Wagners' yacht, Splendour, was anchored in Isthmus Cove off Catalina. Though Wood's death was ruled accidental, today the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced they have re-opened the case. more ›