Los Angeles Daily News

LOS ANGELES - The start of Memorial Day weekend will be cool across Southern California, thanks to a deep low-pressure system that is expected to produce a stiff ocean breeze, a dusting of snow in the … More »Memorial Day weekend starts cool in SoCal

An attorney for Brian Banks, 26, said in news reports that his client will seek $100 from the state for every day he was wrongfully incarcerated, but he will not sue the woman who recanted the rape and … More »Former Long Beach football player exonerated of rape will sue state

LA CRESCENTA - Two people in a Ford Mustang were injured today in a rollover crash on Big Tujunga Canyon Road in the Angeles National Forest north of La Crescenta. More »2 people injured in Ford Mustang rollover crash north of La Crescenta

LOS ANGELES - The California Highway Patrol today reported no traffic-related deaths on Los Angeles County highways during the first 12 hours of this year's three-day Memorial Day weekend. More »CHP: No traffic-related deaths in L.A. County during first 12 hours of Memorial Day weekend

LOS ANGELES - Firefighters today put out an auto fire inside a garage at a Valley Glen home, a fire official said. More »Firefighters douse car fire inside garage at Valley Glen home

LONG BEACH — Police arrested Diondria Cherie Davis, 32, mother of two young sisters missing since Wednesday on suspicion of child endangerment after she left them with a stranger. More »UPDATED: Mother of missing girls arrested; suspect still at large

LOS ANGELES - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County fell today for the 10th consecutive day, dropping 1 cent to $4.311, one day after a 1.1-cent decrease. More »Southland gas prices fall for 10th consecutive day

WHITTIER - New information obtained by Sheriff's detectives led to the arrest of a 50-year-old woman on suspicion of murder in the April 2007 shooting death her husband in unincorporated Whittier, according … More »Woman arrested on suspicion of murder in husband's 2007 shooting death in unincorporated Whittier

LOS ANGELES - Someone who purchased a Mega Millions ticket in Burbank has won $755,147 in Friday's drawing, according to California Lottery officials. More »Mega Millions lottery ticket bought at Raymond's Chevron in Burbank worth $755,147

GRANADA HILLS - While military veterans watched appreciatively, a student at Granada Hills Charter High School unveiled a newly updated campus memorial Friday to alumni who fought and died in the Vietnam … More »Granada Hills Charter High student updates Vietnam memorial

The San Fernando Valley's housing market perked up in April with sales increasing nearly 10 percent and foreclosure activity plunging 45.5 percent, a research center said Friday. More »Home sales up nearly 10% in San Fernando Valley area

With its eye on a $25 million prize, Los Angeles Unified is gearing up to compete in the Race to the Top, a federal grant program that for the first time is open to individual school districts. More »LAUSD plans solo effort for $25M in Race to the Top grants

David Simon of Simon Property received a pay package worth more than $137 million for last year, and the typical CEO took home $9.6 million, according to an analysis by The Associated Press. More »Top CEO pay equals 3,489 years for typical worker

Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. More »Typical CEO made $9.6M last year, AP study finds

Complying with a court order, the city will void the entitlements of Chabad House, a synagogue currently under construction in Sherman Oaks. More »Chabad House construction in Sherman Oaks is in jeopardy

LOS ANGELES - The New Jersey Devils tonight earned the Eastern Conference's berth in the Stanley Cup final against the Los Angeles Kings, defeating the New York Rangers, 3-2, in overtime at the Prudential … More »L.A. Kings to face New Jersey Devils in Stanley Cup Final

Los Angeles police want to review audio recordings of conversations between a Manson family member and his attorney to see if they contain information about unsolved killings. More »Report: LAPD seeks Manson family member recordings

VALLEY GLEN - Fire officials were investigating Friday the cause of a fire that engulfed a two-story home under construction, Los Angeles fire officials said. | See photo gallery. More »Blaze guts 2-story home under construction in Valley Glen

City officials want to mend frayed relations between the Autry museum in Griffith Park and backers of the Southwest Museum of the American Indian in Mount Washington. More »L.A. Councilmen want Southwest, Autry backers to form working group

Five people were in custody Friday but three others were being sought as part of a nearly two-year federal investigation into firearms and drug violations in the Hollywood and San Fernando Valley areas, … More »ATF investigation claims weapons, narcotics trafficking in Hollywood, Valley

For many of Los Angeles County's poor children, getting in to see a dentist can be as tough as making it in Hollywood, state data show. More »Seeing a dentist in L.A. County isn't easy for low-income children

SALT LAKE CITY - An alert police officer who boarded a bus full of recent Utah high school graduates headed to Disneyland averted what could have been a deadly road trip after arresting the driver for … More »Bus driver taking kids to Disneyland arrested

Angie Block is drawn to 1920s architecture. | See photo gallery. More »Riviera Historic Homes Tour gives a glimpse of Hollywood glamour in Torrance