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A Beverlywood man was indicted Wednesday for allegedly operating a $230 million Ponzi scheme based on false claims that investor money would be used to acquire licensing rights to films that HBO and Netflix had agreed to distribute overseas.

Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles are seeking the forfeiture of an ancient Roman sculpture apparently destined for Kim Kardashian after officials determined it had been illegally smuggled out of Italy, according to court papers obtained Wednesday morning.

Eli Broad, the billionaire philanthropist, contemporary art collector and entrepreneur who co-founded homebuilding pioneer Kaufman and Broad Inc. and launched financial services giant SunAmerica Inc., died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 87.

“We saw a 4 point sales penetration change last quarter with the millennial cohort,” said Hal Lawton, chief executive of the farming supplies retailer.

Real estate brokers are seeing a rising number of unintentional real estate flippers as wealthy buyers find luxury properties are scarce.

The Oscars are headed to downtown Los Angeles’ Union Station for the first time this year.

Los Angeles has a policy for dealing with its feral cat population: trap, neuter and return. That’s where Krip Kimmer Hines comes in. Hines, who goes by Kritter Kim, is a cat trapper. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories gets a lesson in how to trap cats and then is introduced to Crumbs & Whiskers, a high end cat cafe...

Where millennials were already migrating before the pandemic hit, according to a SmartAsset report.

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said a missing hiker was found after asking other hikers with experience in the Mount Waterman area of the San Gabriel Mountains to help locate him Tuesday.

A one-time California man who bilked wine collectors out of millions by selling cheaper booze he rebottled in his kitchen has been deported to his native Indonesia, U.S. immigration officials said Tuesday.

A Los Angeles judge Monday denied a defense motion for a mistrial in the case of Robert Durst, a New York real estate scion charged with murder for a longtime friend’s killing in Benedict Canyon just before Christmas Eve 2000, ruling that evidence the defense sought to exclude can be admitted.

Tiger Woods was driving at nearly double the legal limit when the golf superstar crashed and flipped an SUV in Southern California, the sheriff said.

The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch are among the top nominees for next month’s iHeartRadio Music Awards.

One of the most wanted fugitives in the United States is being sought in the Los Angeles area after escaping from an Ohio prison in 1973, authorities confirmed Saturday.

A kidnapping witnessed on a Zoom call is how investigators learned about a crime spree in Southern California, and it ended with the discovery of two homicide victims, along with a man detained by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.

In California, the Hope of the Valley Rescue Mission is partnering with the city of Los Angeles to open tiny homes to people struggling with homelessness. Founder and CEO Ken Craft joined NBCLX to explain how tiny homes help restore dignity, safety and a sense of autonomy to its residents.

 A South Bay man was sentenced Thursday to 212 years in federal prison for defrauding insurance companies after driving his two disabled children and ex-wife off a pier at the Port of Los Angeles to collect on accidental death policies, a scheme the judge called “evil and diabolical.”

A new report excoriates Los Angeles police for the department’s actions during protests following the death of George Floyd last summer, blaming the agency for a litany of missteps that should have been addressed after mishandling previous demonstrations. Protests across the city were largely peaceful, with pockets of violence. Hundreds were injured or accused police of violating their rights during...

An L.A. program called Step Up on Second is driven by the philosophy that stable housing is the first step to changing the lives of people struggling with chronic homelessness and mental illness. The program, which was supported by Kobe Bryant before his death, operates a motel-turned-shelter that offers full studio apartments to the people it serves. Among those helped...