Stacey Koon. Image: C-SPAN Stacey Koon, the former LAPD sergeant who was convicted in 1993 of violating Rodney King’s civil rights, pleaded not guilty on Aug. 14 to driving under the influence of alcohol, said a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Koon faces two...

Stacey Koon. Image: C-SPAN Stacey Koon, the former LAPD sergeant who was convicted in 1993 of violating Rodney King’s civil rights, will face two misdemeanor DUI counts, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office said Thursday. The charges stem from Koon’s May...

Michel Moore By Martin Macias Jr. L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has selected Santa Clarita Valley resident Michel Moore to head the Los Angeles Police Department. Moore is a veteran of the force and a crime statistics expert who says he wants to build trust between police and communities. At a crowded press...

A Santa Clarita transit bus struck and killed a pedestrian in Downtown Los Angeles early Thursday morning, according to officials at the Los Angeles Police Department. “At about 6:48 a.m., a traffic collision occurred at Ceaser Chavez Avenue and Vignes Street,” said Tony Im, public information...

Los Angeles Police Department Missing Persons Unit detectives seek the public’s help in locating Adea Shabani, a missing woman last contacted on Friday, February 23 at 11 a.m. In an alert Thursday afternoon, the LAPD described Shabani as a 25-year-old white with blonde hair, blue eyes, 5’5″,...

A total of 77 local Los Angeles County law enforcement agencies and fire agencies dispatchers will be equipped to receive and respond to mobile phone SMS Text-to-9-1-1 messages, according to an announcement from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The new service is an effort to assist the...

Hart High School graduate has been missing for nearly two weeks, and LAPD investigators are asking anybody with information about her whereabouts to come forward. Read complete story [HERE].

LAPD and CHP officers chased a hit and run suspect up the 210 and 5 freeways and arrested her near the corner of McBean Parkway and Valencia Boulevard in Valencia Wednesday morning. The woman allegedly committed several hit-and-runs Tuesday night south of Santa Clarita, but the pursuit was terminated...

Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department pursued three men suspected of robbing a pair of MetroPCS stores into Newhall Friday night, according to officials. The suspects, whose identities were not immediately available, were accused of robbing two MetroPCS stores, one on the 8000 block of Foothill,...

John Gasparyan, an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer and Canyon Country resident, died when his motorcycle crashed in Porter Ranch around 6:50 p.m. Thursday. Gasparyan, 34, collided with a white sedan that was making a U-turn near the intersection of Tampa Avenue and Chatsworth Street, according...