The Los Angeles City Council passed a “sanctuary city” ordinance Tuesday unanimously to protect immigrants after ...

Family speaks out: Ordaz’s sister, Hilda Pedroza, told Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mark Arnold that the family was furious, saddened and disappointed by the plea deal.

A new soon-to-open jail in Orange County will offer prisoners more positive opportunities and visitors a new way of ...

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday unanimously passed a "sanctuary city" ordinance to protect immigrants living in the ...

Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.

A correctional officer at Mule Creek State Prison was allegedly attacked by an inmate on Thursday, officials say.

A guard at a California prison was attacked by an inmate Thursday evening in what officials are investigating as an attempted ...

He’ll get off to a quick stary by ending the ban on adding gang- and gun-enhancement charges to crimes and other Gascón ...

The biggest funder in support of Prop 36 was Walmart, according to a Los Angeles Times investigation tracking the money on ...

The incoming district attorney for Los Angeles County, Nathan Hochman, says in an interview with The Associated Press that ...

6 does not stop prisons from giving people time credits for working. California's Proposition 32 will let voters decide whether to increase the minimum wage to $18. Currently, the state's minimum ...

A "yes" vote supported amending the county charter to create an elected County ... To register to vote in California, you must be a resident of the state. State law does not specify a length of time ...