Los Angeles County assessor John Noguez has been arrested following a yearlong corruption investigation into influence peddling and slashing of property taxes for political allies.

A former Los Angeles housing official has been sentenced to more than four years in federal prison for conspiring with his two younger brothers in a scheme to give contracts to family-owned companies.

California regulators are investigating reports that CVS Caremark Corp. refilled prescriptions without patient consent.

Riverside police say they've found the body of a missing woman and they're seeking her boyfriend for questioning in her disappearance and murder.

Officials say a temporary employee at an Orange County community college has been arrested on suspicion of child endangerment after his 11-month-old daughter was found alone strapped into a child car seat on the asphalt of a school parking lot.

Skateboarders in Laguna Beach who are guilty of bombing, grinding or shredding without a helmet may now find themselves without a board.

An attorney says two Southern California school districts have been granted restraining orders against a former Yale University student accused of making online threats about murdering children.

A San Diego County man has been sentenced for helping a friend charged with murder flee to Mexico.

A new Los Angeles federal indictment adds five more defendants, including four pharmacists, to the OxyContin prescription mill conspiracy case.

Federal regulators are looking into the finances of bankrupt San Bernardino.

A special monitor is being hired to oversee Los Angeles County jail reforms.

A baseball-sized octopus usually found only in the tropics has been scooped up by fishermen off Los Angeles and aquarium officials are fascinated.

Oct. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Nothing heralds the decline of an empire quite like the construction of an expensive new headquarters.

The San Diego Stock Exchange Index closed higher Wednesday at 122.88, up 2.36 percent from Tuesday. Advancing issues beat decliners 50 to 27, and 63 issues were unchanged.
Cymer Inc. (Nasdaq: CYMI) was the top dollar gainer, up $23.62 to $71.45.
Isis Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: ISIS) was the top dollar loser, down 65 cents to $9.62.
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