Homeless man sentenced in two wildfire cases

Steven Emory Butcher was convicted of starting fires in 2006 and 2002 in Los Padres National Forest. He is sentenced to 45 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $100 million in restitution. »

LAPD to brief council panel weekly on fingerprint unit problems

Deputy chief cites problems with the unit's supervision,...

16-year-old charged with arson in July wildfire near Goleta

The youth, already in custody on unrelated charges, is...
The Times chronicles L.A. County homicide victims.
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The Homicide Report is going on a hiatus. We hope to resume chronicling L.A....
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The actress was arrested in Santa Barbara County about two months ago on suspicion of driving under the...
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COLUMN ONE
For two decades, Thomas Francis Edwards has sat on death row for the murder of 12-year-old Vanessa...
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LAPD says staffers struggle to handle the workload. Missing files and poor oversight plague the crucial...
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Some residents are leaving doors and windows unlocked or open because they mistakenly believe that will...
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LAPD says the shootings were 'connected and gang-related.' Two other men are wounded in an attack in...
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More than 20,000 flee flames in O.C. Fire destroys or damages more than 600 homes; thousands are threatened
More than 600 Southland homes have been damaged or destroyed. Governor...
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In Sylmar, an entire community goes up in flames
Of Oakridge's 600 mobile homes, 501 were destroyed and at least 40 were badly...
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Silver Lake's former Black Cat bar was a starting point for the gay rights movement
L.A. THEN AND NOW
Four decades ago, a police raid targeting homosexuals at the establishment...
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Four lawsuits testing Proposition 8 have now been filed. At a Berkeley conference on the high court's...
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Ian Westleigh Allen, 23, is sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for his part in the fatal stabbing of...
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Police seek Jing Wu, an engineer who worked at SiPort in Santa Clara.
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DANA PARSONS
The July 2002 arrests on rape charges of 17-year-old Greg Haidl and two friends landed with a sickening...
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Informant describes how the ex-sheriff repeatedly reassured him that they would get away with bribery.
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An L.A. jury convicts the designer of sexually assaulting seven girls and young women, whom he lured to...
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The FBI is investigating the incident involving a white, powdery substance. Officials said it was unclear...
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Donald Haidl says the former O.C. sheriff offered to act as go-between with the district attorney's...
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The department plans a case-by-case review to see which sexual assault kits remain unexamined. The...
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