Matt Hamilton

City officials recast this year’s event as a fundraiser for Ukrainian refugees.

Los Angeles County and USC have been quietly waging battle over the operations of L.A. County-USC Medical Center, one the nation’s largest public hospitals. The County decried “a broad lack of accountability and responsibility on the part of” USC.

The family of Anthony Avalos, a 10-year-old Lancaster boy who prosecutors say died of child abuse, has reached a tentative settlement with the county.

It’s been six months since the scandal surrounding the couple dominated the “Beverly Hills” reunion. Here’s what went down in the off-season.

The 33,652-square-foot home in Holmby Hills was bought with bribes paid to a powerful Armenian politician and his family, prosecutors say.

In a joint statement released Thursday, USC and lawyers for the alleged victims of Dr. Dennis Kelly said that “all parties have mutually agreed that the details of the settlement will remain confidential.”

L.A. County social workers and LAPD officers were told repeatedly that Liliana Carrillo was a danger to her kids. Now the children’s father is suing.

A state audit after the collapse of lawyer Tom Girardi’s firm finds that the State Bar of California has failed to properly investigate or discipline corrupt attorneys.

Barbara Dixon provided in-home counseling to both boys, whose deaths spotlighted egregious lapses in L.A. County’s child welfare system.

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced the internal watchdog at L.A.’s scandal-plagued power and water utility, nearly three years after an FBI raid.