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A Van Nuys man on Thursday was sentenced to death for the brutal murder of his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter, a case the judge described as the worst instance of torture he'd seen in his 37-year career.

MIAMI—A bomb squad investigated a report of a suspicious package after police evacuated four of six concourses at Miami International Airport for several hours on the eve of the Labor Day travel period, an airport spokesman said Friday.

BUXTON, N.C.—The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds early Friday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.

Drivers weren't the only ones getting tickets during a crosswalk sting in Northridge on Thursday - pedestrians and bikes were cited, too.

San Fernando Valley business and civic leader Kenneth R. Gerston died Wednesday, a week after suffering a head injury in a fall, his family announced Thursday.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday for a ranger station at Hansen Dam Recreation Area, the first of many planned at the rustic park in Lake View Terrace.

Jurors told a judge Thursday that one panelist was hampering their efforts to reach a verdict in the trial of a Mexican actress-model and a Los Angeles restaurant manager accused of getting married so she could obtain permanent residency in the United States.

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) - A shootout between soldiers and suspected drug cartel members in northeastern Mexico left 25 purported gunmen dead Thursday, the military said.

The city's overall crime rate is down again, Police Chief Charlie Beck said today, adding that the number of homicides has fallen nearly 10 percent compared to last year.

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Bethany Storro had just bought a pair of sunglasses and was celebrating a new job when a woman walked up to her with a cup and said: "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?"

Attorney General Jerry Brown filed legal papers seeking to use a legal technicality to return a man to prison who was wrongfully convicted and spent 26 years behind bars for killing his mother, according to court papers obtained today.

Demand for assistance from local food banks jumped by 16.4 percent compared to last year, and 43.9 percent over the past two years, according to a report released today by the Los Angeles Regional Foodbank.

Amidst growing community pressure and media attention, the Los Angeles Unified Board of Education Thursday officially launched negotiations with local unions to overhaul teacher evaluations and include the use of student test data.

Los Angeles police have identified the owner of a trunk in which the mummified remains of a baby and a fetus were found.

The owner of a store in an industrial area of Lancaster fatally shot a burglary suspect early Wednesday, a sheriff's deputy said.

Jurors will resume deliberations today in the trial of a Mexican actress-model and a Los Angeles restaurant manager accused of getting married so she could obtain permanent residency in the United States.

Searchers in the rugged North Cascades have found a backpack belonging to the son of Hall of Fame boxing promoter Bob Arum, but they are still looking for the missing climber.

As the three hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters appeared ready to make a run for it, police said Thursday that a SWAT team officer quickly shot and killed the increasingly agitated gunman who had explosives strapped to himself, ending the four-hour standoff.

Protesters today picketed the Hyatt hotel in West Hollywood.

Fire damaged a Sherman Oaks restaurant today, but no one was hurt, authorities said.

An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.

A fire that resulted in about $350,000 worth of damage to a Brentwood home under renovation was caused by a plumber using a torch, authorities said today.

Rapper T.I. and his wife Tameka Cottle were facing possible drug charges today after their arrests in West Hollywood for possession of a controlled substance.

Sentencing is set today for a former handyman who jurors recommended be sentenced to death row for sexually assaulting, torturing and fatally beating his girlfriend's 5-year-old daughter in 2004.

With today's calendar reading "90210," Beverly Hills will take advantage of the once-in-a-century coinciding of the date and the city's famed ZIP code by starting a four-day series of dining and drinking events beginning tonight.

Ken Orsatti, a former national executive director of the Screen Actors Guild, died of pulmonary disease in West Hills on Tuesday.

Fitting for an election year of multimillion-dollar TV ad campaigns, both Republican and Democratic faithful in the San Fernando Valley were glued to large TV screens watching the debate between U.S. Senate candidates Wednesday night. | See photo gallery.

MORAGA, Calif. — Democratic Sen. Barbara Boxer and Republican challenger Carly Fiorina engaged in a sharp exchange Wednesday over who is best suited to guide the country out of recession, with the challenger blaming Boxer for policies "that are devastating the state." | See photo gallery.

VALLEJO — A murder suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase with his dead girlfriend in the passenger seat is a central figure in the investigation of at least four killings, authorities said Wednesday.