A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles County. The ...

SANTA ANA — The district attorneys for Los Angeles and Orange counties are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to convene a special ...

Authorities say they have traced seven homicides — two in a California prison, five on the streets of Los Angeles County — to ...

Firefighters made progress on the more than 10,000-acre Hughes Fire Friday, which sent thousands fleeing after sparking near ...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Announces Three Felony Charges in Commercial Sexual Exploitation Crimes During Human ...

Los Angeles County DA Hochman Announces Additional Charges in Wildfire-Related Crimes, Bringing Total to 25 Individuals ...

After dozens of people were arrested​ in Los Angeles County wildfire zones, District Attorney Nathan Hochman has called for ...

The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.

Two inmates from Southern California are suspects in a deadly attack on a third inmate at California State Prison (SAC), previously called New Folsom Prison, California Department ...

For time immemorial, the state of California has relied on incarcerated people to help fight wildfires that cause havoc in ...

After a convicted murderer was moved to a lower-level facility, a prison guard was sexually assaulted and held hostage for ...

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Even some youth offenders from the Lode ...