Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department Northeast Division vice officers are investigating ongoing acts of lewd conduct in the form of public sexual encounters that are occurring in Elysian Park, Griffith Park and Sycamore Grove Park in northeast Los Angeles….

A woman who was underwater for more than 25 minutes after her SUV plunged off a bridge into the Los Angeles River in Long Beach remained in critical condition Friday, a hospital official said.

A genteel gent who smooth-talked his way into a billionaire couple’s Beverly Hills-area hotel room and made off with $40,000 worth of jewelry a week ago remained at large today.

For the second time in six months, an intruder has broken into the Panorama City home of Councilman Richard Alarcon, whose district residency is being investigated by the district attorney.

Authorities said Friday they had recovered four prescription drug bottles bearing the name of actor Corey Haim but found nothing illegal while investigating his death.