Prosecutors investigating Michael Jackson’s death plan to file a criminal complaint charging the singer’s doctor with involuntary manslaughter rather than seek a grand jury indictment, The Associated Press learned Tuesday, a strategy shift that will give an eager public an earlier look at evidence.

Municipal workers who could lose their jobs under a new layoff plan confronted City Council members Tuesday, begging them to find other ways to cover a $200 million shortfall in Los Angeles’ budget.

FRESNO – California officials are lagging so far behind on a stimulus program aimed at helping families boost their home energy savings that the state risks losing $93 million in federal funds, the state’s independent auditor warned Tuesday.

Got a fur coat gathering dust? The Humane Society suggests the ultimate recycling – putting it on the backs of other animals.

SAN FRANCISCO – A federal appeals court said Tuesday a 22-year prison sentence was too lenient for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the end of the millennium.

Flabbergasted by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s soaring litigation costs, Los Angeles County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas on Tuesday called for an audit to determine the extent of the agency’s legal expenses.

WASHINGTON – The Nigerian man accused of trying to use a bomb hidden in his underwear to bring down a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas Day has been cooperating with investigators since last week and provided fresh intelligence in multiple terrorism investigations, officials said Tuesday.

Los Angeles: Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) detectives are investigating a series of robberies and shootings that occurred in the Van Nuys and North Hollywood areas over a one hour span. On Jan. 27, 2010, at about 1:00 a.m., LAPD…

More than 75 mega-stars gathered Monday to re-record the 1985 charity anthem “We are the World” in the same Hollywood recording studio where the original was cut 25 years ago.

Los Angeles: On January 26, 2010, at around Noon, Rampart Patrol Division Police Officer I Robert Ruiz, and his partner responded to a request to assist personnel from the Los Angeles County Psychiatric Evaluation Team (PET) at a board and…