Chris Vogel

The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department is in the process of firing half a dozen deputies who worked on the third floor of Men's Central Jail for supposedly beating up a pair of fellow officers at a Christmas party. The LA Times is reporting that the deputies, who have not been......

People living in California may have to wait until April 2012 to use the federal government's new website that allows users to check on their own employment eligibility. The new program, called E-Verify Self Check, was launched Monday and for the first time ever enables potential workers to see if......

Separate but unequal. That's how a team of civil rights researchers at UCLA characterize the elementary and secondary schools in Los Angeles and surrounding counties in a recent report examining segregation. For while the days of actual Jim Crow laws in California may be gone, Latino and African-American school children......

Debra, 38, a mother of three, lived two doors down the street from 15-year-old Miguel. She had known the teen since birth, and was practically lifelong friends with his mother. Then one day Debra and Miguel had sex, followed 30 weeks later by a baby. But does the fact Debra......

When it comes to facelifts, liposuction, breast reduction and other cosmetic surgeries, women have always been more willing than men to go under the knife. Pain in the name of beauty, or some twisted version of it. But that trend is slowly dying, as more men than ever are trying......

It seems like every kid these days has a nut allergy. And parents are freaking out, rearranging birthday parties and sleep-overs to accommodate the ones stricken with this particular food allergy. But what if someone does give your child a nut, or a peanut butter cracker or cookie? Is that......

Somewhere, Erin Brockovich is smiling. Since last year, the famous crusader has supported the Carousel neighborhood residents of Carson in their fight to get Shell Oil to clean up the community, where the company used to store up to 140 million gallons of crude. Dangerous levels of carcinogens, such as......

To all you suave lovers out there with herpes who think you can kiss someone - or do whatever else you like to do -- without telling your partner, the California appeals court wants you to think again. According to a recent ruling, it can cost you millions. Thomas Redmond,......

In 2007, a 19-year-old girl reported that LAPD officer Russell Mecano paid her for sex. In 2008, an 18-year-old complained that Mecano had sexually assaulted her. This morning, it took a jury only two hours to decide that Mecano was guilty of both......

Lawsuits alleging physical abuse against police officers are notoriously difficult to win. They're the ultimate he-said, she-said, and since there is generally not much proof other than bruises and black-eyes, most folks tend to trust the word of an officer over an accused criminal. But a videotape showing abuse can......