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Cold Case Cops Solve 1978 LA Slaying

LOS ANGELES -- For three decades the unsolved homicide case of Robert Rathbun sat on a shelf in an archives room, awaiting justice with about 9,000 others. The laid-off engineer was stabbed to death with a butcher knife from his own kitchen by two burglars who then plunged a knife in the back of his 18-year-old son,...

LAPD Bulldozes House, Finds Cop Shooter Dead Inside

SYLMAR, Calif. -- A man who barricaded himself in his house after shooting a police officer was later found dead when a remote-controlled bulldozer was used to rip apart his residence. The dramatic end to an 18-hour standoff came Monday night after police had utilized every means possible -- phone calls, a bullhorn, tear...

Hopes Rise in Probe of Partying LA Teen's 2006 Slaying

LOS ANGELES -- Mirasol Street is a place you wouldn't want to visit at night unless you were a producer filming a horror flick or another installment of "The Twilight Zone." Gloomy concrete and metal warehouses affixed with barbed wire line the trash-strewn street, where the homeless rarely dare to venture. A solitary...

LAPD Releases 180 Photos in 'Grim Sleeper' Case

(Dec. 16) -- Authorities in California are hoping the release of nearly 200 photos found in the possession of a suspected serial killer will prompt people to come forward with information. The photos are among thousands that police recovered from the home of Lonnie Franklin Jr., a 57-year-old retired auto mechanic who was...

Man Rescued from LA Floodwaters [VIDEO]

(Nov. 22) -- A strong winter storm that brought wind, snow and flash flood warnings to southern California this weekend ended in a heroic rescue by Los Angeles firefighters, who successfully retrieved a man from the swollen L.A. River on Sunday morning after he allegedly jumped in. Fire Department spokesman Eric Scott...