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Worker Dies at Cubicle, Found a Day Later

A California woman died at her office cubicle but wasn't found until the following day, authorities said. Rebecca Wells, 51, was found dead at her desk Saturday afternoon at the Los Angeles County Department of Internal Services. Her co-workers say the county worker was last seen alive Friday at 5 p.m. and didn't appear...

Series of Storms Threatens Calif. With Flooding

LOS ANGELES -- A series of winter storms bearing down on California Saturday was threatening parts of the state with flooding, and officials were posting mudflow warnings in areas recently affected by wildfires ahead of this weekend's rains. Southern California will be hit especially hard by the storms, and officials were...

Ex-Calif. Police Chief Charged With Indecent Exposure

ANAHEIM, Calif. (Dec. 16) -- An arrest warrant has been issued for a former police chief of a small Los Angeles County suburb accused of publicly disseminating nude pictures of himself and exposing himself near hiking trails, officials said today. "Nothing in this job surprises us anymore," Anaheim police Sgt. Rick...

At Least 2 Killed in Plane Crash in Los Angeles County

AGUA DULCE, Calif. (Oct. 21) -- A small plane crashed and burst into flames Thursday in a horse corral in northern Los Angeles County, killing at least two people and three horses, a fire official said. The single-engine Cirrus SR22 went down at about 12:10 p.m. behind a barn in Agua Dulce, county fire Inspector Matt...

CVS Fined $77.6M for Selling Meth Ingredient

(Oct. 14) -- CVS Pharmacy, the largest retail drug store chain in the nation, agreed to pay $77.6 million in fines for unlawfully selling pseudoephedrine to criminals who made methamphetamine, the U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles announced today. It's the biggest civil penalty in the history of the Controlled...