LAPD told a San Fernando Valley mother that her son was in a gang. She said he wasn’t. The ensuing investigation uncovered inconsistencies in officers’ reports.

PHILADELPHIA — IKEA has agreed to pay $46 million to the parents of a 2-year-old boy who died of injuries suffered when a 70-pound recalled dresser tipped over onto him, the family’s lawyers said Monday. Jozef Dudek, of Buena Park, died in 2017 of his injuries, and his parents sued the Swedish home furnishings company…

A motorcyclist died Monday following a collision with an SUV in Fountain Valley, authorities said. The crash, involving a 2001 Harley-Davidson Sportster and a 2019 Chevrolet Trax, occurred near the intersection of Bushard Street and Talbert Avenue at 11:24 a.m., police said. The motorcyclist, a 24-year old Mission Viejo man, was taken to a hospital…

Cooler temperatures will start to return and Santa Ana winds will back off Tuesday as a weather system that rushed air from the desert to the ocean begins to fade, forecasters said Monday. The northeasterly winds “should continue to weaken — it will be a little breezy Tuesday morning, but not nearly as strong as…

Building a sex assault case against Harvey Weinstein was two years in the making.

A 17-year-old skateboarder who was struck by a car in Fullerton last week died of his injuries on Sunday, officials said. The teen was struck by a car at around 12:40 p.m. on Dec. 31, in the 2400 block of West Orangethorpe Avenue and was knocked off of his skateboard, Fullerton police said earlier. He…

Since the sudden resignation and suicide of Supt. Kent Taylor, troubles have been unmasked in the Lennox school system: near insolvency, sexual harassment allegations, questionable spending and multiple investigations.

Courtney Everts Mykytyn, a Los Angeles mom who built a growing national base of parents who dared to integrate schools, dies at 46 in a freak accident.

Historic Filipinotown is cool now. What does that mean?

Bay Area gang members use rental cars to commit crimes in Los Angeles.