Patt Morrison hosts “Patt Morrison Asks” podcast and Liam Dillon hosts “Gimme Shelter” podcast.

In a small town, it can be hard to be any kind of different. But sometimes a person can be so much a part of the fabric of life that he sets his own rules.

Although LAUSD leaders say students need exponentially more assistance to succeed, they are intent on targeting aid to help meet the basic needs of the most deprived students.

A suspect died after getting shot Monday morning by at least one Buena Park police officer after a reported stolen vehicle was pulled over and the driver put a Range Rover into reverse, ramming the officers’ black-and-white as they were getting out, a Fullerton lieutenant said. Investigators look over the scene near a black range…

A bank robber who stole more than $200,000 from a branch in a Lake Forest supermarket was sentenced Monday to more than three years in prison. U.S. District Judge James V. Selna ordered Tyler Brown, 37, to serve 41 months in prison. His wife, Samantha Brown, got time served for being as an accessory after…

A retired Cal State Fullerton administrator was stabbed to death inside a car in a campus parking lot early Monday by a suspect who fled on foot and remained on the loose, police said. No motive for the attack was disclosed, but Fullerton police Lt. Jon Radus said the suspect seemed to have targeted the…

A man who authorities say opened fire on two LAPD officers in their patrol car was killed in a shootout with police in El Sereno.

Starting in spring, some 5.2 million Los Angeles County residents will change the way they vote. If the plan goes awry — either in the March primary or in the November election, which will determine whether President Trump gets reelected — blame will likely fall on Dean Logan, Los Angeles County’s registrar-recorder and clerk.

College admissions scandal: A $100,000 bribe and help from Rick Singer got him a soccer scholarship to UCLA. But he didn’t play.

Much of the current process for voting in L.A. County — ballots, polling locations, vote tallying and more — will change for the primary election in March. Here’s what you need to know to be ready.