Compton News

A $7.5 million, 7,000-square-foot library in East Rancho Dominguez will move forward with county funding, based on a revised budget approved Tuesday by the Board of Supervisors.

A man and a one-year-old child were wounded in a shooting in Compton Sunday night, a sheriff's lieutenant said Monday.

Three members of a family playing basketball in Compton were shot by a 15- or 16-year-old gang member today, authorities said.

Three people playing basketball in Compton, including a 10-year-old girl, were wounded Tuesday evening when a gunman walked up and opened fire in an apparent gang-related attack, authorities said.

Mayor Eric Perrodin, Councilwoman Lillie Dobson and City Clerk Alita Godwin are questioning the validity of the notices of intent to recall they received last week.

There was heavy rainfall overnight at times across parts of Southern California.

A man was fatally stabbed during a confrontation in Compton early Sunday, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said.

A "delusional" man led authorities on a pursuit, nearly running over half a dozen people before being taken into custody, a sheriff's official.

A surveillance video shows a motorist hitting a cyclist in Compton Monday who later died of his injuries -- then fleeing as witnesses looked on.

Councilwoman Acquanetta Warren recalls her family's reaction in 1993 when she told them of her plans to leave Compton for a new life in this city.

A bicyclist was killed Monday morning in a hit-and-run accident involving a minivan in Compton, according to deputies from the Compton Sheriff's Station.

An 18-year-old man was behind bars today on suspicion of carrying out two carjackings, waging a running gunbattle with sheriff's deputies, then hiding in a Compton backyard until he was flushed out by a tenacious dog and arrested.

A carjacking suspect is under arrest after a gun battle with deputies during a chase through Compton.

Assembly Speaker Karen Bass announced Jan. 26 that she plans to introduce Assembly legislation that will provide tax relief to Californians donating money to Haiti earthquake relief efforts in January.

If the fires are burning high and you turn up at the right time of day, the barbecued beef brisket at Bludso's can be as good as barbecue gets - an impressionist painting of meat, a damp vapor you inhale so fast and so unconsciously that you barely remember you were eating meat at all.

Craig Johnson, enterprise zone manager for the city of Long Beach, will speak at the Good Morning Long Beach Networking Breakfast event Wednesday.

Civic participation and making government more inclusive and responsive to residents has been county Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas' leading message in the last couple of weeks as he has traveled across his 2nd District to promote his 18th annual Empowerment Congress Summit.

Even the most honest resident sometimes got swept up in the Inland Valley land booms of the 19th century, not unlike the escalation in housing prices a few years ago.

LONG BEACH, Calif. -- For most revelers Thursday night, it was an evening of fun and excitement.

The year-to-date number of homicides in Los Angeles County is about 735. This number does not include a few cases in which the cause of death has been deferred.