Los Angeles County plans to pay $4 billion to settle nearly 7,000 claims of childhood sexual abuse that allegedly occurred ...

Thirty detention officers who worked in a California juvenile hall have been indicted on charges of child endangerment and ...

Thousands of plaintiffs, once children in Los Angeles County’s juvenile detention and foster care systems, are part of a ...

If the teen dished out a beating to a misbehaving kid — someone who cursed at officers or defied their orders — he would be rewarded with In-N-Out, Jack in the Box, McDonald's or Chick-fil-A.

Troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall will remain open through at least April after a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge delayed a ruling — for the third time — on whether to shutter the ...

In Los Angeles, a $4 billion settlement is the expected result a lawsuit levied by survivors of sexual assault as children in ...

Los Angeles County has tentatively reached a $4 billion agreement to settle more than 6,800 childhood sexual abuse claims ...

A record-breaking $4 Billion sexual abuse settlement in CA resolves nearly 7,000 claims of abuse in juvenile facilities ...

The settlement, which still needs formal approval, covers more than 6,800 claims of abuse, some of which date back to 1959.

On Tuesday, April 1, four of the five Los Angeles County Supervisors expressed their displeasure with the LA County Probation ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said Friday. The agreement ...

A teenager who said he fought other kids in return for fast food in Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall poses for a portrait. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times) ...