Addiction and homelessness are a constant presence in L.A.'s mental health court. Its judge wants defendants to "feel like someone who's deep in the system of power cares about them." ...

The Houston Zoo will celebrate Earth Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with the grand opening of its new Wildlife Workshop, a ...

DOWNEY — Los Angeles County's troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey appears to be on the verge of closure, with a ...

Lawyers suing L.A. County over childhood sexual abuse say they found thousands of documents the county should have turned ...

More than a dozen detention services officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy, and battery.

A federal judge on Friday ordered Los Angeles County to start planning to move youth detainees out of the troubled Los ...

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Espinoza announced the decision on Friday, directing the LA County Probation ...

The move comes a week after a state board reaffirmed its finding that the LA County facility is unsuitable to house youth.

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles County’s troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey appears to be on the verge of closure, with ...

Los Angeles County’s troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey appears to be on the verge of closure, with a judge ...

Los Angeles County’s troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey appears to be on the verge of closure, with a judge ...

A Los Angeles County judge ordered Friday, April 18, that officials develop a plan to depopulate the troubled Los Padrinos ...