Backlog of gallbladder and hernia patients has grown worse since King-Harbor was downsized. Even referrals to emergency rooms aren't a guaranteed solution.

Adults with no health insurance face waits up to a year or longer for gallbladder or hernia surgery in Los Angeles County, a backlog that community clinic doctors say has worsened since the county downsized Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital last year.

An alcohol-monitoring bracelet doesn't prevent trouble. s include cocaine possession.

Lindsay Lohan and her handlers had hoped to keep her sobriety going with a special ankle bracelet that monitored her alcohol intake through her perspiration.

The final section of the 210 Freeway is now open, easing travel from the Inland Empire to the Los Angeles area.

The long-awaited final stretch of the 210 Freeway opened Tuesday morning with a traditional Southern California formula: a glut of government officials, impatient drivers and a standstill traffic jam.

Arrested at his home, George Miller is accused of sexually assaulting a boy from Guardian Angel parish in Pacoima.

A former Roman Catholic priest was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of sexually molesting a child from Guardian Angel parish in Pacoima between 1988 and 1991.