LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced a new policy Wednesday that bans gangs among deputies in the department, an issue county officials have said has spanned decades. Several past investigations by the county ...

The victim, identified as Maria De La Rosa, was shot multiple times by two men in an incident investigators believe could be gang-related.

Authorities identified the man they say shot and killed a K-9 officer, Spike, while attempting to escape from police in Burbank. Jose Domingo Ayala Alas, 37, was identified as the man accused of shooting the K-9 and at officers before being fatally shot during the gunfire exchange.

The Pomona 12th Street gang shook down a local businessman for regular protection payments, according to witness testimony at a preliminary hearing in a case against two men charged with extortion.