Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall will remain open until at least early January after a judge held off on ordering the troubled hall shut down. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza ...

Staffing shortages led the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to find LA County’s juvenile hall “unsuitable.” That determination was confirmed following a recent ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- An investigation is underway after a person was found dead under a bridge in Merced County on Tuesday morning. The body was found around 10:30 am on Doppler Road ...

Burned bricks and charred wood now cover the ground where Merced County's first high school was built. Some walls were still standing on Tuesday, but the hollow shell is a somber sight for many ...

A top L.A. County probation official has said the agency won’t obey a state order to vacate Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall this month, potentially setting up a costly showdown between state and ...

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors proclaimed a local emergency Tuesday over the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. The declaration instructs attorneys and staff to pursue all remedies ...

A last-minute reinspection of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall by state officials may decide the fate of Los Angeles County’s largest juvenile hall, but only if a state oversight board decides to give ...

A Merced County Sheriff’s Office vehicle. Merced Sun-Star file image. Andrew Kuhn [email protected] A driver and passenger of a Kia who were killed in a crash with a Freightliner in ...

On the eve of a showdown over the potential closure of trouble-plagued Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, Los Angeles County’s chief probation officer has told county leaders he plans to retire by Dec ...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has delayed a decision on whether to close Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall until Jan. 10, giving the county’s Probation Department three more weeks to show ...

Read more on our AI policy here. A new wildfire was reported today at 4:50 p.m. in Merced County. The wildfire has been burning on private land. At this time, the containment status is unknown and ...