Compton

A 19-year-old rising star athlete from Compton was shot and killed while sitting in his car, parked along Alondra Boulevard.

With in-person early voting underway, the Compton cowboys saddled up to the polls Sunday to encourage voting.

Attempted murder charges have been filed in an attack on two LA County Sheriff’s Department deputies who were shot while seated in a patrol car at a transit station in Compton. Officials announced the charges against Deonte Lee Murray at a Wednesday news conference. He was arrested Sept. 15 after a stakeout, car chase, and search in Lynwood that Sheriff…

A woman and her children have been sleeping at a motel since they were caught in the middle of a standoff in Lynwood as LA County Sheriff’s followed a man wanted for a carjacking and weapons charges. New surveillance video shows LA Sheriff’s deputies at the home in Lynwood chasing the man. But multiple law enforcement sources tell NBCLA...

One of the two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies shot in an attack last weekend has been released from the hospital, the sheriff said Wednesday.

Disturbing new video shows a 31-year-old deputy tending to her partner, who’s 24 years old, as she hides them both behind a column after a man fired a gun at the two LA County sheriff’s deputies sitting in their patrol cruiser Saturday night in Compton. The shocking video emerged Monday as the reward for information leading to the shooter...

A $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a gunman who shot and wounded two LA County sheriff’s deputies in what the sheriff described as an “ambush” in Compton. The shooting was captured on surveillance video, but few identifying details can be seen. The man is described only as being between 28 and…

Two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies are in critical condition Sunday with multiple gunshot wounds after a gunman approached their patrol car outside a Compton train station and struck them repeatedly with gunfire. The attack occurred at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Blue Line station at Willowbrook Avenue and Palmer Street. “Two deputies were ambushed in a cowardly fashion,”...

A land developer and contractor were issued notices of violations Friday after allegedly spilling about two gallons of a harmless chemical odorant in Compton, prompting people more than 20 miles away to complain about the pungent smell.

A Southern California man who spent 19 years in prison for a gang-related shooting will be released, a judge ordered Friday. Emon Barnes, 34, of Compton, is expected to be freed next week from San Quentin State Prison after the judge approved a re-sentencing request from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office. Barnes was 15 when he was arrested…

A protest in Compton Sunday by dozens of demonstrators called for the arrest of the deputy who fatally shot 18-year-old Andres Guardado in the back five times near Gardena in June. The protesters marched about three miles from East Rancho Dominguez Park to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Compton station. The demonstration began around noon with about 50...

The young man wants to inspire others the way he was inspired by his mother. He has even written a book.

Ashleigh Dempster’s tiny homegrown business has become popular among the worlds most photographed celebs. Now it’s time for her to give back to her local community in Los Angeles.

A man was arrested Monday after leading deputies on a brief chase in a possibly stolen pickup truck that crashed into another vehicle in Compton, leaving the suspect and the other motorist injured. The crash occurred at about 9:30 a.m. near the Long Beach and Compton area.

Much of the Internet is not happy about the news that Will Smith will play Richard Williams, the father of tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams, in the new movie “King Richard.” Many have accused Smith of colorism and have suggested actors like Idris Elba and Marshala Ali, who are closer to Richard Williams’ skin tone, replace the “Men in...

A man in a suspected stolen pickup truck led California Highway Patrol officers on a two-hour pursuit that began in Hawthorne and traveled across multiple freeways before it ended at around midnight in a residential area of Bellflower.

A 4-year-old dog nearly lost her tongue as employees at a PetSmart store in Compton were grooming her.

The driver of a U-Haul moving truck was leading police on a dangerous chase in the Compton area Tuesday afternoon.

Former rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight pleaded not guilty Thursday to a charge of threatening the director of the film “Straight Outta Compton.”
Knight, who was ordered to return to court Aug. 10, was indicted in February for allegedly threatening “to commit a crime which would result in death and great bodily injury to Felix Gary Gray.”

Grammy-winning hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar was honored with a key to the city of Compton, his hometown, on Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016.