Police kill man in Playa Vista

Officers say Reginald Doucet Jr. was naked when he attacked officers near his condo.

Sheriff Lee Baca launched a criminal probe at request of fashion magnate

Baca calls his orders unrelated to his relationship with Georges Marciano.

West L.A. students forge relationship with Afghan school

Working with Marines, private school makes a friendship video and soon will send backpacks filled with school supplies with the help of the L.A.-based nonprofit Spirit of America.

Longtime politician and retired police chief vie for Inglewood mayor

Voters Tuesday will decide a runoff contest between incumbent Mayor Daniel K. Tabor, a former councilman and Commerce Department official, and retired Santa Monica Police Chief James T. Butts.

Contemporary Beverly Hills house has Old-World flair

Built for gossip columnist Rona Barrett and later owned by singer Luther Vandross, the Harold Levitt-designed Modernist home reimagines a European villa.

Local Copts demonstrate in wake of deadly bombing in Egypt

Carrying crucifixes and pictures of Jesus, protesters gather in front of the Federal Building in Westwood and call on U.S. officials to pressure the Egyptian government to provide security for that country's Christian minority.

Gary Mehlman puts his Beverly Hills Post Office-area home on the market

The 1974 French country home has six bedrooms, five bathrooms, a motor court and sweeping views.

Armenian American cab drivers sue to stop Santa Monica regulation

Judge issues temporary restraining order barring Santa Monica from instituting its new taxi franchising system, which appellants say discriminates against them.

County planners OK development along Marina del Rey waterfront

The plan to turn county-owned parking lots into retail, restaurant, office and housing establishments must be approved by county supervisors and the state Coastal Commission.

Record purchase price in Beverly Hills

Louis and Kelly Gonda sell their Georgian-style mansion on 1.5 acres for $23 million.

L.A. County Sheriff's Department warns staffers about contact with The Times

Following reports in the paper that Sheriff Lee Baca had intervened in a Beverly Hills landlord dispute, department e-mails warn employees about speaking with reporters. Officials say the notes were routine policy reminders.

Despite police assurances, doubts linger that Ronni Chasen slaying has been solved

Friends and crime buffs alike question investigators' explanation of a botched robbery. 'It doesn't add up,' one longtime friend and associate says.

Homeless advocates march in Venice

Activists allege police are unfairly targeting people who live in RVs and on the street.

Chevron seeks 30-year off-shore lease extension

Environmentalists are pushing the state for no more than a 10-year lease on the Santa Monica Bay oil terminal.

MTA board approves bus-only lanes on Wilshire Boulevard — with an exception

The $31.5-million rapid transit project will include 7.7 miles of bus lanes in the east- and westbound lanes from MacArthur Park to Santa Monica. But the lanes will disappear in a one-mile section in Westwood.

Max Azria won't hang his clothes here anymore

He sells his remodeled 1923 five-bedroom home in Beverly Hills.

Ronni Chasen killing appears solved

Beverly Hills police believe the publicist was shot in a bungled holdup by a desperate ex-con acting alone.

Prosecutors file forgery charge against a Beverly Hills pharmacist

L.A. County Sheriff Lee Baca intervened in the dispute on behalf of the pharmacist's landlord, who is a Baca campaign donor. The district attorney's office had earlier refused to bring charges.

Detectives say Santa Monica actress dialed 911 moments before she was killed

Prosecutors and police investigating Juliana Redding's 2008 death tell a grand jury that suspect Kelly Soo Park left DNA evidence in the victim's home and then tried to blow it up.

Home of the Week: Georgian mansion in Beverly Hills

The nine-bedroom home on 1.5 acres discreetly above the Beverly Hills Hotel is large enough to entertain 300 guests.

Lee Harvey Oswald's coffin seeks a final resting place

A Brentwood auctioneer is selling it and other artifacts from JFK's assassin.

Listing details: 1506 Lexington Road, Beverly Hills

Suspect in Chasen's death kills himself

Under surveillance in the publicist's death, he pulls out a gun as police approach him in his apartment building in Hollywood.

Longtime Hollywood publicist shot to death in Beverly Hills

Ronni Chasen, who had represented a host of producers, directors and composers for four decades, was found in her car, shot in the chest. Shocked friends remember a hard-working, caring person whose clients were family.

Sharp lines and soaring walls of glass

Beverly Hills house by modernist architect Ed Niles features comely curves and unobstructed views.

Listing details: 1169 Loma Linda Drive, Beverly Hills

New house is straight out of the Old World

A Santa Monica residence completed in 2008 was inspired by historic homes in Belgium. It boasts 17th century limestone floors, Belgian bluestone details, elaborate ironwork and refitted antique doors.

David Bohnett sells Holmby Hills estate

The compound, bought by art dealer Larry Gagosian, was once the home of Gary Cooper.

A private enclave in Malibu

Floor-to-ceiling sliding doors create an indoor-outdoor environment in this Michael Kovac-designed house.

Colorful elation and sullen disappointment follow Prop. 8 ruling

Revelers in San Francisco, West Hollywood and elsewhere hit the streets singing after a federal judge strikes down California's ban on same-sex marriage. Opponents are already working on an appeal.

Karen Pankow's Malibu estate goes for $3.5 million

The six-bedroom home includes an elevator, theater and enormous circular master bedroom.

Julie Gardner buys home in Santa Monica Canyon area

The 1978 home, just three blocks from the beach, was owned by photographer Charles Brittin.

Marilyn Monroe's former home on the market for $3.6 million

The actress lived in the Brentwood 'hacienda' — the first home she had ever owned independent of a husband — for only a brief time before she died of a sleeping pill overdose in 1962.

Former Groucho Marx home in Beverly Hills is for sale

Edward R. Murrow interviewed him in the home in the 1950s.

Kathryn Grayson's home is for sale

The English Tudor in Santa Monica sits on a double lot and has views of the Riviera Country Club golf course.

The truth is, Mark Snow wants to sell Venice home

'The X-Files' theme song composer puts his 3-bedroom Cape Cod-inspired house on the market.

Jean Simmons home in Santa Monica goes up for sale

The Southern Colonial-style house has four bedrooms and a guesthouse.

No joke: Barry Sobel puts his Venice condo on the market

The comedian's loft-style town house has floor-to-ceiling windows, vault ceilings and a deck with mountain and city views.

Home of the Week: A movie mogul palace in Beverly Hills

This 24-room Italian Mediterranean mansion was commissioned in 1929 by Harry Cohn, the cantankerous founder and president of Columbia Pictures.

Home of the Week: Santa Monica Canyon contemporary

The steel, copper and glass house, built in 1992 by L.A. architects Mark Cigolle and Kim Coleman originally as a live-work space, has an asking price of $4.95 million.