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Twenty-seven months after Marcos Costa's runaway big rig killed a father and his 12-year-old daughter, his murder trial ends in acquittals, convictions and an impasse.
Five days of deliberations yielded a verdict Friday for former truck driver Marcos Costa, who killed a father and daughter and injured three others in a 2009 big-rig wreck.
Yanette Posca addressed reporters Friday afternoon following the involuntary manslaughter conviction of Marcos Costa, the truck driver who killed her husband and daughter in 2009 after the brakes failed on his big rig.
A Los Angeles jury acquitted the driver of more serious charges in the deaths of a father and his daughter following an accident on the Angeles Crest Highway.
After four and a half days of deliberations, the jury announced Thursday that members could not come to a unanimous decision about all of the charges. They will reconvene Friday.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department congratulates career milestone for Sgt. Gary Ogurek.
An 19-year-old man lost his cell phone and tennis racket to two robbers who threatened him with a firearm.
Edward Kang is one of the team's four new members.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department congratulates career milestone for Sgt. Gary Ogurek.
A 2011 survey of walkable cities across the country found La Cañada less foot friendly than most others in California.
Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge, has been claiming that his staff budget is being threatened as retribution for his vote against the state budget.
The sun sets on new growth and branches both burned and spared from the 2009 Station fire.
Alvin Allen, who had worked at JPL, embezzled $300,000 from church contributions and failed to report it.
This fall the La Cañada Unified School District will receive monies that nearly double the foundation’s average annual donation amount.
Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge, has been claiming that his staff budget is being threatened as retribution for his vote against the state budget.
Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge, has been claiming that his staff budget is being threatened as retribution for his vote against the state budget.
Scientists from JPL and CalTech found the body of water, 140 trillion times the size of all the Earth's oceans, 12-billion light years away.
Under the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's Operation Chill, kids' good behavior is rewarded with Slurpee coupons.
The jury recessed Thursday afternoon in the case of Marcos Costa and will resume deliberations Monday.
Under the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's Operation Chill, kids' good behavior is rewarded with Slurpee coupons.