LOS ANGELES, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- A federal judge Friday sentenced a former Los Angeles real estate developer to 14 years in prison for his role in a $50 million mortgage fraud.

LOS ANGELES, March 13 (UPI) -- A U.S. judge in Los Angeles blasted the alleged actions of immigration officials in the case of a detainee with cancer as "beyond cruel and unusual" punishment.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Ronald Isley, one of the legendary Isley Brothers, was sentenced to more than three years in prison Friday on five counts of federal income tax evasion. Isley must report to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, where due to his health condition, he will most li

LOS ANGELES, May 12 (UPI) -- A day after touring Los Angeles's crowded Men's Central Jail, a federal judge agreed to oversee an effort to improve the facility.

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- The first man to be arrested in the United States for allegedly videotaping unreleased movies has fled custody a week before his Los Angeles trial.