Missing Persons

'The Killing' begins again on AMC

2013-05-24 08:00:00

AMC's "The Killing," about the grisly murder of young Rosie Larsen, was pronounced dead at the end of a troubled two-season run that included declining ratings amid a revolt by once-supportive critics and fans over what they perceived to be the failed...

Judge orders trial for man accused in 1979 slaying of N.Y. boy

2013-05-15 14:58:00

NEW YORK -- A man who confessed to strangling 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose disappearance 34 years ago remains one of the nation's most baffling missing-persons cases, will stand trial for the boy's murder, a judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Maxwell Wiley's...

Study of shipping routes maps delivery of invasive organisms

2013-05-05 07:00:00

When giant container ships sail into major ports like Los Angeles and Long Beach, it's not just clothing and cars that they deliver. They also carry critters. The specimens — microscopic algae cells or larger castaways, such as eggs of fish or...

Runaway Thousand Oaks teens found safe, authorities say

2013-04-05 16:19:00

Two teenagers thought to have run away from their homes in Thousand Oaks and described as possibly suicidal have been found "in good health," authorities said Friday. Kaylee Rebert, 14, and Nicholas Marino, 13, were found in Newbury Park about 3 p.m....

Search for runaway Thousand Oaks teens continues

2013-04-05 06:06:00

Authorities were still searching Friday morning for two missing teenagers who they believe ran away from their homes in Thousand Oaks and may be suicidal. Capt. Dave Wareham of the Ventura County Sheriff's Department said�late Thursday that deputies had...

Search for runaway Thousand Oaks teens expands beyond park

2013-04-04 20:46:00

The search of a 2,000-acre park for two runaway Thousand Oaks teenagers believed to be suicidal has ended and authorities have begun a larger-scale investigation, authorities said Thursday evening. Capt. Dave Wareham of the Ventura County Sheriff's...

Generating stunning visual effects, but not enough revenue

2013-03-24 05:00:00

This should be a golden age for visual effects in movies. Thanks to the box office success of movies such as "The Avengers" and "Life of Pi," demand for visual effects has never been greater. Studios are spending $100 million or more to put ever more...

Rockefeller impostor avoided East Coast detective, witness says

2013-03-28 18:28:00

Christian Gerhartsreiter walked away from a Wall Street job that would have paid him up to $300,000 a year shortly after a detective looking to question him about a missing persons case called his employer, a former boss testified Thursday. Ralph...

O.C. pair accused of turning 14-year-old girl into prostitute

2013-03-28 15:27:00

A 33-year-old man accused of forcing a 14-year-old girl into prostitution is the first person in Orange County to be charged under an anti-human-trafficking law passed by California voters in November. Chuncey Tarae Garcia has been charged with felony...

Girl, 5, hit by runaway school bus in Moreno Valley

2013-03-19 06:22:03

Man arrested in swastika painting at Simi Valley elementary school

2013-03-19 07:12:54

Lindsay Lohan avoids jail time but is headed to locked rehab

2013-03-19 07:12:53

Carlos Rodriguez (Evanston Police)

2013-05-18 00:00:00

Pastor Ron Johnson, who has counseled more than 20 ministers in crisis, said restoration takes at least two years. But many fallen ministers are unable, or unwilling, to do the work necessary to achieve true spiritual restoration.

2013-05-16 14:06:43

The indie game Minecraft has become a runaway hit.

2013-04-05 08:04:02