Lee Thompson Young, who began his acting career as the teenage star of the Disney Channel's 'The Famous Jett Jackson' and was featured in the film 'Friday Night Lights' and the series 'Rizzoli & Isles', has been found dead, police said. He was 29.

A strong rotten egg smell had Southern Californians plugging their noses and crying foul as air quality experts scrambled to determine if the sulphurous scent was coming from the Salton Sea.

Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as 'Top Gun', 'Days of Thunder' and 'Beverly Hills Cop II', died after jumping from a towering suspension bridge spanning Los Angeles harbour and leaving behind several notes to loved ones, authorities said.

More cars have been set on fire in suspected arson attacks in the Los Angeles area and authorities are investigating whether they are connected to nearly two dozen that were deliberately set alight a day earlier, police said.

TV’s Judge Judy Sheindlin was rushed to hospital in Los Angeles for an undisclosed ailment while recording her show.

Charlie Sheen tried to stop his doctor from calling the emergency services.

The Los Angeles Fire Department has released recordings of emergency calls in the incident which led to actor Charlie Sheen’s admission to hospital last week.

Actor Charlie Sheen was back in rehab and production of American TV's most popular comedy, 'Two and a Half Men', was on hold, one day after a person who called emergency services said the actor was intoxicated and in pain.

Two students were wounded today when a gun brought to a high school accidentally discharged, a Los Angeles Unified School District spokesman said.

Investigators found no explosives on board a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways flight after a bomb threat was found scrawled on a toilet mirror, the FBI said today.

A Thai Airways flight from Bangkok landed safely at Los Angeles International Airport after a bomb threat written in poorly worded English was spotted on a toilet mirror on the plane, authorities said today.

A recording of the moment paramedics first announced Michael Jackson's death has been found online.

Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy, who got her start in the hit 'Clueless' and rose to stardom in '8 Mile', died yesterday in Los Angeles of what appeared to be natural causes, a coroner’s official said.

Hollywood actress Brittany Murphy has died aged 32, a Los Angeles hospital spokesman said.

POP legend Michael Jackson was unconscious, unresponsive and not breathing when an emergency call was made from his home two hours before he was pronounced dead at 2.26pm in an Los Angeles medical centre on Thursday.

MICHAEL JACKSON, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the King of Pop and the biggest celebrity in the world only to fall from his throne in a freakish series of scandals, died last night. He was 50.

Michael Jackson, the sensationally gifted child star who rose to become the biggest celebrity in the world, has died at age 50.

The death of pop star Michael Jackson is expected to be officially confirmed at a press conference at UCLA hospital in Los Angeles today.

Pop star Michael Jackson has died, according to unconfirmed reports tonight.

Pop star Michael Jackson has been taken to hospital in California, reports said tonight.

An earthquake, felt by many people, rocked the Los Angeles region today.

A strong earthquake shook Southern California tonight, causing buildings to sway and triggering some precautionary evacuations.

Fires have erupted in the hills above Los Angeles, destroying several homes as winds swept dry southern California.

An Air India flight carrying 273 passengers and crew made an emergency landing in the US after blowing a tyre as it took off.