LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- It's a contested race no one expected - Alex Villanueva, a retired sheriff's lieutenant, forced Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell into a runoff. Villanueva said after the ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva says he has reached out to the state attorney general amid calls for an independent investigation into the death of Andres Guardado, an ...

LA Sheriff Alex Villanueva is facing another investigation — this time from Sacramento. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced he’s launching a civil rights investigation into the Los ...

Democrats helped Alex Villanueva be elected sheriff of Los Angeles County in November. Many of the party faithful have since come to regret it. On Tuesday night, the Los Angeles County Democratic ...

LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is again ordering gun stores to close to the public amid the coronavirus outbreak. Villanueva says they're not essential businesses except for ...

HOLLYWOOD (KABC) -- Tackling homelessness in Hollywood is on Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva's list. Earlier this month, Villanueva caught the attention of viewers on Facebook when he ...

Relations between embattled LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and the Board of Supervisors have hit a new low. It’s a level of acrimony that longtime political observers say is unprecedented. LA ...

LOS ANGELES -- Vanessa Bryant is suing Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva and his department over leaked photos of the Kobe Bryant helicopter crash site. Deputies allegedly took personal ...

LAKEWOOD, Calif. (KABC) -- A Los Angeles County sheriff's motorcycle deputy was killed Thursday morning in a traffic collision in Lakewood, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced. In a tweet, Villanueva ...