Prosecutors have charged a mother with murder in connection with the death of her 2-year-old son, who authorities say died after suffering severe burns.
Salvador "Chavita" Esparza was shot and killed while standing on the porch of a relative's home in Altadena in 2016. The case remains unsolved.
The shooting is being investigated as a murder-suicide at the hands of the boys' father, and according to neighbors, it may have unfolded at a family gathering.
A father and his two 10-year-old sons are dead after an apparent murder-suicide in Canoga Park on Sunday, according to police.
A 10-year-old boy and a driver were killed in a crash involving a fire engine in Hemet, authorities say. Three firefighters were also injured.
A jury has begun deliberating how much financial compensation, if any, should be awarded to the family of two children struck and killed in Westlake Village.