Steve Cooley

Polanski breaks silence, saying US wants to serve him 'on a platter to media'. Filmmaker Roman Polanski, breaking a months-long silence, said Sunday that the U.S. is demanding his extradition from Switzerland on a 33-year-old sex case largely to serve him "on a platter to the media."

District attorney asks governor to reverse parole plan for Manson follower Bruce Davis. The LA County district attorney asked the California governor Friday to reverse a parole board decision recommending the release from prison of Bruce Davis, a former Charles Manson follower who participated in two killings.

Correction: LA District Attorney story. In a story April 4 about Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he was opposed to Jessica's Law. His office's spokeswoman, Sandi Gibbons, said while Cooley was concerned about some of the law's provisions, he didn't take a position on the issue.

For such a high-profile job, District Attorney Steve Cooley is a low-key guy.

Low-key LA district attorney with high-profile job looks at run as state's top cop. For such a high-profile job, District Attorney Steve Cooley is a low-key guy.

Dispute over crime exhibit including RFK's clothes shows scars remain for victims' families. A dispute over an exhibition of gruesome evidence from famous crimes escalated Thursday, showing that time does not heal the scars to murder victims' families even after four decades.

Aaron Stovitz, removed as Manson prosecutor for media comments, dies at 86. Aaron Stovitz, the original prosecutor of Charles Manson and three followers who was removed from the case after a dispute with his boss over out-of-court comments, died Monday of leukemia at the age of 86.

LA City Council gives first OK to law that would close most medical marijuana dispensaries. The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved an ordinance to close most of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries, winding down months of debate on how to limit the rapid spread of such clinics.

The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved an ordinance to close most of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries, winding down months of debate on how to limit the rapid spread of such clinics.

LA City Council gives first OK to law that would close most medical marijuana dispensaries. The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday tentatively approved an ordinance to close most of the city's medical marijuana dispensaries, winding down months of debate on how to limit the rapid spread of such clinics.

LA City Council postpones pot ordinance vote that could close hundreds of dispensaries. The Los Angeles City Council delayed a vote Wednesday on a medical marijuana ordinance that could close hundreds of pot dispensaries across the city.

The Los Angeles city council could vote on a much-anticipated medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, ending a bottleneck that resulted in hundreds of pot dispensaries cropping up across the city.

Los Angeles City Council prepares to vote on medical marijuana ordinance. The Los Angeles city council could vote on a much-anticipated medical marijuana ordinance Wednesday, ending a bottleneck that resulted in hundreds of pot dispensaries cropping up across the city.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Past the security man and his pit bull and through a haze of eye-watering smoke, two youths load up a pipe next to a row of shiny glass jars with two dozen varieties of marijuana bud displayed like candy.

LA County's top prosecutor says he will bust marijuana dispensaries that take cash for pot. Los Angeles County's district attorney says he intends to prosecute owners of marijuana dispensaries that take cash for pot.

Los Angeles County's district attorney says he intends to prosecute owners of marijuana dispensaries that take cash for pot.

California legislators sign letter supporting Polanski extradition to Los Angeles. Fifteen California legislators have signed a letter supporting the extradition of Roman Polanski to Los Angeles to face his decades-old child sex conviction.

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a sharp policy shift, the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical reasons or dispensaries in states where it has been legalized.

WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a sharp policy shift, the Obama administration told federal attorneys not to prosecute patients who use marijuana for medical reasons or dispensaries in states where it has been legalized.