Some view the D.A. race in L.A. as a referendum on the state of public safety in the nation’s most populous county.

The unseating of progressive Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón in a closely watched election has added an eleventh-hour pall of uncertainty in the move to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced nearly 30 years after their convictions for ...

LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County will be getting a new district attorney, with former federal prosecutor Nathan Hochman handily defeating incumbent George Gascón, whose progressive policies swept him into office four years ago but made him a target of critics who accused him of being soft on crime.

There may not be any Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors race on the Nov. 5 ballot – since the top vote-getters in the primary all won outright in March – but there is still another L.A. County-specific race and a few ballot measures to take note of.

Nathan Hochman, who defeated incumbent George Gascón in Tuesday’s election to become the next Los Angeles County district attorney, told CNN he could ask to delay a hearing to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced nearly 30 years after their ...

Former Assistant Attorney General Nathan Hochman will take over the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office, the largest prosecutorial district in the country, after defeating progressive prosecutor George Gascón in a contentious.

The Menendez brothers could see their dream of winning their freedom evaporate after the man who championed their case lost his job. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was beaten in his bid for re-election against ex-U.