A stuck accelerator takes the Toyota hybrid to 90 mph on Interstate 8 in San Diego County before an officer helps out.The driver of a Toyota Prius who called 911 on Monday to report his accelerator was stuck finally got the car stopped after about 20 minutes with the help of the California Highway...

Holding a news conference in the world's largest car market, Akio Toyoda says safety problems stemmed from a company that was expanding too fast.Reporting from Beijing — Apologizing several times and bowing twice, Toyota President Akio Toyoda spoke directly to the world's largest automotive ma...

City attorney says Kayvan Setareh posted an illegal eight-story sign near Hollywood and Highland.In a dramatic escalation of the war against illegal supergraphics in Los Angeles, authorities have jailed a businessman accused of posting an eight-story movie advertisement on an office building at on...

Fatalities alleged by consumers to the government related to unintended acceleration in Toyota Motor (TM: 75.91, -1.11, -1.44%) vehicles have reached 34, with a recent jump in complaints accounting for more than a third of the total, U.S. regulators said on Monday. ...

The Department of Transportation has opened an inquiry into whether Toyota Motor Corp. conducted three of its recent recalls in a timely manner. The agency's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked Toyota to provide documents showing "when and how it learned of the defects" th...

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge issued a preliminary injunction today ordering an Eagle Rock dispensary to stop selling medical marijuana, a decision that city prosecutors believe is the first to find that state law does not give collectives the right to sell the drug. Judge James C. C...

Police on horseback and in sports utility vehicles swept across Venice Beach in the darkness Friday morning, arresting nearly 50 people, many homeless, on warrants and felony violations, authorities said. The sweep was part of an effort to address a recent spike in crime and a jump in the number...

Toyota Motor Corp.'s massive recalls for acceleration and braking problems are creating a huge legal liability for the company -- and Toyota owners may share in the pain. The Japanese automaker faces dozens of lawsuits over injuries and deaths attributed to safety problems, with many more suit...

IF YOU HAVE A PRIUS LEAVE DISTANCE WITH THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF YOU BECAUSE YOU MAY NOT BE ABLE TO STOP YOUR PRIUS.  "Loss of braking is most likely to occur when traveling over an uneven road surface, pothole or bump," the agency said in a statement. "If ...

Drivers of recalled Toyota Prius and Lexus hybrids advised to monitor brakes If there's a change in brake performance, contact a dealer immediately, says the U.S. highway safety agency, which is reviewing complaints about steering problems in the 2009 and 2010 Toy...

Dr. Conrad Murray, a cardiologist hired to care for Jackson during the pop star's comeback attempt last year, pleads not guilty in a courtroom packed with international media and the singer's family.Los Angeles prosecutors filed a long-anticipated involuntary manslaughter charge against Michael J...

GROWING SAFETY CONCERNS WITH TOYOTA VEHICLES Toyota has had many problems with their Vehicles’ accelerators, which have caused numerous automobile accidents.  Drivers and passengers have sustained severe personal injury claims and wrongful death action...

In another serious blow to Toyota, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday morning that is opening a formal defect investigation of the 2010 Toyota Prius, examining allegations that the hybrid vehicle momentarily loses braking when it goes over uneven roads or hits potho...

Bell police are searching for the alleged accomplice of a man they shot and killed early Thursday morning after a car chase in South Gate. Police were following a white car from Bell to South Gate shortly after midnight when it crashed at Seville Avenue and Santa Ana Street, authorities said....

Police captured a car-chase suspect in the parking structure of an upscale Glendale shopping and residential center, but stores remained on lockdown Monday afternoon as detectives gathered evidence.The suspect fled from the car after a police car chase and hid inside the Americana at Brand m...

TOYOTA Press Release February 1, 2010 This is the official statement released on February 1st.  The resolution to the sticky accelerator pedal is outlined in the second half of this statement. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., Inc., today announced it will begin fixing accelerator ...

Toyota's latest recall affects over 2 million vehicles of the following models: 2009-2010 RAV4, 2009-2010 Corolla, 2009-2010 Matrix, 2005-2010 Avalon, 2007-2010 Camry, 2010 Highlander, 2007-2010 Tundra, and 2008-2010 Sequoia. Owners of these vehicles can expec...

The host of a popular Persian-language radio talk show was accused by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission of defrauding investors out of more than $20 million in a long-running investment scheme that targeted the Iranian American community. In a lawsuit filed Monday in federal court...

Toyota Motor Corp. recalled 2.3 million vehicles in the U.S. to correct "sticking accelerator pedals," increasing the number of cars and trucks the Japanese auto maker has recalled for sudden acceleration issues by 600,000. The latest recall comes after Toyota issued its biggest ever safety ...

Two people have been arrested on suspicion of DUI after a pair of freeway crashes in downtown Los Angeles that occurred in the same location. One of the collisions was captured on video. The first crash was reported just after 2 a.m. Friday on the eastbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway between th...