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 ...

The sheriff had made up his mind. Despite knee pain that his publicist described as “bone rubbing against bone,” Alexandro “Alex” Villanueva was going to gut it out and walk the length of the route on ...

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 ...

A state judge has thrown out a lawsuit filed by former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva that alleged the county defamed him, violated his rights and unfairly flagged his personnel file with ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has long been arguing that his department is understaffed, but a federal report shows it has more sworn officers than the national ...

Eli Vera is a candidate for Los Angeles County sheriff. He says he was once part of Sheriff Alex Villanueva's inner circle and was actually promoted when he took office. Now he says Villanueva demoted ...

Sheriff Alex Villanueva is pushing back against the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors after it voted to move forward with a proposal that would require at least 10% of the county's general funds ...

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 ...