Joseph Wambaugh pictured in Hollywood in 2007 to promote his book Hollywood Station, which recalled the golden days of the LAPD he knew - AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes Joseph Wambaugh, who has died aged ...

Joseph Wambaugh, whose experience as an LAPD officer enabled him to bring a warts-and-all realism to his novels about policing and the movies and TV shows like “Police Story,” died Friday in Rancho ...

Joseph Wambaugh, the master storyteller of police dramas, whose books, films and television tales powerfully caught the hard psychic realities of lonely street cops and flawed detectives trapped in a ...

Before James Ellroy gave up a life of petty crime and booze to write his seminal L.A. crime novels, before Michael Connelly discovered the work of Raymond Chandler that would influence his iconic ...

Read full article: Hearing set for man accused in 2018 shooting death of 15-year-old Boone High School student LOS ANGELES – Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller "The Onion ...

Joseph Wambaugh laughed at the question. “Am I done writing?” he said. “Hell, I’m almost done living. I’m 82.” His last book, “Harbor Nocturne,” came out in 2012. It was the fifth of his Hollywood ...

Residents say years of promises haven’t delivered lighting, beacons, or safer design; councilmember cites $7.5M corridor grant but no firm timeline Read full article: 3 teenagers arrested in ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller "The Onion Field" and numerous gritty but ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Joseph Wambaugh, who wrote the gripping, true-crime bestseller “The Onion Field” and numerous gritty but darkly humorous novels about day-to-day police work drawn from his own ...

Read full article: Parents discuss concerns about social media at Roanoke community panel FILE - Gov. Glenn Youngkin delivers his State of the Commonwealth address before a joint session of the ...