LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California man was arrested on Friday and charged with possessing what prosecutors said may be the largest child pornography collection ever found in the United States.

Michael Peterson, a 58-year-old pipefitter, was taken into custody at his home in Ontario, about 35 miles (55 km) east of Los Angeles, on charges of possessing, receiving and distributing child pornography.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A Southern California man was arrested on Friday and accused of possessing what prosecutors called one of the largest child pornography collections ever recovered.

Michael Peterson, a 58-year-old pipefitter, was taken into custody at his home in Ontario, about 35 miles east of Los Angeles, on charges of possessing, receiving and distributing child pornography.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Prosecutors on Wednesday asked a judge to sentence Michael Jackson’s former doctor to the maximum four years in prison for his involuntary manslaughter conviction in the singer’s 2009 death.

In a separate court filing, defense attorneys for Dr. Conrad Murray sought to convince Los Angeles trial judge Michael Pastor to sentence their client to probation.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – City officials have offered Occupy L.A. protesters 10,000 square feet of indoor space and other incentives to vacate the City Hall lawn they have camped on for over seven weeks, a lawyer for the group said on Tuesday.

The proposal emerged from two days of talks between city officials and 12 Occupy L.A. representatives, including Jim Lafferty, an advocate for the protesters who is executive director of the National Lawyers Guild’s Los Angeles chapter, he said.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – A California teen pleaded guilty on Monday to second-degree murder for shooting to death a 15-year-old gay classmate at his middle school who he said made unwanted sexual advances.

The plea by Brandon McInerney, under an agreement with Ventura County prosecutors, brings to a close an emotionally charged case that previously resulted in a hung jury on a charge of murder with a hate crime enhancement.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators blocked a downtown Los Angeles street on Thursday, snarling traffic on surrounding freeways before police moved in to make arrests and break up the rally.

Protesters first marched through the Los Angeles financial district, chanting “Occupy the Freeways, Occupy the U.S.A.”, and then a small group stood in a circle and held hands on a major downtown street, blocking it, before police advanced.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators blocked a downtown Los Angeles street on Thursday, snarling traffic on surrounding freeways before police moved in to make arrests and break up the rally.

Protesters first marched through the Los Angeles financial district, chanting “Occupy the Freeways, Occupy the U.S.A.”, and then a small group stood in a circle and held hands on a major downtown street, blocking it, before police advanced.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Hundreds of anti-Wall Street demonstrators blocked a downtown Los Angeles street on Thursday, snarling traffic on surrounding freeways before police moved in and arrested 23 people.

Protesters first marched through the Los Angeles financial district, chanting “Occupy the Freeways, Occupy the U.S.A.”, and then a small group stood in a circle and held hands on a major downtown street, blocking it, before police moved in.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Stan Lee is aiming his powers at the Web, where the legendary creator of Marvel comic characters such as Spider-Man plans to take on the superhuman task of making profitable shows for an online audience.

The former Marvel Comics editor-in-chief told Reuters this week that he has high hopes for a new YouTube project called “Stan Lee’s World of Heroes” that he is tackling with his current company, POW! Entertainment.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Charles “Tex” Watson, imprisoned for his role in the Manson family Tate-LaBianca killings of 1969, was denied his latest request for release on parole on Wednesday, prison officials said.

The Texas-born Watson, who was described as a former “right hand man” of criminal mastermind Charles Manson and was denied in over a dozen other parole board appearances, has become a born-again Christian during his time in prison.