LA County sheriff warns children about dangers of sending 'nude selfies'
LOS ANGELES >> Decrying a wave of nude selfies being uploaded by children across America, the Los Angeles County sheriff sent an open letter warning children of the risk of snapping obscene...
View ArticleTaxi driver shot to death in El Sereno robbery attempt is identified
LOS ANGELES -- Authorities today identified a taxi driver who was shot to death in an apparent robbery in El Sereno.The shooting was reported at Indiana Avenue and Worth Street at 9:35 p.m. Sunday,...
View ArticleMan accused of giving Orange County jail escapees beer and cash pleads not...
SANTA ANA -- A 41-year-old Westminster man pleaded not guilty today to helping three inmates after they escaped from an Orange County jail in January.Tung Nguyen, who was arrested Friday, is charged...
View ArticleNobel Prize-winning RAND mathematician Lloyd S. Shapley dies at 92
SANTA MONICA -- Funeral services were pending today for Lloyd S. Shapley, a RAND Corp. researcher and UCLA professor emeritus who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize for economics for his work on the strategic...
View ArticleArcadia to decide on economic impact study for proposed zoning changes
ARCADIA >> Officials on Tuesday will decide whether the city should pursue an economic impact study before adopting new residential zoning regulations. The City Council had intended to review the...
View ArticleFatal shooting of 12-year-old sends shockwave through San Bernardino...
SAN BERNARDINO >> Vincent Brewer sits on steps just outside his Orange Avenue apartment Monday morning watching a group of television news vans gather at a Circle K to report on the shooting...
View ArticleBlaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza offering $3.14 pizzas for Pi Day
Blaze Fast-Fire'd Pizza is celebrating Pi Day today by offering $3.14 pizzas at all of the company's locations across the nation.Guests are invited to build their own artisanal pizzas at any Blaze...
View ArticleEmployee of Shannen Doherty's ex-business management firm pretended to be her...
LOS ANGELES -- Shannen Doherty lost a round in court today when a judge declined to take punitive actions against her former business management firm over allegedly deceptive phone calls used to seek...
View ArticleLA man gets 150 years in federal prison for raping, threatening girls in Russia
A Los Angeles man was sentenced Monday to 150 years in federal prison for raping a 12-year-old girl in Russia and threatening to sever her head.U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II called Yuzef...
View ArticleStorms replenish key reservoirs amid California drought
SAN FRANCISCO >> Four straight days of rain have replenished several key reservoirs in drought-stricken California, but the El Nino-related storms also led to the death of a highway patrol...
View ArticleSouth Pasadena Unified sued in case of ex-track coach sentenced for sexual abuse
Two women who allege they were sexually abused by a track coach while they were students at South Pasadena High School students are suing the school district, court papers obtained Monday show. The...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for March 15, 2016
PASADENASpring Home Tour and lecture this weekPasadena Heritage presents its Spring Home Tour and Lecture, "Designing Their Own: Homes of Pasadena Architects," starting with the lecture from 6:30 to 8...
View ArticleIs it too late for El Nino to save Southern California from drought?
The tale of El Niño 2016 reads like two different stories.In Northern California, the weather phenomenon has delivered above normal rain and snow this winter. Not so in Southern California, where...
View ArticleHow a Santa Fe Springs DNA lab is cashing in on people's curiosity
Drugs, alcohol and infidelity are big business for Tony and Theresa Oliver.But before you get the wrong idea, we should clarify that this Whittier couple is on the testing side of the equation. They...
View ArticleLack of resources in LA County coroner's office nothing new, ex-investigator...
A former Los Angeles County coroner investigator said Monday a lack of resources in the department dates back 40 years. "They don't have enough pathologists, they don't have enough investigators," said...
View ArticleRev. Jesse Jackson weighs in on iPhone battle between FBI & Apple
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is the latest to weigh in on the legal battle between Apple and the FBI over access to a Redlands terrorist's encrypted iPhone, voicing support for Apple in a letter to a federal...
View ArticleJudge denies Baldwin Park councilmembers' requests for restraining orders...
POMONA >> A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge denied on Tuesday Baldwin Park officials' requests for restraining orders against a local businessman who they claim followed them to a...
View ArticleWanted: Serial robber who hit 15 banks in Long Beach, Lakewood and other areas
Authorities are asking for the public's help to find two men they say robbed 15 banks throughout Los Angeles County, including the Long Beach area, since November 2015. The majority of the robberies...
View ArticleHarrison Ford to return in fifth Indiana Jones movie
LOS ANGELES -- Harrison Ford will be picking up his bullwhip and trademark fedora one more time, with Disney announcing plans today for fifth Indiana Jones film.Steven Spielberg, who directed the first...
View ArticleFeds: Tribune purchase of Orange County Register, Riverside Press-Enterprise...
LOS ANGELES >> The U.S. Department of Justice will exercise its antitrust powers if the owner of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune purchases the Orange County Register and...
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