Police: ID theft suspect orders Uber car with stolen cell phone, gets ride to...
PASADENA >> Police in Pasadena jailed an identity theft suspect from San Bernardino Thursday after the woman tried to order an Uber ride with a stolen cell phone, authorities said.The series of...
View ArticleGunman in Redlands shoots hostage, is killed by police
REDLANDS >> A man abducted his ex-girlfriend from an Office Depot Thursday, holding her hostage for nearly three hours during a standoff with police before shooting her and in return being killed...
View ArticleOzomatli marks its 21st year with shows in Pasadena, Big Bear Lake and Agoura...
Grammy Award-winning Ozomatli turns 21 years old in April, and the band is set to hit the road once again.The L.A.-based Latin rock, funk, hip-hop band known for their energetic and fan-friendly live...
View ArticlePaul Tanaka ignored warnings about sheriff's deputies' behavior, witnesses say
The first witnesses to testify in Paul Tanaka's corruption trial said Friday the former Los Angeles County undersheriff ignored warnings that deputies were acting like gang members.Testifying for the...
View ArticleMonterey Park doctor sentenced for diet pill distribution, insurance fraud
LOS ANGELES >> A Monterey Park doctor received a two-year jail sentence Friday for prescribing diet pills without a legitimate medical purpose and insurance fraud, authorities said.Dr.
View ArticleHow a flight attendant suspected of carrying $3 million in cocaine escaped...
Within hours of ditching 70 pounds of cocaine at a security checkpoint and bolting barefoot out of the main Los Angeles airport, an off-duty flight attendant was flying across the country after...
View ArticleCovina doctor to plead guilty to federal drug, money laundering charges
LOS ANGELES >> A Covina doctor accused of prescribing a powerful painkiller to an undercover investigator, then laundering the proceeds, agreed to plead guilty Thursday to two federal charges,...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for March 26, 2016
PASADENAFood critic Jonathan Gold to hold Q&AThe documentary, "City of Gold," opens this weekend at the Laemmle Playhouse 7 in Pasadena.The movie features filmmaker Laura Gabbert as she follows...
View ArticleBus driver charged with causing Whittier autistic teen's death
WHITTIER >> The District Attorney's Office on Friday filed charges against a bus driver accused of leaving an autistic teen in a school bus for several hours in sweltering weather. The...
View ArticleUber offers $4,170 helicopter flights for 6 to Coachella music festival
VAN NUYS >> Angelenos looking to bypass traffic and arrive in style at the Coachella or Stagecoach music festivals in Indio next month can arrange for helicopter service via Uber, the ridesharing...
View ArticleTorrance music teacher arrested in alleged child porn case
A music teacher at Calle Mayor Middle School in Torrance was arrested Friday morning after federal investigators discovered "sexually explicit images of minors on digital devices" in his Long Beach...
View ArticleFamily sues Pasadena, Kidspace Museum over tree the toppled onto children
A lawsuit was filed Thursday on behalf of two of eight children injured when a tree toppled onto them near a Pasadena children's museum last summer.Yvonne Yeung, the mother of 6-year-old twins Brandon...
View Article710 Freeway tunnel cost part of a bill to be heard by the state Legislature
With the $40 million environmental analysis yet to be approved, the fight over the extension of the 710 Freeway will spill over into the state Legislature in April, when a bill by a local senator...
View ArticleGov. Jerry Brown grants 59 pardons on Good Friday
SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> California Gov. Jerry Brown granted 59 pardons on Good Friday, in keeping with his tradition of giving pardons to convicted offenders around major Christian holidays...
View ArticleWhittier Mayor's Prayer Breakfast begins Easter weekend
WHITTIER >> Hundreds gathered for the 51st Annual Whittier Mayor's Prayer Breakfast on Good Friday in the grand ballroom of the Radisson Hotel Whittier to celebrate the Easter season with prayer,...
View ArticleWonderCon expected to do wonders for Los Angeles' economy
A hulking $36 million is expected to flow through the City of Angels this weekend as WonderCon lands at the Los Angeles Convention Center, where thousands of comic book and science fiction fans will...
View ArticleArcadia burglary suspect arrested in Westmont following chase
WESTMONT >> A burglary suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase Friday night was taken into custody in the unincorporated Westmont area.The suspect was wanted by Arcadia police in...
View ArticleBody of Temecula Marine killed in Iraq to be flown into March Air Reserve Base
RIVERSIDE >> The remains of a U.S. Marine from Temecula killed in Iraq during an Islamic State attack are scheduled to be returned to Riverside County Saturday.The casket bearing the body of...
View ArticleMidnight Mission plans special Easter meal for homeless in LA
LOS ANGELES >> Easter will be celebrated in Los Angeles Sunday with thousands of homeless and near-homeless men, women and children being treated to a special meal at The Midnight Mission and...
View ArticleFast food chains of the future may boast robot servers, but at what cost?
I was in a hurry.No time for a leisurely lunch in Old Pasadena. If I was to be fed, it would be fast food, coronary ramifications notwithstanding.So I happened upon a Carl's Junior, and while I'm no...
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