Ousted School Board Member: "I Feel Like Richard Nixon"
A Southern California school board member accused of being a Nazi sympathizer was removed from his seat on the board Tuesday night because he allegedly violated a rule that requires members to live...
View ArticleMTA Installs Locked Turnstiles
The Metropolitan Transit Authority latched subway entry gates at downtown Los Angeles' Union Station Wednesday, part of a plan to prevent fare evaders from breezing through the gates and using the...
View Article"Violent" Sports Gambling Ring Busted by FBI
FBI agents in Southern California served search and arrest warrants Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation involving an international sports gambling ring, according to officials....
View ArticleJoe Torre's Daughter's Life-Saving Catch
The daughter of Yankee legend Joe Torre made the catch of a lifetime in Brooklyn on Wednesday, saving a baby who got out of a window and then fell off an awning and into her arms, law enforcement...
View Article"Violent" Sports Gambling Ring Busted by FBI
FBI agents in Southern California served search and arrest warrants Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation involving an international sports gambling ring, according to officials....
View ArticleCrash Victim’s Mom Honors Would-Be Grad
After a fiery car crash killed five Irvine teenagers last month, one victim’s mother attended Wednesday’s Irvine High School graduation on her daughter’s behalf. Pamela Samson-Yoma lost two daughters...
View ArticleTeacher Pleads Not Guilty to Stabbing
A 46-year-old Southern California teacher pleaded not guilty Wednesday to murder in the fatal stabbing of his estranged wife, who was killed one day after she reported that he violated terms of a...
View ArticleVictim ID'd in Fatal Hollywood Stabbing
A woman was killed in a stabbing attack that occurred after she and a friend took pictures of panhandling men at the busy intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue on Tuesday night,...
View Article2-Year Investigation Led to Arrest of Ex-USC Prof.
A former USC professor on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted fugitives list for alleged child-sex crimes has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen in Mexico, authorities said Tuesday — just a day...
View Article"Sopranos" Star James Gandolfini Dead at 51
James Gandolfini, better known to many as Tony Soprano on "The Sopranos," has died at the age of 51, HBO confirmed to NBC News. Gandolfini suffered a possible heart attack or stroke while in Italy,...
View ArticleFans Can Now Tour Historic Rose Bowl Stadium
For the first time in the Rose Bowl’s 90-year history, fans will get to visit the locker rooms, run through the tunnel and tread on the hallowed ground that has hosted notorious football players and...
View ArticleVideo Shows Paris Jackson Testify in Father's Trial
Paris Jackson seemed poised and at times playful in a newly released video of her testifying in the wrongful death trial against her father’s concert promoter, AEG Live LLC. Though it’s unclear who...
View ArticleJoe Torre's Daughter Makes Life-Saving Catch
The daughter of Yankee legend Joe Torre made the catch of a lifetime in Brooklyn on Wednesday, saving a baby who got out of a window and then fell off a fire escape and into her arms. Ida Siegal...
View ArticlePriest Targets Drug Dealers, Gets "Watch Your Back" Note
A Manhattan priest who was tired of neighborhood drug dealers and urged his parishioners during a sermon to take action got a threatening letter in the mail days later. "Watch your back," read the...
View ArticleDriver Surrenders Next to Smoking Car After Chase
A chase that reached speeds of 120 mph ended abruptly Wednesday night when the motorist, who drove without his lights on as he moved erratically through freeways and surface streets, surrendered to...
View Article"Mystery Mass" Caused Oakland Coliseum Sewage Flood
It's not Oakland's fault. And it's definitely not the coliseum's fault. The much-maligned O.co Coliseum received even more negative press this week when the aging stadium's plumbing flooded over the...
View ArticleMovie Opens Up Old Wounds for Oscar Grant's Mother
At Thursday night's private screening of "Fruitvale Station" at Oakland's Grand Lake Theater , Wanda Johnson, the mother of Oscar Grant, will be watching it for the third time. She expects it once...
View Article3 Parachute Off Trump Tower After Break-In: Police
Three people broke into Chicago's Trump International Hotel and Tower overnight and jumped from the top of the building with parachutes, police said. The trio of BASE jumpers used "a cutting device to...
View ArticleMarines Walk 2,700 Miles for Wounded Vets
Two Marines have embarked on a four-month-long journey on foot from Camp Pendleton to Washington, D.C., to raise funds and awareness for the Wounded Warrior Project. By Wednesday, as Chris Senopole and...
View ArticleMenlo Park Girl, 12, Wins First Lady Lunch Award
A total of 54 health-conscious children - including a 12-year-old from Menlo Park - have won a prestigious award from the First Lady of Lunch herself as part of her "Let's Move!" initiative. Rose...
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