Teen Accused of Setting Mom's Home on Fire
An 18-year-old man was arrested for setting his mother's home on fire following an argument with family members in a Washington, D.C. suburb Friday morning, authorities said. The local Fire and EMS...
View ArticleLivingSocial Says Customer Accounts Hacked
LivingSocial, the D.C.-based daily deals site, says more than 50 million customer accounts may have been compromised by a cyberattack. Customers' names, email addresses, dates of birth and encrypted...
View ArticleAlleged Burglar Climbs Roof
A Venice neighborhood was locked down for several hours Friday as police surrounded a three-story apartment building after a suspected burglar climbed onto a roof to elude capture, officials said....
View Article2nd Blackface Video Linked to UC Irvine Fraternity
A second video showing at least one member of a UC Irvine fraternity wearing blackface surfaced online Friday following allegations from other students that the chapter has a history of racial...
View ArticleDisneyland Scam: Suspect Turns Himself In
A woman eager for a day of Disney-filled fun arrived to the Disneyland ticket gate only to find that her "park hopper" tickets she purchased from a stranger on Craigslist were phonies, according to...
View ArticleFriday Evening Earthquake Rattles South Bay
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake struck Southern California just before 8 p.m. Friday. The quake was centered about two miles southeast of Marina Del Rey at a depth of eight miles, according to the United...
View ArticleTeacher Accused of Sex Abuse at LA Charter School
A 55-year-old Downey man has been charged with sexually abusing three female students at a charter school where he teaches in the Los Angeles area. Juan Ramon Cardoza was arrested at his home...
View ArticleTaxi Video Sheds Light on Vegas Strip Shooting
Newly obtained video shows what occurred in the minutes before gunfire and a fiery crash claimed three lives in the heart of the Las Vegas strip in February. The video shows several encounters between...
View ArticleMarine Colonel Dismissed in Quantico Murder-Suicide Fallout
A commander who oversaw the school that employed three Marines killed in a murder-suicide in Virginia has been relieved of his job, the Marine Corps Times reported. Col. Kris J. Stillings will no...
View ArticleFuel Spill Could Keep Hwy 38 Closed for Weeks
A Southern California mountain highway was closed Friday – and could remain shut down for several weeks – after a tanker truck overturned, spilling some 10,000 gallons of fuel in the Angelus Oaks area,...
View ArticleSuspected Drunk Driver Arrested After Crashing into Bar
A suspected drunk driver is in custody after he crashed into a bar in Inglewood on Saturday morning, police said. The crash happened at the Beacon Cocktail Lounge at 950 W. Manchester Blvd. at 2 a.m....
View ArticleDeputies Allege Inmate Abuse Coverup
Two deputies who were part of a jail gang intelligence unit have sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, claiming they were harassed, retaliated against and maliciously prosecuted after they...
View ArticleCar Crashes Into Cemetery
A suspected drunk driver crashed his car into a San Diego cemetery on Friday night, according to police. The two car collision happened around 9 p.m. at Holy Cross Cemetery at 46th Street Hilltop...
View ArticleLocal Eateries Fundraise During #LAdrinks2Boston
Dozens of bars and restaurants across the Los Angeles region were donating proceeds of sales on Saturday to victims of the Boston bombings in an event dubbed #LAdrinks2Boston. Reggie Kumar reports from...
View ArticleMan Killed After Driver Sneezes, Crashes into Him
A Homestead man was struck and killed by a passing driver after the driver reportedly sneezed and crashed into him, police said. Victor Aguiar, 56, was pushing a disabled car on the side of Haverhill...
View ArticleGranada Hills H.S. Wins U.S. Academic Decathlon
Granada Hills Charter High School won its third consecutive U.S. Academic Decathlon competition Saturday, earning the Los Angeles Unified School District its 14th national title. After winning the...
View ArticleFire Concern Arises After Mountain Fuel Spill
After thousands of gallons of gasoline and diesel fuel were spilled on a crucial mountain roadway in the San Bernardino National Forest, nine truckloads of dirt have been removed Sunday in a cleanup...
View Article"Spider-Man" Wanted in Hollywood Street Robbery
There’s a rogue superhero on the loose in Hollywood. Police are on the hunt for Spider-Man after the masked web-slinger snatched a paper bag filled with $6,000 in cash and credit card information from...
View ArticleLawmaker Wants to Make Sports Betting Legal Here
It’s a debate that centers on how some people spend their money that could hit the Supreme Court: should sports betting be legal in states like California? State Senator Roderick Wright, a Democrat...
View ArticleBay Terraces Tragedy: Son Stabbed, Mother Shot by Officer
A witness to a fatal shooting Saturday described a tragic scene in which a knife-wielding woman warned a man that it was Judgment Day before she was shot and killed by a San Diego police officer. “We...
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