Expert Gives Safety Advice to Mexico Travelers
Last week, a Mormon mother of seven from Arizona was released from Mexican jail after being accused of trying to smuggle several pounds of marijuana on a bus. The drugs were taped beneath her seat,...
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Feds Raid SoCal Senator's Capitol Office
FBI agents served search warrants at the Capitol office of a Southern California senator and the Latino Caucus, the Senate's sergeant of arms said Tuesday evening. "This afternoon, agents from the...
View ArticleInvestors Taking Advantage of Hot IE Home Market
Home sales are skyrocketing in the Inland Empire, but it's starting to hurt the average buyer. Experts say while there are homes for sale, Wall Street investors are scooping up anything that hits the...
View ArticleMeat Prices Rising in Time for Summer Holidays
Higher prices for corn and feed combined with weather are hurting Midwestern farms, causing the smallest cattle herds in 60 years. This is affecting local meat counters with prices increasing just as...
View ArticleFamily Seeks $10 Million in Deputy Shooting
The family of a Lynwood man who was fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy is seeking $10 million in a wrongful death claim against the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Edgar Villareal died April 9...
View ArticleLawmakers Vote to Keep Sandy Hook Crime Images Private
Early this morning, Connecticut lawmakers approved a bill that will block photos and videos investigators took at the Sandy Hook school shooting crime scene from being released to the public. The bill,...
View ArticleLaw Would Make "Revenge Porn" a Crime
A law that would punish scorned ex-lovers who post online nude images of their former partners passed the Senate Public Safety Committee Tuesday. Senate Bill 255 would give California law enforcement...
View Article1,300-Pound Shark Caught Off of LA Coast
Fishers on a boat out of Huntington Beach caught a potentially world record-breaking mako shark that weighed 1,323.5 pounds Tuesday morning. The massive shark took two and a half hours to reel in and...
View ArticleDoctor Charged with Sexual Assaults
A Los Angeles doctor has been charged with sexually assaulting at least four female patients between December 2010 and February of this year, authorities said Tuesday. Dr. Steve Leong, 58, was arrested...
View ArticleCall for Agency Audit After Boy's Death
Two members of the California Assembly will call for an audit of Child Protective Services in three counties after the torture death of an 8-year-old Palmdale boy and other recent child abuse cases....
View ArticleCameras, Face Detection and Your Data
Experts say that technology like Cara, a facial detection software program that turns any web cam into a face detection system, can scan dozens of faces up to 25 feet away, and determine gender and age...
View ArticleRecord-Setting Powerball Jackpot Winner Has Claimed Prize
The sole winner of the record-setting $590.5 million Powerball jackpot has claimed the prize, the Florida Lottery said Wednesday. The lottery will hold a press conference at 2 p.m. to give details...
View Article13 Rescued in Philadelphia Building Collapse, 1 Trapped
A building in downtown Philadelphia has collapsed crushing a nearby structure. Authorities have rescued 13 people and say at least one remains trapped beneath the rubble. “I was parked on 21st just...
View ArticleBell Tolls for Employee in Taco Shell-Licking Photo
Taco Bell announced that an employee seen licking a stack of taco shells at a Southern California restaurant in an image posted on Facebook will be fired. The company announced on its web site...
View ArticleThree Bears Enjoy Garbage Day Buffet
A mother bear and her two cubs knocked over trash bins Tuesday during their late-night search for food in the foothill communities of Monrovia and Arcadia The bears were caught on camera in the 2200...
View ArticleLucky 13th: LA River Ride
Most Angelenos will recall a day, not so far back in the distance, when the LA River was not in the headlines very often. Oh, maybe there were some op-eds lobbing words like "blight" about, and maybe...
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Girl, Suspect Found After Amber Alert
A toddler who was allegedly abducted by her father was found safe in Anaheim after authorities issued an Amber Alert for her on Wednesday morning. The father, Tony Nicholas, 35, allegedly used force...
View ArticleMS-13 Leaders Targeted by U.S.
The federal government on Wednesday designated six leaders of the violent street gang MS-13 -- founded in Los Angeles -- as international criminals, stepping up a crackdown on the sprawling U.S. and...
View ArticleIncreasing Gun Violence Burdens Chicago Hospitals
Chicago hospitals saw more homicides and victims of gun violence this year than car crash victims, an unusual proportion compared to previous years, new data shows. Over Memorial Day weekend, a...
View Article"Polite Bandit" Robbed Banks, Said "Thank You": Cops
The man police said was behind two bank robberies in Connecticut and two bomb scares on Tuesday referred to himself as the “polite bandit” in hold-up notes, according to court records. Police began...
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