LA Middleman Folds In Middletown Meth Mega-Haul
A Los Angeles man has admitted he played a role in a massive methamphetamine shipment that authorities say was headed for Middletown, pleading guilty in federal court Tuesday to his part in moving roughly 305 pounds of the drug. Prosecutors say the meth was hidden in crates made to look like paver stones and tied to...
Long Beach Man Arrested After Shots Fired Near Carroll Park
A late-night clash between two acquaintances in Long Beach ended with a 23-year-old man in handcuffs after a shot was fired in the direction of another person, police said. No one was hit, but the incident brought officers racing to the streets just west of Carroll Park. According to the...
Judge Orders CarMax to Pay $1.1M
CarMax has agreed to pay $1.1 million to settle a consumer protection lawsuit prosecuted by multiple district attorneys’ offices, including Los Angeles County, alleging the company failed to timely transfer ownership of used vehicles to buyers, it was announced Wednesday. The case, brought by prosecutors in Los...
$8.71 a gallon? Welcome to L.A.’s most infamous gas station
The drab Chevron at the edge of Chinatown these days is charging nearly $9 a gallon, $3 more than the Los Angeles area's average of $5.72.
Protesters demand answers at heated Inglewood City Council meeting after Bryan Bostic’s death in...
Grief and frustration bubbled over during the meeting’s public comment section as roughly a dozen people spoke about Bostic and asked for more answers from the City Council. The post Protesters demand answers at heated Inglewood City Council meeting after Bryan Bostic’s death in police custody appeared first on LA...
Residents whose homes burned down in devastating California fires now hit with $23,000 HOA...
More than a year after the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles County history tore through the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains, residents of a luxury Altadena community are facing a new crisis – a $23,614 homeowners association (HOA) bill and just 34 days to pay it. The Eaton fire , one of two enormous...
A grenade killed three L.A. deputies. The widow of one says Sheriff’s Department failed...
One of three L.A. County Sheriff's deputies who died in a grenade blast last year was not formally trained to handle explosives, and was exposed to danger by colleagues who disobeyed department bomb protocols and treated the live munition as if it were inert, according to a legal claim filed by the deputy's widow.
Why Philippe the Original is removing the floor sawdust
A small change is coming to a traditional Los Angeles favorite. Philippe the Original on the edge of Los Angeles' Chinatown will no longer have sawdust on the floor, a small detail that was part of the experience at the French dip sandwich restaurant. In a Sawdust Update on its...
Aquarium of the Pacific mourns loss of giant Pacific octopus Ghost
Ghost had laid eggs and entered the final stage of her life cycle, called senescence, back in September and died a natural death on Tuesday, aquarium staff said.
Three Relatives Held Without Bail In Lynwood Boy’s Death
A Compton judge has ordered three relatives of a Lynwood boy found dead in a cooler to stay behind bars with no chance at bail, tightening the legal vise on a family already under intense scrutiny. The boy’s mother, Destiny Luckie Harrison, 25; his father, Daniel Alberto Monzon, 25; and his paternal grandmother, Ana...
