Police: Ex-con accidentally shoots self, waitress inside Pasadena Denny's
PASADENA >> An ex-con shot and wounded himself, and grazed a waitress with a bullet, when a gun he was carrying went off accidentally inside a Pasadena Denny's restaurant on Saturday night,...
View ArticleDriver carjacked in South El Monte
SOUTH EL MONTE >> A driver warming up his Honda Civic lost his vehicle to a carjacker Monday morning.Sgt. James Long of the sheriff's Temple station said the driver wasn't injured during the 5...
View ArticleHundreds gather at USC to mourn slain professor
LOS ANGELES - Hundreds of USC students, faculty members and administrators gathered in the center of campus today in remembrance of a professor who was fatally stabbed, allegedly by a student who is in...
View ArticleFake news story led gunman to popular DC pizzeria, police say
WASHINGTON - The bizarre rumors began with a leaked email referencing Hillary Clinton and pizza parties. It morphed into fake online news stories about a child sex trafficking ring operating out of a...
View ArticleEmployees put in freezer during Rosemead warehouse robbery
ROSEMEAD >> An armed robber and his accomplice put three warehouse employees in a walk-in freezer then fled with cash and a cellphone belonging to one of the workers on Monday morning.Authorities...
View ArticleJury selection for ex-Sheriff Lee Baca's corruption case to continue Tuesday
Jury selection in the jail corruption trial of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca began on Monday and is expected to continue Tuesday.Jurors are being selected among a pool of 150 people, who...
View ArticleLA on alert after warning of plot to detonate device at Universal City Metro...
Authorities have stepped up security after the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force learned of a specific but "uncorroborated" terrorist threat to detonate a device at the Metro Red Line's Universal City...
View ArticleMan who shot ex-USC player Joe McKnight is charged with manslaughter
HARVEY, La. - The man who fatally shot ex-NFL player Joe McKnight during a road rage dispute has been arrested and jailed on a manslaughter charge, records show.Ronald Gasser, 54, was arrested late...
View ArticleUSC graduate student charged in campus stabbing death of professor
A USC graduate was charged with stabbing to death a psychology and neuroscience professor on campus last week, authorities said on Tuesday.
View Article'We have to be brave': Passengers ride security-heavy Metro Red Line amid threat
Universal City >> A heavy security presence blanketed the Metro Red Line Universal City Station early today - one day after authorities disclosed a specific but uncorroborated threat to detonate...
View ArticleJury seated for former LA County Sheriff Lee Baca's corruption trial
LOS ANGELES >> A jury of six men and six women was seated Tuesday in the federal corruption trial of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca.The selection of a dozen jurors, plus alternates,...
View ArticlePasadena gang member accused of kidnapping, assaulting San Bernardino woman
SAN BERNARDINO >> A Pasadena gang member was arraigned Tuesday afternoon in court on charges alleging he carjacked, kidnapped and assaulted a woman, took her to Pasadena and then let her go in...
View ArticleFBI says no evidence to verify LA Metro bomb threat was credible
The FBI said late Tuesday that investigators found no evidence to verify that a bomb threat to L.A.'s subway system was credible.The FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force announced Monday evening a specific...
View ArticleWoman raped in Pasadena, police searching for suspect
PASADENA >> A woman was raped after possibly being given an unknown substance in the predawn hours Tuesday, authorities said.Pasadena Police officers responded to a call of a woman screaming at 3...
View ArticleProsecutors call ex-Sheriff Lee Baca 'heartbeat' of jail conspiracy
As opening statements got underway in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday in the jail corruption trial of former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, federal prosecutors described Baca as "the heartbeat" of...
View Article210 Freeway reopens, deputies arrest man who threw object on carpool lane
PASADENA >> Authorities closed the Lake station of the Metro Gold Line and both sides of the 210 Freeway at Lake Avenue Wednesday after a man drew suspicion for getting on and off trains then...
View ArticleWest Covina councilman sentenced for driving under the influence of crystal meth
WEST COVINA >> A judge ordered Councilman Mike Spence to three years' probation after he pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to driving under the influence of methamphetamine.Spence, 50, was charged...
View ArticlePolice arrest Pasadena man accused of molesting teen girl
PASADENA >> Police jailed a 19-year-old Pasadena man Tuesday on suspicion of molesting a 13-year-old girl in the preceding days, authorities said.Police arrested Julio Robles-Castaneda of...
View ArticleDriving-while-stoned pot test gets renewed push from Assemblyman Tom Lackey
With recreational cannabis legal in California, state leaders are taking another stab at letting law enforcement test the saliva of people suspected of driving under the influence of...
View ArticleMontebello police release video of burglary suspect who stole $40,000 worth...
MONTEBELLO >> Hoping to identify a burglary suspect, police released Thursday a surveillance video of a man who broke into a home last month and stole about $40,000 worth of items that include...
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