Ex-Pomona police officer trial: Victim describes creepy conversation
POMONA >> A 17-year-old Pomona girl testified in court Friday that a now former Pomona police officer went to her home in October 2014 and spent about 90 minutes in a conversation that at times...
View ArticleApple spars with DOJ over China allegations in iPhone dispute
Apple Inc.'s general counsel is using the words "false" and "ridiculous" to describe the federal government's claims that the company assisted China in accessing customer phone data but refuses to help...
View ArticleSan Jose officers shoot, wound man who fired at patrol cars
SAN JOSE >> Three San Jose police officers shot and wounded a man after he fired at their patrol cars with an assault rifle.Police Chief Eddie Garcia said the officers were responding to a call...
View Article4 wounded in Oakland party bus shooting; witnesses not cooperating
OAKLAND >> Gunmen in Northern California fired shots into a moving party bus early Saturday, wounding four and leaving authorities stumped because passengers refused to cooperate with the...
View Article26-year-old man arrested in connection with Iditarod crashes
ANCHORAGE, Alaska >> A man suspected of intentionally driving a snowmobile into teams of two mushers near the front of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race has been arrested in a Yukon River...
View Article124 arrested in L.A. County during sting targeting underage drinking
LOS ANGELES COUNTY >> Authorities arrested more than 400 people Saturday -- 124 of them in Los Angeles County alone -- during a statewide sting operation targeting adults who agree to buy alcohol...
View ArticleLA County sheriff warns children about dangers of sending 'nude selfies'
LOS ANGELES >> Decrying a wave of nude selfies being uploaded by children across America, the Los Angeles County sheriff sent an open letter warning children of the risk of snapping obscene...
View ArticleStolen West Covina police car spurs pursuit, ends in crash, officer-involved...
GLENDALE >> An officer-involved shooting resulted Sunday night after a West Covina police SUV crashed into a stolen police car in Glendale to end a high-speed pursuit across Los Angeles, West...
View ArticleTaxi driver shot to death in El Sereno robbery attempt is identified
LOS ANGELES -- Authorities today identified a taxi driver who was shot to death in an apparent robbery in El Sereno.The shooting was reported at Indiana Avenue and Worth Street at 9:35 p.m. Sunday,...
View ArticleMan accused of giving Orange County jail escapees beer and cash pleads not...
SANTA ANA -- A 41-year-old Westminster man pleaded not guilty today to helping three inmates after they escaped from an Orange County jail in January.Tung Nguyen, who was arrested Friday, is charged...
View ArticleFatal shooting of 12-year-old sends shockwave through San Bernardino...
SAN BERNARDINO >> Vincent Brewer sits on steps just outside his Orange Avenue apartment Monday morning watching a group of television news vans gather at a Circle K to report on the shooting...
View ArticleWhite ex-trooper pleads guilty in shooting of unarmed black man
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- A white former state trooper was led out of a South Carolina courtroom in handcuffs Monday after pleading guilty to a felony charge in the 2014 shooting an unarmed black driver...
View ArticleLA man gets 150 years in federal prison for raping, threatening girls in Russia
A Los Angeles man was sentenced Monday to 150 years in federal prison for raping a 12-year-old girl in Russia and threatening to sever her head.U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright II called Yuzef...
View ArticleSouth Pasadena Unified sued in case of ex-track coach sentenced for sexual abuse
Two women who allege they were sexually abused by a track coach while they were students at South Pasadena High School students are suing the school district, court papers obtained Monday show. The...
View ArticleNo DNA match on knife found at O.J. Simpson's former Brentwood home
LOS ANGELES -- DNA testing on a knife found buried on O.J. Simpson's estate has produced no matches, it was reported today.According to the celebrity news website TMZ.com, "microbes in the soil...
View ArticleBurbank street stabbing leaves 42-year-old critical as man and woman are...
BURBANK -- A 42-year-old man was stabbed on a street in Burbank and critically wounded, and police today sought public help to find his attackers.The attack occurred at intersection of First Street and...
View ArticleWanted: Serial robber who hit 15 banks in Long Beach, Lakewood and other areas
Authorities are asking for the public's help to find two men they say robbed 15 banks throughout Los Angeles County, including the Long Beach area, since November 2015. The majority of the robberies...
View ArticleGunman robs teen in Pasadena park
PASADENA >> A robber with a gun took an estimated $200 from a visitor at a local park Monday. Pasadena Police Lt. Mark Goodman said during the robbery, the suspect fired one shot into the ground....
View ArticleMan accused of punching bystanders, attempt carjacking in Sierra Madre
SIERRA MADRE >> Police believe a man was drunk and under the influence of drugs when he allegedly hit a car, attacked a pedestrian, punched a passenger in another car then tried to carjack that...
View ArticleOff-duty LAPD officer shoots men suspected of trying to burglarize his San...
An off-duty Los Angeles Police Department lieutenant shot two male suspects as they fled his San Gabriel home during a suspected attempted burglary Tuesday morning, authorities said.The lieutenant, who...
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