Egypt plane drama ends: hijacker arrested, passengers freed
LARNACA, Cyprus -- An Egyptian man who hijacked an EgyptAir plane during a routine domestic flight to Cairo and forced it to land on the island of Cyprus on Tuesday has surrendered and was taken into...
View ArticleMan arrested after escaping custody at Pasadena In-N-Out, stealing police car
PASADENA >> A 52-year-old man who police were trying to arrest for threatening to shoot people at a hamburger stand in Pasadena managed to break free, steal a police cruiser and lead officers on...
View ArticleSan Bernardino woman in bizarre, viral Rowland Heights car crash video now a...
ROWLAND HEIGHTS >> A San Bernardino woman accused of abandoning a stolen car while high on drugs, allowing it to roll downhill and into opposing traffic in a bizarre Rowland Heights crash...
View ArticleFederal lawsuit claims Palos Verdes Estates surfers are a criminal street gang
A federal class-action lawsuit filed Tuesday against the Lunada Bay Boys, a group of territorial Palos Verdes Estates surfers known for intimidating visitors from their beloved coastal bluff, argues...
View ArticleMan knocked unconscious, cell phone stolen on Pasadena sidewalk
PASADENA >> A man walking on a sidewalk Tuesday was struck in the head and robbed of his cell phone, police said.The victim, an 18-year-old man, was traveling southbound on El Molino Ave. at the...
View ArticleJurors hear testimony from alleged co-conspirator in Paul Tanaka corruption...
Jurors in the criminal corruption trial of former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka heard for the first time Tuesday from one of Tanaka's alleged co-conspirators about specific actions taken to hide an inmate...
View ArticleObama shortens prison sentences for 61 drug offenders, including Compton man
President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday including more than a third serving life sentences, working to give new energy to calls for overhauling the U.S....
View ArticleMan found shot to death inside car trunk in Monterey Park identified
MONTEREY PARK >> Coroner's officials Wednesday released the name of a 30-year-old man found shot to death in the trunk of a parked car in Monterey Park last week.The body of Min Gu was discovered...
View ArticleSan Dimas man who ran Ontario tool company pleads guilty to $9 million fraud...
LOS ANGELES >> A San Dimas man who served as vice president of an Ontario tool wholesale company on Wednesday admitted to federal charges of defrauding a Pasadena-based bank out of more than $9...
View ArticleWitness testifies Paul Tanaka was 'in charge' of corruption scheme
For the second day in a row, witnesses in Paul Tanaka's criminal corruption trial described how the former Los Angeles County undersheriff allegedly ordered subordinates to hide an inmate from federal...
View ArticleTeenage girl attacked, robbed at Pasadena park
PASADENA >> A man attacked a teenage girl and robbed her at knifepoint at Memorial Park in Pasadena late Wednesday, authorities said.A 17-year-old Los Angeles girl was walking through the park,...
View Article2 killed, 3 hurt in Pasadena crash
PASADENA >> A driver and his passenger died and three others were injured after a car and a sport utility vehicle collided at an intersection Wednesday morning, police said.The car ended up...
View ArticleKidnapping suspect in unincorporated East LA area is shot and killed by deputies
EAST LOS ANGELES -- A man wanted in a kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon case who was holed up inside a residence in an unincorporated section of East Los Angeles was shot and killed by...
View ArticleBody found in car near Pasadena
PASADENA - A man was discovered dead of an apparent gunshot wound in a parked car Thursday morning.Lt. Ronald Daily of the Sheriff's Temple station said it appears to be a suicide.The car was parked at...
View ArticleACLU investigates complaints of wrong eye drops used on Los Angeles County...
The ACLU is investigating the treatment of visually impaired inmates inside the Twin Towers Jail after complaints the medical staff allegedly used the wrong eye drops."My vision started becoming very...
View ArticleMonterey Park woman stabbed 25 times; husband detained
MONTEREY PARK >> Police detained a man after his wife was found lying in the street nude and suffering from two-dozen stab wounds in front of their Monterey Park home late Thursday, officials...
View ArticlePaul Tanaka expected to testify in his criminal corruption trial
Paul Tanaka, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, may take the stand to testify in his own defense during his criminal corruption trial, his attorney said...
View ArticleHammer attacker sought in East LA
LOS ANGELES -- Sheriff's investigators were trying to track down a man today who used a hammer-like weapon to seriously injure two people in separate unprovoked attacks within a few blocks and hours of...
View ArticleFamily asks judge to declare Robert Durst's missing ex dead
Associated PressNEW YORK -- Family of the ex-wife of troubled New York real estate heir Robert Durst have asked a judge to declare her legally dead 34 years after she was last seen.In affidavits filed...
View ArticlePico Rivera pedestrian killed by car in Whittier
WHITTIER -- A 74-year-old pedestrian who got knocked down by a car backing out of a parking lot later died at a hospital Friday, police said.Authorities have not released the pedestrian's name. Police...
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