Orlando shooting stirs Dec. 2 memories for emergency doctors
After the San Bernardino mass shootings, Dr. Michael Neeki told his colleagues that such events would continue. But he wasn't ready for the scale of the attack in Orlando."Utter disbelief," he said of...
View ArticleDoctor in Orlando nightclub shooting remembers chaotic first hours
ORLANDO, Fla. >> He knew it was bad when he heard the tone in Dr. Chadwick Smith's voice on the other end of the line. The conversation took less than 10 seconds."I have 20 gunshot victims,"...
View Article31 suspects linked to Santa Fe Springs' Canta Ranas gang arrested in morning...
A multi-agency task force on Tuesday arrested 31 members and associates of a Santa Fe Springs gang on federal racketeering charges as part of a three-year investigation.Members of the Canta Ranas gang,...
View ArticleFBI looking at what Orlando gunman's wife knew of attack plan
ORLANDO, Fla. >> The murky picture of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen grew more complex Tuesday with word that the FBI is investigating whether he had been a regular at the gay dance club he attacked...
View Article'Original Night Stalker,' active across California, eludes police for 30 years
SACRAMENTO >> Authorities announced a $50,000 reward Wednesday as they renewed their search for an elusive serial killer they say committed at least 12 homicides, 45 rapes and dozens of...
View ArticleWhat's half a taxi and half a police cruiser?
GLENDALE -- A "police taxi" with a distinctive paint job is being deployed around the city of Glendale to discourage people from drinking and driving, police said todayThe front half of the Ford Crown...
View ArticleWoman accused of abducting sons in El Monte arrested in Temecula
EL MONTE >> Police Wednesday found and arrested a Riverside County woman accused of abducting her two sons during a monitored visitation in El Monte last month and recovered the children unharmed...
View ArticleIndiana man with arsenal, explosives on way to Pride parade charged with...
The man accused of carrying an arsenal of weapons and explosives in his car on the way to the L.A. Pride parade was charged Wednesday with having sex with a preteen girl in a car in Jeffersonville,...
View ArticleOrlando nightclub shooter raged against 'filthy ways of the west'
ORLANDO, Fla. >> Orlando gunman Omar Mateen apparently made a series of Facebook posts before and during his attack on a gay nightclub, raging against the "filthy ways of the west" and blaming...
View ArticleDetails emerge about wife of Orlando nightclub shooter
RODEO, California >> She was a sweet, pretty California girl with Palestinian roots who left an arranged marriage only to find love with a man who committed the worst mass shooting in modern U.S...
View ArticleWhy AR-15 style weapons are used in mass shootings
The rifle used in the attack that killed 49 people and wounded 53 others in Orlando wasn't an AR-15, but it shared characteristics with the guns used in mass shootings such as those in Newtown,...
View ArticleObama heads to Orlando, just like he's done for other cities devastated by...
ORLANDO, Fla. >> He's coming, just as he did 17 days after the mass shooting in San Bernardino, which left 14 dead. He's coming, just as he did two days after 12 were killed in Aurora. He's...
View Article'Stairway to Heaven' creator Jimmy Page faces questions of song origin
Guitarist Jimmy Page testified Thursday he couldn't identify the musical elements of the sheet music for the Spirit song "Taurus" that he is accused of lifting for the intro to Led Zeppelin's "Stairway...
View ArticleDemocratic senator wages filibuster, claims progress on gun control
WASHINGTON -- A Democratic senator who mourned the loss of 20 children in his home state of Connecticut waged a roughly 15-hour filibuster into the early hours Thursday, asserting as he yielded the...
View ArticleOrlando nightclub gunman apparently searched Facebook during attack
ORLANDO, Fla. -- While his victims texted heartbreaking last words to loved ones from the blood-drenched bathrooms, Omar Mateen apparently went on Facebook to measure the shockwaves his attack on a gay...
View ArticleFive San Gabriel Valley cities listed among 50 safest in California
LA PUENTE >> For the third year running, La Puente has been named one of the 50 safest cities in California by security organization Safe Wise.The city earned the 48th spot on the SafeWise...
View ArticleInglewood shooting victim Joshua Williams played football for Oregon State
INGLEWOOD -- Joshua Williams, the 24-year-old man shot to death in Inglewood Tuesday, was a former college football player who played linebacker for the Oregon State Beavers.A tweet from the team's...
View ArticlePacific Design Center evacuated after criminal threat
The Pacific Design Center was evacuated Thursday morning after someone made a criminal threat against the West Hollywood complex.Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department units responded to the scene,...
View ArticleGang member gets 50 years for killing Gabrielino High senior
A Rosemead gang member will be spending the next 50 years in prison for shooting and killing a San Gabrielino High School student 11 years ago in a fatal case of mistaken identity.Authorities said the...
View ArticleTaxi driver robbed, slashed with knife in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A taxi passenger turned into an armed robber late Wednesday when he slashed the cabbie with a knife while trying to skip out on the fare in Pasadena, police said.The crime took place...
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