COMPTON-Compton, California, a neighborhood once notorious for drugs, gangs and violence has seen a significant drop in crime. Yahoo News investigates why. With a huge drop in homicides in a historically crime-ridden part of Los Angeles County, longtime residents say they finally feel safe sitting on their front porches and visiting neighborhood parks. Compton, Calif., […]
LOS ANGELES — A gun in a 10th grader’s backpack went off Tuesday when he dropped the bag, wounding two students at his high school, police said.
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles police official says the two students wounded in a shooting at a high school were hit by one bullet that was fired when a gun in a backpack apparently went off by accident. Deputy Chief Patrick Gannon says a 15-year-old Gardena High student was shot in the head Tuesday […]
LOS ANGELES – Dozens of anti-gang police officers across the city are quitting their assignments over a requirement to reveal personal financial information under strict anti-corruption rules, The Associated Press has learned. Gang units in some of the city’s most violent neighborhoods are being left with multiple vacancies, with officers choosing instead to work regular […]
Los Angeles– Elgin Baylor is suing Clippers owner Donald Sterling for false termination. Baylor is claiming that Sterling refused to pay for African American talent and would offend African American players. ESPN reports: “During this same period, players Sam Cassell, Elton Brand and Corey Maggette complained to me that DONALD STERLING would bring women into […]
Los Angeles– CNN is reporting that new information in the case of the death of rapper Notorious B.I.G., real name Christopher Wallace’s death in Los Angeles in 1997, has reinvigorated that investigation: According to one law enforcement source, the investigation into the 13-year-old unsolved case was “reinvigorated” months ago as a result of new information, […]
LOS ANGELES – Graphic video footage obtained by the sheriff’s department shows several men sexually assaulting at least 10 profoundly disabled women, some of them in diapers, officials said Thursday. The assaults came to light when an unknown man dumped a bundle of 11 DVDs at the Los Angeles County sheriff’s station in March. Attached […]
LOS ANGELES– Los Angeles Clipper forward, Blake Griffin will participate in the Slam Dunk contest this year. Griffin leads the league with 81 dunks and already has an impressive highlight reel. Other participants will be JaVale McGee a 7-Foot Center from the Washington Wizards, Brandon Jennings, a 6-1 Point Guard from the Milwaukee Bucks and […]
A YouTube video that edited in several newscasts to show that Suge Knight was arrested for the killing of Tupac Shakur has gone viral, spreading false rumors that Knight was actually arrested. One clip was about a documentary on Tupac’s death and the other clip was one of Suge Knight being arrested in an unrelated […]
Rohan Marley, son of Bob Marley and the father of Lauryn Hill’s children was maced and assaulted by an of duty police officer in Los Angeles at the Club, Voyeur according to The Urban Daily. Sources say Rohan got into an argument and fight with another clubgoer and was restrained and maced by an off […]
Lonnie D. Franklin Jr. is charged with a string of killings in Los Angeles over 25 years. He was dubbed the “Grim Sleeper,” a serial killer who appeared to go on a three-year killing spree, paused for more than a decade and then began again.
Los Angeles (NBCNews)–Magic Johnson had some advice from up and coming business owners at a conference in Los Angeles designed to bring together investors and business owners from the inner city. NBC Los Angeles reports: “What you could do is rub elbows with them. Trade information. Tell them what you’re doing, what your business is, […]
