Four Los Angeles police officers were caught on cell phone camera taking down 20-year-old Ron Weekley Jr. in front of his home on Monday night, KTLA-TV reports. RELATED: Sign NewsOne’s Petition To Fight Back Against Police Brutality One of those officers is shown clearly punching Weekley in the face, even though his hands were behind […]
CARSON, Calif. — Classes are proceeding normally amid heightened security at a Los Angeles-area high school where eight students were injured in a courtyard brawl. Los Angeles Unified School District spokeswoman Monica Carazo says that 10 extra patrol cars from the district’s police department are at the campus of Carson High School on Thursday, but […]
LOS ANGELES-Michael Niccole, a California plastic surgeon has revealed that he gave his daughter a unique gift for her 18th birthday. Niccole admitted to ABC News that he personally performed breast implant surgery on his daughter, Brittani Nicole as a gift to her. The father, who also has given his daughter plastic surgery on her […]
LOS ANGELES — A former Los Angeles elementary school teacher was arrested after he allegedly gagged and made bondage photos of nearly two dozen children — possibly inside a classroom, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday. A department statement said Mark Berndt, 61, was arrested at his Torrance home on Monday and remained […]
LOS ANGELES-Police shot and killed a man armed with a crowbar outside of a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Monterey, California. Police were called to the restaurant after reports that a man was breaking windows with a crowbar. At first, police officers tased the individual, which resulted in the unidentified man approaching a police officer with […]
LOS ANGELES — An investigation unfolding near the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles is playing out like a gory movie script, as police worked to identity a man whose body was found in parts over the past two days – first a head on Tuesday, then two hands and two feet on Wednesday. On […]
The Los Angeles City Council approved an ordinance today that makes it mandatory for porn actors to wear condoms on location shoots in the city. SEE ALSO: Romney The Flip-Flopper In a near unanimous vote of 9-1, the City Council approved the measure at a meeting today, according to a report in the LA Weekly. […]
SANTA ANA, Calif. — A 23-year-old Iraq War veteran has been charged with the stabbing deaths of four homeless men in a rampage that terrorized Southern California for weeks, prosecutors said Tuesday. No decision had been made about whether prosecutors will seek the death penalty against former Marine Itzcoatl (its-KWAH-tel) Ocampo, authorities said. Each victim […]
In cities all across the country, there are a number of special events scheduled during this year’s observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. RELATED: How To Talk With Your Kids About Dr. King’s Death Of course, you can attend a local parade today. However, there are also concerts, special movie screenings, prayer services and […]
LOS ANGELES — A deputy charged with smuggling heroin inside a burrito into a courthouse jail was initially kicked out of the Sheriff’s Department training academy after a bumbling performance that was captured by Fox TV cameras for a reality show, a newspaper reported Friday. Henry Marin later returned to the academy and became a […]
LOS ANGELES — A community center in L.A.’s notorious Rampart area is helping teenagers stay out of trouble by giving them a creative outlet. A program at the community center, “Sessions LA” use hip-hop and deejay culture to teach them how to make beats using digital technology. CNN reports: Huang eventually moved to Los Angeles, […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four more car fires broke out in the Los Angeles area New Year’s Eve, leaving authorities to probe for any links to a series of arson blazes that burned dozens of cars and spread to some structures in recent days. SEE ALSO: America’s Drunkest Cities In a sobering counterpoint to the […]
