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The father of 24-year-old Dodgers fan Jonathan Denver, killed in San Francisco following an L.A.-Giants game last week, pleaded over the weekend for witnesses to come forward.
See also: After Murder of L.A. Fan, SFPD to Go Undercover in Dodgers Gear...
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A party apparently went out of bounds on the 101 freeway near Universal City when a 24-year-old man either jumped out of a bus or was ejected and ended up being fatally struck by traffic, authorities said.
The death on the southbound 101 freeway, no...
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That awesome proposal to start opening up L.A. freeway carpool lanes at night to all of us -- not just Prius drivers and party cars -- passed both the state assembly and senate.
See also: Bill That Would Open Carpool Lanes to All at Night Passes Leg...
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UCLA and SAG-AFTRA recently released a condemning report that shows LGBT actors believe they still face discrimination in the workplace, particularly by casting directors, directors, and producers.
"The survey results show both progress and indicati...
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Updated at the bottom: The plane is connected to an area real estate firm. A firefighter indicated there are no survivors. First posted at 8:25 p.m.
A twin-engine Cessna Citation crashed at Santa Monica Airport tonight, FAA spokesman Ian Gregor told...
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Only days after the city of West Hollywood enacted one of the nation's first bans on fur clothing, a local boutique called Mayfair House has filed suit in U.S. District Court.
See also: West Hollywood Fur Ban Hits on Last Day of Summer.
The store e...
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Added at the bottom: Details on some of the other defendants.
A judge today dismissed four embezzlement charges against rave promoter Pasquale Rotella.
See also: How Pasquale Rotella Built His Rave Empire.
A grand jury indicted Rotella, fellow dan...
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Obamacare is coming to an uninsured person near you starting Tuesday. If you were to believe the White House, it is the cure-all for skyrocketing health-care costs and unaffordable premiums.
And if you were to listen to the Republican party, which w...
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The end of summer DUI crackdown is behind us and it's time to breathe easy, right Angelenos?
Never! Think about it. Halloween is coming and the holidays aren't too far off. That's prime drunk-busting season, people. The LAPD is just getting warmed u...
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A bill sits on Jerry Brown's desk that might help predator teachers, maybe even an El Sereno Elementary School teacher who allegedly touched, fondled and kissed girls on the lips -- and had been arrested in 2010 for sexual battery, child annoyance an...
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For the first time ever a majority of Californians says it's time to legalize marijuana.
That, at least, is according to the Public Policy Institute of California. The organization's latest survey on "Californians & Their Government," released this ...
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Cheers "Crash of the Titans"
They auditioned to be the Doublemint Twins. They played ball with Sam Malone in a Cheers episode. And today they are the women of Dodger Fan Weekly, a weekly episodic web series created by fans for fans -- or, make th...
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It's been a long, strange trip for Nakoula Basseley Nakoula, the filmmaker behind the incendiary film Innocence of Muslims.
The anti-Islam C-movie trailer sparked outrage in the Muslim world and was said to have been the inspiration for a raid on th...
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Updated at the bottom: An arrest has been made. The Dodgers say the victim was the son of a team security guard. Plus, the mayor's office issues a statement. First posted at 2:05 p.m.
San Francisco police planned to beef up patrols in the city tonig...
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Mayor Eric Garcetti said this week that he would direct the Department of Water and Power to disclose how millions of dollars in ratepayer money is being spent at two "training institutes." The DWP has been unwilling or unable to account for the fina...
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An alleged Southern California criminal and troll used the online name "cutefuzzypuppy" and hacked into the computers of several females to capture nude webcam images, federal authorities say. They allege that he then threatened to post the photos on...
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Updated at the bottom with news that a person of interest has been arrested. First posted at 11:15 p.m. Wednesday.
As many as a half-dozen arson fires, including a blaze that damaged a strip mall and an adjacent apartment building, broke out along ...
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If, after a day of listening to immigrant-hating AM talk radio in Los Angeles, we quizzed you about L.A.'s fastest-growing ethnic group, you'd surely guess those border-crossing Latinos.
You'd be wrong.
A new report by the organization Asian Ameri...
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Buying a home in L.A. is already nuts as it is. It takes a median family income of $73,210 -- more than what 65 percent of American households take in -- to qualify for a median-priced, $380,890 residence in the market. And take a look at those $380,...
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From the beaches of La Jolla to the majestic mountains of the Angeles National Forest, from the Joshua trees of the Mojave desert to the gilded canyons off Mulholland Drive, Southern California is a beautiful place.
But, frankly, it can also be hell...
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