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  Gregory Meyer and Richard Fox -- L.A. County Medics -- Die in Yosemite Waterfall Accident

  The bridge where two Whittier meds were swept away at 8 a.m. Wednesday. Updated after the jump: Meyer's wife says her husband was trying to save Fox's life when the two were swept away. Two Whittier men in their 50s who worked in the emergency ro...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on July 1, 2011 @ 10:55 am

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  SoCal Should Secede From NorCal, Says Riverside County Supervisor Jeff Stone

  God, Riverside County is so weird. It's the kind of place where Bachelorette contestants turn up dead in the desert and reclusive old women hoard $2 million moon rocks from the feds. And the kind of place where crazy Republican politicians think they...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on July 1, 2011 @ 9:45 am

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  Calling Afghanistan: L.A. Schoolkids Try to Bridge a Gulf

  The linkup at Windward School Teenagers spend a lot of time talking on the phone. But not too many of them get to call their peers in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan. A handful of teens from Windward School, a charter school in West L.A., rece...

  @ The Informer by Gendy Alimurung on July 1, 2011 @ 9:00 am

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  John Nolte, Hollywood Writer, Calls L.A. 'a Big, Fascist, One-Story Ghetto'

  Such a ghetto. It's hard to passionately disagree with a piece and nod in agreement with it almost at the same time. But that's our honest reaction to Hollywood writer/director John Nolte's Dear John letter to Los Angeles. After eight years in L....

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on July 1, 2011 @ 8:01 am

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  Black Santa Monica High Student Says Wrestling Teammates Hung Noose, Chained Him to Locker, Shouted 'Slave for Sale!'

  Updated after the jump: The L.A. County Sheriff is now investigating administrators who knew about the hate crime and didn't report it to police -- technically breaking the law. Looks like there's still some unabashed racism in paradise: The Los Ang...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on June 30, 2011 @ 7:30 pm

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  Christine Dahab, Drunk Driver Who Plowed Through Group of 'Midnight Ridazz,' Gets off With Misdemeanor

  A witness photo from the scene. One thing we've learned from living in L.A.: Don't mess with bikers. (We don't mean biker bikers -- we know those greasy, ear-splitting "fags" are really just big softies beneath all that passive-aggressive lane cha...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on June 30, 2011 @ 6:15 pm

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  Is Whitey Bulger Southern California's Bank-Robbing 'Geezer Bandit?'

  Bulger vs. Geezer. Is Whitey Bulger Southern California's famous "Geezer Bandit" bank robber? The notorious Boston mob boss portrayed by Jack Nicholson in The Departed did allegedly have $800,000 in cash stashed in his rent-controlled Santa Monic...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on June 30, 2011 @ 5:14 pm

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  'Frankrupt' T-Shirts Debut, Dodgers' Paychecks Bounce -- This Is the End for Frank McCourt

  Bow out now, and we won't write it on your tombstone. "Frank is a carcass on the ground at this point, and MLB is the buzzard circling the body," reads the Vanity Fair piece today on Dodgers owner Frank McCourt. Though we've been saying it since ...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on June 30, 2011 @ 5:00 pm

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  Clamor Over Venice 311

  Last the world heard from Dawna Chaet, known around Venice as Boston Dawna, she was being crowned the "Batman of Venice Beach" by a charmed Associated Press writer from out of town. The burly, middle-aged brunette was packing up the sex-shop handcuf...

  by Simone Wilson on August 25, 2011

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  Bogus Bike Plan

  Readers sounded off on our story about the major problems facing the city's new bike lane plan ("L.A. Bike Plan Troubles," by Ryan Deto, Aug. 19). Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa claimed that passage of the 1,600-mile plan would usher in a new bike-frie...

  on August 25, 2011

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  Pasadena Thief Buys Cookies at Subway, Leaves With Entire Cash Register

  In the realm of chain-restaurant robbers, the guy who stuck up a Subway in Pasadena last night was somewhat of a walking disaster [Pasadena Star News]. First, according to Pasadena Police Lieutenant Rodney Wallace, the man strolled into the 24-hour ...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on June 30, 2011 @ 4:45 pm

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  Carmageddon: Eric Estrada Steps up For PSA Video on 405 Closure

  In the overkill media campaign that is Carmageddon, the folks at Metro are really starting to bring out the big guns to make sure you know the 405 freeway through West L.A. and the Sepulveda Pass will be off limits on the weekend of July 16. That's ...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on June 30, 2011 @ 4:36 pm

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  Despite L.A. City Ban, New Pot Dispensaries Reportedly Open in Studio City, North Hollywood

  Officially -- and that's the key word here -- only about 100 pot shops in L.A. are supposed to eventually survive. That's what would remain from about 550 or so that existed in the city last year. The dispensaries, eligible to stay only if they were ...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on June 30, 2011 @ 3:14 pm

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  Vicki Yildirim, L.A. Homicide No. 23: Woman Stabbed to Death Over Money Dispute in South L.A.

  Vicki Yildirim By Ryan Deto In the early morning of January 27, 45-year-old Vicki Yildirim was found bleeding in a courtyard in the 500 block of West Century Boulevard. City News Service reported that she suffered one stab wound to the chest an...

  @ The Informer by LA Weekly on June 30, 2011 @ 2:09 pm

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  4th of July DUI Checkpoints Waiting For You in L.A., But You Can Avoid All That And Get a Free 'Tipsy Tow'

  Don't be a Lohan. Yes, there will be fireworks going off in your head this holiday weekend. We know our LA Weekly readers. But don't be a Lohan and stumble or, worse, get your ass busted for DUI. And, frankly, as you celebrate our quasi-independ...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on June 30, 2011 @ 2:01 pm

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  Carmageddon Q&A: Will It Suck? Yes It Will.

  Isn't there an AIM bot for this? It's the last day of June, with two weeks left to go until the worst freeway closure of all time: Ten miles of the 405, the busiest roadway in the U.S., will shut down for 53 hours. At this point, people are eithe...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on June 30, 2011 @ 1:45 pm

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  Jose Duarte, Who Worked With Boys From Westside to South L.A., Molested at Least Three Kids, Cops Allege

  Duarte. A boys soccer coach was charged with child molestation this week and, unfortunately, authorities say the suspect had access to lots of kids. In fact, 42-year-old Jose Duarte coached teams at MacArthur Park, nearby Vista Hermosa Park, and ...

  @ The Informer by Dennis Romero on June 30, 2011 @ 1:15 pm

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  Esquivel Castillo, L.A. Homicide No. 22: Man Dies Eight Days After Brutal Beating

  Esquivel Castillo By Ryan Deto A middle-aged Latino man was severely injured after being assaulted on January 17 in Central-Alemeda just after midnight. After being hospitalized at County-USC Medical Center for eight days, Esquivel Castillo died ...

  @ The Informer by LA Weekly on June 30, 2011 @ 11:36 am

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  Kate and Wills Do Los Angeles: The Royal Itinerary

  Might as well just get this out of the way now. You either want to follow the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, formerly known as Prince William and Kate Middleton, around L.A. like creepy red-coat sympathizers (the weekend after Independence Day, no le...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on June 30, 2011 @ 11:20 am

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  Keith Hasson, Most-Wanted Kingpin of $20 Million Drug Ring, Busted by U.S. Marshal in Woodland Hills

  These larger-than-life crime bosses, man -- they sure love to play house among the L.A. gentry. Whitey Bulger, before last week's big FBI bust, chose to spend post-mafia life strolling Santa Monica's Promenade, scaring off nice old ladies in his sunn...

  @ The Informer by Simone Wilson on June 30, 2011 @ 10:00 am