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Put us out of our misery already.
Associated Press reports that Major League Baseball will likely begin its long threatened Dodger takeover attempt by filing a motion in bankruptcy court that would seek to terminate the franchise.
In other words, t...
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It was every man's fantasy: His girlfriend called and wanted to have kinky sex. She slipped the handcuffs on him, but before it was over, she had allegedly cut him with a knife, hit him with the barrel of a shotgun, punched him, and dripped hot candl...
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Main Street Elementary, located across the street from where Mejia-Murillo was killed
By Ryan Deto
After gunfire was reported around 9:30 p.m. on January 21 in South L.A., police found the dead body of 24-year-old Latino man Gregorio Mejia-Murill...
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Don't strain a knuckle there, champ.
Was it something about the visit of modern-minded Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, currently in Vatican City for to receive a special wool pallium, that inspired Pope Benedict XVI to warble out his first T...
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Update: After a historic Dodgers victory last night, the court just approved McCourt's request to file the team for bankruptcy. But at this point, Dodger fans (fiercely loyal off the big win) won't be so easy to convince.
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Heredia was allegedly attempting a robbery outside this Canoga Park gas station.
By Annabel Martin
On January 18 at midnight, at the intersection of Roscoe and Topanga Canyon Boulevards, 17-year-old Latino boy Carlos Heredia Jr attempted to rob t...
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El Cid.
It's an age-old tale: Yuppies move into urban neighborhood because it has grit, nightlife, and diversity. Yupplies complain about said grit, nightlife and diversity.
Such is the case, it seems, around the venerable, decades-old El Cid res...
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The street where Jose Vera-Eugenio was killed
By Ryan Deto
A Latino man shot dead on January 17 was later identified as 21-year-old Jose Vera-Eugenio. Coroner's records show the victim sustained multiple gunshots to the head and torso. He was pro...
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Updated after the jump with angry arguments from the "Teach for America" camp, contrasted by the district's stern belief that they've done the right thing.
How to deal with the rude K-12 achievement gap in Los Angeles? District officials have a new ...
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There are all kinds of ways scumbags try to get your money (right, Bank of America?). But having a pit bull bite your ears off is a new potential revenue stream even for Wall Street.
Authorities allege that, after his 17-year-old son tried to strong...
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Just before midnight on January 17, 29-year-old black man Benjamin Jackson was allegedly stabbed in the neck by his common-law wife (they were married, but not officially) after a domestic dispute at their Green Meadows home on the 800 block of East ...
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Molina.
If you're a public official involved in a sexting scandal, be sure to delete the pornographic material -- before they catch you.
Unfortunately for LAX executive Michael Molina, his data dump happened after he lost his job. He resigned in ...
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Nude intruders are weird. Drunk nude intruders are weirder. But drunk, (half) nude intruders who crawl into bed with 10-year-old girls and sort of just lay there, all silent and creepy, are the stuff of Guillermo del Toro's nightmares. One traumatize...
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The 53-hour closure of L.A.'s -- and America's -- busiest freeway from July 15 to July 17 is becoming somewhat of an Internet sensation. (We should have known: Combine end-of-the-world jokes with catchy traffic hashtags, and you've got viral gold.) T...
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California, a global top 10 economy if it were a country, has problems. Unemployment, failing classrooms, and a multi-billion-dollar deficit. Important stuff.
But local state Sen. Ted Lieu knows what the real enemy is: Tanning. Because nobody likes ...
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But maybe the most trouble-free way to become a homegrown slanger of fine cannabis is to practice doing it online. No LAPD raids. No gangsters shooting you. And no getting high on your own supply.
The geniuses at Showtime have come up with just such...
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The scene of the rescue.
Here's a little tip for you: If flames erupt beneath you as you're driving your car, try not to lock the doors. In fact, the opposite action would be apropos: Unlock them. Take your seatbelt off. Get out. Stuff like that. ...
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The street where Nahun Chavez was killed
By Ryan Deto
A Latino man who was shot to death on January 17 was later identified as 34-year-old Nahun Chavez. LAPD officers were notified of the crime by someone who found Chavez on the ground outside a ...
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A kiss in Vegas.
See our EDC slideshow of photos here. Reporting from Las Vegas.
As expected, things mellowed out on the third day of Electric Daisy Carnival's massive three-day rave fest in Las Vegas over the weekend. While organizers claimed 80...
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Update: Police confirm they're looking into the cell-phone-recorded confrontation.
As Santa Cruz paramedic Bryan Stow slowly recovers in a NorCal hospital (good news: The Giants fan has improved from "critical" to "serious" since transferring from L...
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