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Luxury Car Hit-And-Run Drivers Running Rampant in L.A.

Why are drivers of luxury cars in Los Angeles involved in a bloody binge of hit-and-run driving, leaving innocent victims for dead? Are rich folk out of their minds? This is felony manslaughter, not "oops." The city is offering a $50,000 reward to help find the driver of a silver or white Mercedes ... More >>

Beverly Hills Road Rage Has BMW Ram Bicyclist (VIDEO)

In Beverly Hills, they do everything big. Mansions are big. The retail prices on Rodeo Drive -- huge. The Mercedes-Benz G Class SUVs -- massive. So it's no wonder then, when road rage happens in the gilded city, it can be off the Richter scale:

Bicyclist Killed By Car Door In Hollywood

Bicyclists call it getting doored. And in this case, it was deadly. Los Angeles police last night said a 49-year-old bicyclist died after a BMW driver opened her door as he rode in a bike lane, striking the rider and ending his two-wheeled journey forever. It happened ...

BMW Jerks Are Happy Jerks, Study Says

The stereotype of L.A. BMW drivers as self-satisfied jerks (nothing personal, boss -- just reporting the news) just got some scientific ammunition. AXA insurance's 2012 annual Motoring Census found that drivers of Bravarian lovelies were the most likely to express "enjoyment" behind the wheel durin ... More >>

Ali Syed: Four Dead In Orange County Road Rampage

Updated at the bottom with the suspected shooter's identity. Headline has changed. First posted at 11:59 p.m. A man went on a shooting rampage in Orange County today, resulting in four dead and at least two wounded, authorities said. It's not immediately clear what motivated the attacks, which sta ... More >>

L.A. Hit-and-Run Crisis Uncovered by L.A. Weekly Prompts Official Demand for Answers from Charlie Beck and LAPD

Please read L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic and Victim Finds Hit-and-Run Driver Citing an L.A. Weekly probe that unveiled a hit-and-run crisis in Los Angeles, with drivers fleeing 48 percent of all crashes, Councilman Joe Buscaino asked the L.A. City Council to require LAPD to explain how it plan ... More >>

L.A.'s Bloody Hit-and-Run Epidemic

The city ignores a crisis of car-as-weapon crime in the streets

Deer Being Cut Up In Pacific Palisades Mistaken For Bloody Crime Scene

A Pacific Palisades local who spotted a blood-spattered man with a knife phoned 911, and responding police, seeing much of the same, called for backup. Was it a real-life Silence of the Lambs in the making? Not exactly: Turns out the guy was legally "dressing down" a deer that had been fatally str ... More >>

Richest Cities in California Slum For Rides, Prefer The Prius

California has more billionaires than just about anywhere in the world except the United States itself, China and Russia. Really. So, if you were to survey a couple of the Golden State's wealthiest communities, what car make do you think would enjoy top rates of ownership? Maybach? Maybe Ferrari? A ... More >>

Who Killed Katie Wilkins? L.A. Sheriff Says Pepperdine President's Son Can't Be Questioned, Despite Fingerprints

The family of Katie Wilkins, a 25-year-old aspiring graphic designer found dead in her parents' Malibu garage on Saturday, April 28, may never know exactly why or how she died. Based on syringe marks in Wilkins' arm and her drug history, L.A. County Sheriff's investigators are quite positive she ov ... More >>

USC Student Murders See Two Arrested

Updated throughout. Police arrested two suspects in the murders of USC grad students Ying Wu and Ming Qu, LAPD Lt. Andy Neiman told the Weekly. Details of the arrests were being made public at a news conference as we spoke, so he wasn't able to give us more information. The duo was gunned down .. ... More >>

Katie Wilkins, Malibu 25-Year-Old, May Have Overdosed on Heroin With Chris Benton, Pepperdine President's Son

Updated on Page 2: We speak with sheriff's detectives about Benton's role in all of this. Originally posted at 10 a.m. The young graphic designer found dead in her parents' Malibu mansion on the evening of Saturday, April 28, may have overdosed on heroin, L.A. County Sheriff's investigators tell t ... More >>

Katie Wilkins, 25-Year-Old Graphic Designer, Found Dead in Malibu Garage; BMW Missing

A young graphic designer described by her father as "well-liked" was found dead in the garage of her parents' house, where she was apparently staying, on Saturday night. The body of Katherine Jessie Wilkins (or Katie Wilkins), 25, was reportedly discovered by her brother Steve. But strangely, when ... More >>

Ying Wu, Ming Qu Murdered in BMW: Some in China Blame USC Grad Students for 'Showing off Their Wealth'

While hundreds of USC students and staff gathered at the Tommy Trojan statue last night to pay their respects to Ying Wu and Ming Qu -- the electrical-engineering grad students murdered early Wednesday morning -- a debate raged on Chinese news sites and comment boards over whether Wu and Qu were ask ... More >>

USC Murder: Chinese Graduate Students May Have Been Shot, Killed for Their BMW

Update: The Chinese grad students were reportedly studying electrical engineering. More police details and student reactions after the jump. A man and a woman murdered in their BMW near the USC campus this morning were graduate students from China, according to the LAPD. They are both thought to ha ... More >>

Stolen Ferrari, Mercedes, BMW Headed For Asia Seized at Port of L.A: PHOTOS

A Gone In 60 Seconds-style stolen car ring saw a shipment to Asia disrupted by federal authorities, who seized a near-new Ferrari and other vehicles, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced today. The 20-car haul at the port of Los Angeles/Long Beach was worth $1.5 million, according to a CBP ... More >>

Marie Hardwick, East L.A. Artist, Crippled by Hit-and-Run After LACMA Film Screening

A 24-year-old artist who lives in East L.A. was plowed down by a hit-and-run driver in a black BMW convertible on Sunday morning, according to friends on Facebook. LA Observed and CBS LA have since picked up the story -- a terrifying one, and all too characteristic of the thousands of hit-and-runs ... More >>

Tesla's $130,000 Roadster Could Become Giant Paperweight if Battery Dies

So you paid nearly $130,000 for your new, environmentally friendly, Ed Begley Jr.-orgasm-machine known as the Tesla Roadster: Al Gore will be stopping by any minute to give you an autographed driving glove. But while you're waiting for the ex-vice president to congratulate you for saving the planet ... More >>

Bud Bundy, Original Gangsta

David Faustino parlayed his Married ... With Children fame into a hugely influential hip-hop party. Now he wants back into the scene.

Teen Smash-And-Grab Robbery Suspect Arrested by LAPD With Help From His Own Parents

LAPDA Koreatown smash-and-grab.​Just be glad you're not this kid: A 17-year-old was arrested in connection with a smash-and-grab jewelry store robbery that happened downtown on July 12. And you know who cops say fingered him? His own parents. The teen wasn't identified because he's underage. ... More >>

David Schubert, Las Vegas Prosecutor Who Went After Paris Hilton For Cocaine Possession, Allegedly Caught With Crack

Las Vegas SunDavid Schubert, busted (allegedly).​He was the guy you least wanted to see if you were an L.A. partier in Vegas. He was the guy who prosecuted Paris Hilton and Bruno Mars for cocaine possession. And he's the guy Vegas cops say was caught buying crack cocaine over the weekend onl ... More >>

Beverly Hills BMW Moves Down Wilshire Blvd. to L.A: Shouldn't it be Called Miracle Mile BMW Then?

Mayor V. welcomes Beverly Hills BMW to L.A. Wednesday.​L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has been all a-Twitter this week about Beverly Hills' BMW's long-planned move down Wilshire Boulevard to the city of Los Angeles. Tweetith hizzoner this week: "Beverly Hills BMW is the first dealership to m ... More >>

L.A. Gangs in the News: Armenian Power vs. Asian Boyz, Discuss ...

Kevin DeanNot Associated Press' work.​Big news today for both the Armenian Power and Asian Boyz gangs in L.A. For AP, 74 accused members were charged with a debit-card scam said to be worth $20 million, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. For the Asian Boyz, its former leader, Mar ... More >>

Greens Vs. Big Oil and Prop. 23

To save California's global-warming law, a 23-year-old finds his rage — and 60,000 friends

Overturned School Bus Reported In Boyle Heights Outside First Street Elementary School

NBCLA via TwitpicOne person died in a Boyle Heights collision involving a school bus.​Updated after the jump with information about a third suspect. First posted at 3:29 p.m. One person was killed and 50 about 21 38 18 others sustained minor to moderate injuries in a three-vehicle collision ... More >>

This Weekend's Good Deed: Rising Songwriter Rocco DeLuca at "White Light White Night" Fundraiser

​[West Coast Sound's Lily Borghi points out this very special fundraiser happening this weekend:] "Rocco DeLuca will be headlining this Saturday's summer party, White Light White Night. It's the big annual fundraising event for Walk With Sally, a local non profit that provides mentoring progr ... More >>

The Many Names of Mariscos Guillen La Playita

Ben CalderwoodChicharron and asphalt​ It may have two or possibly three names, or no proper name at all--regulars call it the blue shack, and that will do nicely. Nothing at this cash-only Venice/Santa Monica taco stand is renegade, or even all that spicy. I fear a hissing shamble of Yelpers-- ... More >>

Johnny Strangerously: Malibu Car Surfer Turned Out To Be Famous Moutain Climber

LASD​That Malibu car surfer we told you about was no ordinary Spicoli. Turns out the teenager photographed atop the white BMW SUV cruising down Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Wednesday morning was none other than Johnny Strange, the mountain climber known for being the youngest person to scal ... More >>

Torture, Lies and Louis XIII Cognac

A tale of falling home prices

LAPD Eschews 'Made In America' For German Driving Machines

code2high.comLAPD's favored, two-wheeled, ultimate driving motorcycle.​For its latest order of motorcycles, the Los Angeles Police Department eschewed longtime supplier Harley-Davidson and instead chose lighter, more lithe BMW bikes, ordering more than 60 of the German marque's R1200 RT-Ps. I ... More >>

Cars You Should Steal (Why Do Burglars Always Target The Good Ones?)

Car burglars have been stripping BMWs of pricey parts on the Westside, Miracle Mile and Mid-Wilshire in recent months, prompting cops in the Los Angeles Police Department's Wilshire Division to be on the lookout. Authorities say about 50 BMW 3 and 5 series cars have been burglarized, mostly for airb ... More >>

Sunset Junction's Gentrification Boast

From the Read and Weep Dept. Check out Michael McKinley's moment of malarial disconnect on the Eastsider L.A. blog, where he claims credit for Silver Lake's coincidentally going yupscale during the years of the McKinley-helmed Sunset Junction Street Fair:"When we first started, it was $200,000 house ... More >>

No Sign of BMW Dealership on Flattened Wilshire Space

"Build it and they will come." Maybe, but first you have to build the thing. As it is, finds Curbed L.A., all that a local BMW dealership has dug is "two bald construction spots on Wilshire Blvd." A planned dealership's emergence near La Brea Avenue has sputtered in the face of the perfect storm: Co ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

New Mayor in Hot Seat  Mary Su, who was sworn in as Walnut's first Chinese-American woman mayor Wednesday night, is already at the top of recall petitions because she did not display enough ardor in opposing an NFL stadium being planned for neighboring Industry. Hoodie Recall About 300,000 kids ... More >>

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The Capital of Car Design

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The Hired Hand

The Hired Hand

Alejandro Iñárritu revs up the boss’s BMW

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