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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:

Marijuana Shops In WeHo Raided As Gang-Related, Criminal Enterprises, Cops Say

Zen Healing, a marijuana dispensary in West Hollywood, announced on its website today that "we will be closed until further notice." Maybe that's because cops on Tuesday raided the place as part of what authorities claim is a gang-related "criminal enterprise" that uses "violence and intimidation t ... More >>

Beverly Hills Burglars Sought Near Tom Cruise's Home

Beverly Hills cops nabbed a suspected burglar near Tom Cruise's home, but one or two others apparently got away, authorities said. Police were called to the 1100 block of Calle Vista Drive about 5:10 last night after a neighbor saw alleged burglars "carrying duffle bags" at a nearby estate, accordi ... More >>

Swatting Celebrities Could Cost Pranksters $10,000 Under Proposed Law

See also: SWATting, a Deadly Political Game. Swatting has hit the homes of Rihanna, Justin Timberlake, Ashton Kutcher, Sean "P. Diddy" Combs and others. And, while it probably is pretty funny to the braces-wearing little buttheads who dial 911 with app-enabled masked numbers to report that their fa ... More >>

Beverly Hills Sexual Attacker Sought (VIDEO)

A rare sexual assault right out in the open was reported in Beverly Hills, and police in the 90210 want your help to track down a suspected predator. Cops say the creep in question asked a victim for help in removing an item from a high shelf at the Pavillions supermarket at Olympic Boulevard and S ... More >>

Brandi Glanville's Book Drinking & Tweeting: 8 Incredible Revelations

Is there a Pulitzer category for memoirs by jilted reality stars who like to talk smack about ex-husbands and "bonus moms?" Because if so, this book should win it. And we're not joking for one second. Drinking & Tweeting and Other Brandi Blunders by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glan ... More >>

Beverly Hills' Most Bizarre Crimes, From a Nude, Sunbathing Pilot to an Acid-Throwing Bridezilla

Beverly Hills is a city built on the Hollywood dream: Make it in the industry and you, too, can live in the giant mansions, eat at the finest restaurants and shop in the exquisite stores of the elite. So it's only fitting that the tiny town in the middle of Los Angeles is also filled with some of t ... More >>

Guilty Verdict in Beverly Hills Murder Trial

Beverly Hills Murder Trial: Scott Barker Found Guilty of Murdering Tony Takazato

For the in-depth story about the Beverly Hills murder, read the L.A. Weekly story "Did Scott Barker Knife Rich Kid Tony Takazato to Save His Girlfriend From Prostitution?" On Tuesday, October 2, in less than a day of deliberating, the 12-member jury agreed on a verdict: Scott Joseph Barker, a 25-ye ... More >>

Beverly Hills Murder Trial: Alleged Murderer Scott Barker Looks Cocky as Jury Listens to Closing Arguments and Considers His Fate

For the in-depth story about the Beverly Hills murder, read the L.A. Weekly story "Did Scott Barker Knife Rich Kid Tony Takazato to Save His Girlfriend From Prostitution?" On the last day of his trial, alleged murderer Scott Barker, a 25-year-old wannabe screenwriter and actor who carried himself i ... More >>

Beverly Hills Murder: Police Video Plays to Scott Barker's Defense that Former Girlfriend Chie Johnson is a 'Liar'

For the in-depth story about the Beverly Hills murder, read the L.A. Weekly story "Did Scott Barker Knife Rich Kid Tony Takazato to Save His Girlfriend from Prostitution?" The Scott Barker murder trial in Beverly Hills started up again on Wednesday after a two-day recess, with court observers antic ... More >>

Scott Barker Murder Trial: The Sad, Devastating Testimony of Mother Susan Coggins

For the in-depth story about the Beverly Hills murder, read the L.A. Weekly story "Did Scott Barker Knife Rich Kid Tony Takazato to Save His Girlfriend from Prostitution?" In the Beverly Hills courtroom of Judge Elden S. Fox, at the Scott Barker murder trial, three twenty-somethings behaving poorly ... More >>

Tony Takazato's Lifeless Hand Clutched Key Evidence in Beverly Hills Murder Trial

For more details about the Trousdale Estates murder in Beverly Hills, read the L.A. Weekly story "Did Scott Barker Knife Rich Kid Tony Takazato to Save His Girlfriend from Prostitution?" On Thursday at the Beverly Hills Courthouse, L.A. County prosecutors Amy Carter and Linda Loftfield continued th ... More >>

Did Scott Barker Knife Rich Kid Tony Takazato to Save His Girlfriend from Prostitution?

Swimming Pools, Movies Stars . . . and Some Really Fucked-Up Locals

Party People Beware: DUI Checkpoints Across L.A., So Here's Your Cheat Sheet

Added at bottom: One more checkpoint we hadn't previously heard about. So you cancelled that weekend trip to Las Vegas because interstate 15 was all but shut down today? Wise move. But now you have to get all DIY and make the party happen right here in L.A. But before you go aggro Party Monster on ... More >>

Whitney Houston Found 'Underwater and Apparently Unconscious:' No Comment From Police on Prescription Drugs

L.A. Weekly was the first news organization to report that it appeared Whitney Houston was discovered in a hotel room bathtub. That was confirmed today by the Beverly Hills Police Department. The department issued a statement saying that " ... information relayed to first responders was that Ms. Ho ... More >>

Whitney Houston Found Dead in Beverly Hills: Police Investigating, But No Foul Play Suspected So Far

​Updated at the bottom: Reports indicate Houston might have been found underwater in a tub. First posted at 6:02 p.m. Saturday. Pop music icon Whitney Houston was found dead in a room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was to appear tonight at a Grammy pre-party with music industry execut ... More >>

Jimmy Luong, L.A. Ecstasy Kingpin, Gets 22 Years Behind Bars

And then there was agony. Jimmy Luong, a 30-year-old from Monterey Park, was somewhat of an Ecstasy kingpin in these parts, responsible for the distribution of at least 1 million pills in just a few months' time, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office in L.A. Now he'll be living in a cell ...

Subject In Ronni Chasen Murder Case Commits Suicide In Hollywood

KTLAChasen was gunned down in her car.​Updated after the jump with more background about how police contacted the man. First posted at 9:05 p.m. Wednesday A man a neighbor said had bragged about killing Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen fatally shot himself as authorities descended on his resi ... More >>

Murdered Hollywood Publicist Ronni Chasen Videotaped Driving Mystery Mercedes

TMZRonni Chasen in a mystery Mercedes.​TMZ has obtained video of murdered Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen driving a Mercedes-Benz -- not the one she was killed in -- and police are taking a look. The video, however, was taken down Wednesday afternoon. The video was shot by a private investig ... More >>

Who Killed Ronni Chasen? Former LAPD Chief William Bratton Says It Might Have Been Road Rage; The Hollywood Reporter States It Was Possibly A Planned Hit

THRRonni Chasen with Morgan Freeman.​So far it's a whodunnit for the ages. Ronni Chasen, an old-school Hollywood publicist was gunned down in Beverly Hills Tuesday morning. But by whom? Who would want a well-liked, well-connected, Mercedes-driving, 64-year-old woman dead -- in the middle of on ... More >>

Rave Shooting: 26-Year-Old Clara Chun Dies At South El Monte Party

​A 26-year-old woman was killed and three men were wounded, one critically, at a rave in South El Monte early Saturday, according to authorities and the Pasadena Star-News. According to the Star-News the dead woman was identified as Clara Myung Hee Chun, 26, of San Gabriel. Sheriff's official ... More >>

Arrests Made In Beverly Hills Homicide [Update]

​Updated throughout Three people have been arrested Wednesday morning in connection with the murder of a man in Beverly Hills, police told KNX 1070 Newsradio. The identities of the suspects were not released. The victim's was identified as 21-year-old Katsutoshi Takazato, whom a coroner's off ... More >>

Kiyokawa Sushi Chef Arrested: Mistaken Identity, Not Fugu Crimes

Anne FishbeinSatoshi Kiyokawa at his restaurant Kiyokawa​Last week the Beverly Hills Police Department confirmed the arrest on December 30th of Satoshi Kiyokawa on a fugitive from justice warrant. Kiyokawa, you may remember, is the chef-owner of Kiyokawa Restaurant, a sushi restaurant in Bever ... More >>

Misuse Of Handicap Parking Permits Investigated

If you've ever been to Beverly Hills and noticed that every other car on the street has a handicap parking permit, you're not alone. In fact, the Beverly Hills Police Department is on the case and, according to one report, your worst suspicions might be true.The Beverly Hills Courier reported last w ... More >>

Scott Ruffalo: Traces of Coke, Morphine and Alcohol

The County of Los Angeles, Department of Coroner reports today that Scott Ruffalo, who died last December from a single gunshot wound to the top of his head, had very slight traces of cocaine, alcohol and morphine in his system. "Basically he wasn't under the influence," said Assistant Chief Ed Wint ... More >>

The Strange and Disturbing Trial of Anand Jon

What we talk about when we talk about rape

Anus Horribilis: Vodka tumblers & women in caves

Britny O is 18 and a dead ringer for Bettie Page, even if it looks as though she outgrew the hound’s-tooth jacket and striped slacks ensemble she wore to court today about 10 years ago. Hers was a harrowing story of how, as a 17-year-old during January and February of 2007, she’d been contacted ... More >>

Judging Winona

Steve Cooley and class warfare in Beverly Hills

Permit To Pack

Chief hands out gun permits but not public records