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Pregnant Woman Tackled, Kicked In Random Attack In San Gabriel Valley

Truly random acts of violence are rare, but they do happen in this big city. Take the case of a pregnant woman walking down the street in the Charter Oak area of unincorporated Covina yesterday: A man approached from behind, took her to the ground and -- get this -- started kicking, according to co ... More >>

Edrina Martinez Is a Space Cadet Called Astronautica

[Editor's note: Weekly scribe Jeff Weiss's column, "Bizarre Ride," appears on West Coast Sound every Wednesday. His archives are available here.] When Edrina Martinez was a little girl, she wanted to be an astronaut or a rock star. Two things got in the way of the 21-year-old electronic producer wh ... More >>

4 Los Angeles Brewery Kickstarter Campaigns: Invest in Your Beer Future

It's been a whirlwind start to 2013 for Los Angeles beer. The scene celebrated it's unofficial third birthday with the near-simultaneous anniversaries of Ladyface, Eagle Rock and Strand brewing companies and El Segundo Brewing Company released its first round of production bottles, which are now spr ... More >>

Duane Van Tuinen: L.A. Times Subscriber List Used For $1 Mil Burglary Ring, Cops Say

It all started with a call of a suicidal woman in Monrovia. But when cops arrived, instead of a basket case, they found "a large cache of cameras and other electronics," according to Monrovia police. That led them to sniff around and obtain search warrants that included a storage facility cops say ... More >>

Why Name the Covina Plunge for Michael Antonovich and Not Longtime Aquatic Director Vincent VanDetta? Blame the Edifice Complex

DUI Checkpoints Across L.A. For Memorial Day Weekend: Here's Your Cheat Sheet

Memorial Day weekend is the traditional kick-off for summer. Don't start it $10,000 in the hole, which is about what you will pay in fines and legal costs if you get a DUI -- not to mention a likely night in jail. The CHP, the LAPD and the L.A. County Sheriff's Department will be testing you this ... More >>

Teen Bicyclist in Hit-And-Run With Car? Cops Say Celina Pangburn Was In It For Cash

Bicycle rights advocates, ever a vocal and Portlandia-esque bunch, have made a lot of wind over alleged cases of motorists' hit-and-run collisions against their ilk. Often their argument is that local police don't investigate the crashes as they would a car-on-car accident because the whole world, ... More >>

Where to Find Breakfast Tacos in L.A.?

Dear Mr. Gold: As a former resident of South Texas, I often miss the unique Texas-style breakfast tacos so ubiquitous there. (I like mine with machacado.) I'm sure you know that these are not the same as breakfast burritos, and are defined well in this article about how New York has "discovered" th ... More >>

Marijuana Crackdown in Southern California as Feds Move to Take Assets of Four Dispensaries

Bad times for pot shops in Southern California. Dispensary operators in Long Beach were recently convicted for ... selling weed. L.A. City Hall's move to ban them outright is gaining momentum. And today the U.S. Attorney's Office announced that it's going to take everything that belongs to targeted ... More >>

Fake iPhone Parts Alleged to be Worth $250,000 Seized in San Gabriel Valley: Three Arrested

AppleThe real deal.​Does anyone remember when the hot part to steal was the rim off a car or its air bag? Old school, we know. Well, here in 2011, the new contraband of the criminal realm, it seems, is iPhone parts. (Another sign of nerds triumphant). Authorities in the San Gabriel Valley ... More >>

A Bungled Beer Heist: Or, The Tecate Job

estralafapaquetelA bucket of ice cold Tecate​ Let's be honest. We all tried to finagle beer when we were kids. (If you didn't, you were either lazy or Amish.) Maybe you were the kid who lurked around town in search of the shadiest liquor store you could find. And once you found it, you saunter ... More >>

Fly Away

Three Teen Gangsters Try to Carjack a Police Officer in West Covina (Really), Cops Say

West Covina PoliceAuthorities allege Jerith Sims tried to carjack a cop.​Welcome to criminal university, kids. First lesson: While plying your trade, don't target police. We can't emphasize this enough. In fact, while committing crimes, you really want to be as far away from cops as possibl ... More >>

No Messing Around: Migas in Los Angeles

D. GonzalezMr "G" Migas at Nick's Taste of Texas​ Trends aren't always a bad thing. Of course, we aren't talking about overly precious mini-cupcake-on-a-stick trends. But the kind where we all benefit, like one that has chilaquiles popping up on brunch menus through out the city. Jar in Wes ... More >>

Grande Sole Closes: Owner Zeke Mamone On The Trials of Local Spirited Investments

Zeke MamoneA Sober Moving Day At Grande Sole​Looking to buy a local spirits company? You really should sign up for the American Distilling Institute's (ADI) member forum. That's where we heard that Covina-based Grande Sole, also known Cordials of Calabria, is unfortunately closing its doors as ... More >>

Veronica Sylvester, SoCal Mom, Arrested After Her Girls Get Sick After Munching on Her Marijuana Cookie, Police Say

Sesame Street​Two sisters ages 10 and 11 tested positive for marijuana after they ate their mom's pot cookie, cops say. That mom is now in hot water: 33-year-old Veronica Sylvester was arrested on suspicion of child endangerment, according to the Pasadena Star-News. The Covina girls had retu ... More >>

10 Beaters Belonging To Car Hoarder Mark Shoff Towed From Covina Neighborhood Streets

JalopnikThese lucky bastards scored a spot in the driveway​Call it a midlife crisis: 51-year-old Covina resident Mark Shoff owns 48 cars. Which would be cool, in a creepy A&E kind of way, if Shoff also owned a 48-car parking garage. Instead, he lives with his 81-year-old mom Barbara in a sub ... More >>

Surprise: Rest Of The Shoo-Ins Win* California State Senate, Assembly And Congressional Districts In Election 2010, Banding Together For Mass Extermination Of Opponents

In a startling upset, Gerrymandering Congressman Howard Berman wins again​*OK, so we fibbed in the headline. The final results aren't in. But -- thanks to sleazy incumbent fixing of elections in California by the Berman brothers -- the new crop of California Senators, Assemblymen and Congressm ... More >>

Sweeps in Los Angeles Suburbs Create Fear, say Anti-Police Brutality Activists

San Gabriel Valley TribuneWilmington raids net 41 suspects​ Probation violators received some unexpected guests on Thursday after county probation officers, along with state and federal agents, descended upon multiple locations throughout Covina, Glendale, Monrovia, Pasadena and San Gabriel, ... More >>

Site Of Bruce Pardo's Christmas Eve Massacre In Covina Up For Sale Just In Time For Halloween

Google Maps​On Christmas Eve, 2008, 45-year-old Bruce Pardo went to the Covina home of his ex-wife's family and opened fire on about 25 people inside, including the 8-year-old survivor who answered the door. Nine people died, and Pardo ended up setting fire to the home before eventually taking ... More >>

It's Salt in the Wound

Seven Foot Snake Barricades Itself Inside A Car Engine In Covina

Flickr via pierre pouliquin​According to the San Gabriel Valley Tribune, a Covina family found a 7-foot boa constrictor inside the engine compartment of their car after shopping at a discount store on Azusa Ave. "Somebody in the parking lot saw what they described as a 7- to 8-foot long snak ... More >>

UC Nurses Protest Staffing Shortages At Hospitals

​Blocked from striking by a temporary restraining order, thousands of registered nurses at University of California medical centers are nonetheless holding rallies Thursday, including one at UCLA, to protest staffing shortages and patient safety issues. Beth Kean, chief negotiator for the Cali ... More >>

L.A. Administrative Officer Miguel Santana Charged With Suspicion Of DUI

​We called it a bizarre twist of fate, and that it remains: Los Angeles city administrative officer Miguel Santana was charged Monday by the District Attorney's office with suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol after he was stopped last month following a roast for the District At ... More >>

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Where to eat in a city without residents

Ask Mr. Gold: Pangs Of Industry. Where to Eat in a City Without Residents?

Photo credit: Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menu​Dear Mr. Gold: I'm in the City of Industry. And I'm starving. --Evan K., Los Angeles Dear Evan: There are worse places to be hungry than Industry. But while there are a lot of decent restaurants in the area, it's generally too f ... More >>

New Year's Eve in LA: Top 5 Songs for Shooting Your Gun in the Air at Midnight*

Top 5 Songs for Shooting Your Gun in the Air at Midnight

New Wait. Think. Fast. Demo of "Trouble": That's a Good Song

There's are a few specific moments in "Trouble," the new demo by Covina/Downey/Evanston/ Boston/Argentina/Echo Park band Wait. Think. Fast. that deliver sonic sparkles -- you know, four- and eight-bar surprises and curlicue melodic back flips that transform so-so songs into something bigger and more ... More >>

Station Fire Update: Killed L.A. firefighter's baby due

The Los Angeles County Fire Department released two sad biographies of the firefighters who were killed when a boiling wall of flames suddenly appeared near a remote road where they were driving. Their vehicle went over the side, plummeting 800 feet down a cliff. Arnie Quinones, horribly, is expecti ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Harman Heard? A 2006 National Security Agency phone tap allegedly recorded South Bay Congresswoman Jane Harman offering to lobby the Justice Department on behalf of two members of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee accused of espionage. The call was reportedly with an Israeli agent. In ex ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Phil Spector Found Guilty Famed music producer Phil Spector was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2003 death of sometime actress Lana Clarkson. He faces a prison sentence of 18 years to life. L.A. DailyUrban League The L.A. Dodgers' opening home game was marked by a parking-lot stabbing and v ... More >>

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Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Hospitals Blocked From Skid Row Dumping City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo has secured protocols -- and a $1.6 million settlement -- with Orange County's College Hospitals to prevent them from future patient-dumping on L.A.'s Skid Row. Associated Press, City Attorney's OfficeHate Tags A white Los Alamit ... More >>

Morning Sixpack: A News Roundup

Slain Pardo Victim Now a Deadbeat Renter Death may take a holiday, but not the landlord, as relatives of Alice Ortiz have discovered, according to an L.A. Daily News story. Ortiz was among nine Covina family members murdered by Bruce Pardo on Christmas Eve and now that the mourning's over, Ortiz's l ... More >>

Mass Murder Victim Funeral

More than 1,000 people attended the San Dimas funeral services for nine members of an extended Covina family murdered during a Christmas Eve rampage. On the night of December 24, Bruce Pardo, wearing a Santa Claus suit, arrived at the home of his divorced wife's parents and began a reign of violence ... More >>

Did Losing His Dog, Saki, Detonate the 'Killer Santa' Bruce Jeffrey Pardo?

One of the creepiest pieces of news about mass-murderer Bruce Jeffrey Pardo, an aerospace software technician who lived in Montrose, among Los Angeles' most charming, quiet and friendly suburban neighborhoods, was that he lost his "beloved" dog, Saki, to the estranged wife Pardo so viciously and met ... More >>

Obama Taps East L.A. Congresswoman Hilda Solis for Labor Post

The Wall Street Journal reported that President-elect Barack Obama has chosen California Democratic Rep. Hilda Solis as his Labor Secretary. "Like most Democrats, she is pro-labor," says political consultant Bill Carrick. "You would have a hell of a story if Barack Obama appointed someone anti-labor ... More >>

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