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Police Detain Four In Triple-Homicide In Downey; Family Targeted, Possible Drug Connection

Updated below: Three released, one still in custody. Victims identified.Police have detained four people in connection with the triple-homicide in Downey on Wednesday.Detectives are questioning the detainees, but so far none have been arrested, according to City News Service.The shooting took place ... More >>

Porn's Anti-Condom Camp Backed By Los Angeles Times, Daily News!?

An industry known for its strange just got some even stranger bedfellows. The adult biz's campaign against condoms on-set was endorsed overnight by the Los Angeles Times and the L.A. Daily News, the first and third largest publications in town (LA Weekly doesn't publish political endorsements). In ... More >>

Long Beach Federal Building Shooting: One Dead After ICE Officer Reportedly Opens Fire at Work

Updated at the bottom with IDs, details. Headline has changed. First posted at 6:11 p.m. Thursday Two people, including a law enforcement officer, were shot on the seventh floor of the Glenn M. Anderson Federal Building in Long Beach tonight, according to reports. Live television coverage from CBS ... More >>

Some Marijuana Dispensaries Get Reprieve in Long Beach: Will Los Angeles Give Pot Shops a Second Chance?

Andrew Hecht​Long Beach is giving marijuana dispensaries a second chance. At least some of them. And as the city at the center of a court case that could help decide the fate of pot shops in the cannabis collective capital of America, Los Angeles, that city's decision could offer hope for dis ... More >>

Medical Marijuana Dispensary Operators Convicted as Drug Dealers in Long Beach

Allison MargolinCounsel fly.​Oh boy. There are some unhappy cannabis advocates in the LBC today. You see, they were watching the case of the people versus Joe Grumbine and Joe Byron with high hopes. And we're not being facetious. The pair of dispensary owners were accused of being run-of-the- ... More >>

Long Beach Gay Bashings Have Community On-Edge: Police Increase Patrols

The Gay and Lesbian Center of Long Beach​Updated at the bottom with comments from a Gay and Lesbian Center official. First posted at 3:55 p.m. West Hollywood isn't the only community in the midst of a gay bashing scare. Gay rights activists in Long Beach are planning on bringing back long-go ... More >>

Danny Logan, Long Beach 24-Year-Old, Found Fatally Stabbed on 710 Freeway Ramp

RaymondYu via FlickrThe 710, near where Danny Logan was murdered.​A young man found stabbed to death in Long Beach on Monday night has since been identified as 24-year-old Danny Calvin Logan, a local resident. The Long Beach Press-Telegram reports that an LBPD officer happened upon Logan's bo ... More >>

Ivan Spencer, Husband of 'Starz' Strip Club Owner, Shot Dead in Prius on L.A. Freeway Interchange

The victim's wife reportedly owns "Starz," a Gardena strip club.​In what appears to have been a freak car-to-car shooting at 2:35 a.m. this morning, 55-year-old Rolling Hills resident Ivan Spencer was fatally hit by a bullet while changing freeways from the 101 South to the 91 East. City News ... More >>

Venus Ramos, 2011's Miss Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach, Is the Hottest 39-Year-Old We've Ever Seen (VIDEO)

Long Beach Press-TelegramIs she real?​TGIF, people. And TG for women willing to strut around for half the population of Long Beach in bikinis the size of baby bibs. Especially when they look like three-time winner Venus Strong. There's some pretty stiff competition for hottest 39-year-old to ... More >>

Mark Bixby, Long Beach Scion, Four Others Killed in Fiery LBC Plane Crash

aircraftsnl via TwitpicThe aftermath of today's Long Beach plane crash.​Update: Another of the deceased was identified, after the jump. Mark Bixby, a scion of the family for which Long Beach's upper-middle-class Bixby Knolls neighborhood is named, was one of four people who died when a privat ... More >>

Prank Calls To SWAT No Joke To L.A. County Sheriffs

​Swat Team members are fuming over two recent operations in the Los Angeles area that were the result of prank calls, part of what police say is a growing national problem known as "SWATing," the Long Beach Press-Telegram reports. In a "SWATing," pranksters, displaying fake phone numbers, cal ... More >>

Quesi Chavez, L.A. Homicide No. 148: 10-year-old Girl Fatally Stabbed in San Pedro

Google Maps​A young girl that was allegedly stabbed to death by her mother on July 9 has been identified as 10-year-old Quesi Chavez, according to the Long Beach Press-Telegram. Chavez's mother then reportedly stabbed herself. (See map after the jump)

Two Communities Want To Secede From Los Angeles And Go To ... (Gulp) Orange County

​We might just have a war on our hands. Yes -- the north against the south. It turns out two small communities on the southern edge of Los Angeles County want to secede to Orange County. According to the Long Beach Press-Telegram (via LAist), " ... the 194-unit Imperial Estates neighborhood ... More >>

Clerical Workers At Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports Threaten To Strike

Mali Mish via Flickr​Nine hundred clerical workers at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have threatened to strike unless companies make concessions. Though no walkout date has been set, the union voted unanimously on Tuesday night after shipping companies failed to reach an agreement bef ... More >>

Long Beach's Bubblin' Crude Could Be Worth $280 Million To City

​An oil field beneath Long Beach could be worth $280 million to the city over the next 10 years. It's almost as if Jed Clampett himself shot a hole in the ground near the city's port, in an area know as the Wilmington Oil Field. The projections were reported over the weekend in the Long Beach ... More >>

High Schoolers Nabbed For ... Grabbing Booty

​Five freshmen from Long Beach Poly High School were in court today to face arraignment on suspicion of misdemeanor sexual battery. They were nabbed after two ninth-grade girls accused the football and basketball team members of inappropriately touching them during a lunch break. In other wor ... More >>

Decision in Long Beach: State University Tuitions to Rocket Upward

How's this for your cost of living adjustment? The board of trustees for California's state university system voted today in Long Beach to increase student tuition by 20 percent -- even though the fees had been raised by 10 percent only two months ago. In addition, out-of-state tuition will rise alm ... More >>

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Little Tujunga Fire Quelled A 130-acre blaze in a canyon of the Angeles National Forest has been almost completely contained, with no loss of life or structures. L.A. Daily NewsViolence Ends Amber Alert A man who sexually assaulted his girlfriend, then shot a woman while carjacking her vehicle -- an ... More >>

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Jackson Unburied Funeral arrangements for Michael Jackson remain pending, according to his father, who says the family is still seeking answers to the singer's death. L.A. Daily NewsBaby, the Rain Won't Fall Los Angeles is poised to record its fourth straight year of below-normal rainfall. L.A. Time ... More >>

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Don't Call Him "Padre" Sheik Qazi Asad has become the LAPD's first Muslim chaplain. The Pakistani-born cleric had previously worked as a Sheriff's Department liaison to the county's Islamic community. L.A. Times Time to Pay Los Angeles County's sales tax jumps half a percent to 9.75 percent on July ... More >>

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Super Lab or Super Gaffe? Sheriff's Department descriptions of a meth lab raided at a property owned by the mayor of Bell have been contradicted by a hazmat team. L.A. TimesMichael Jackson Autopsy Planned L.A. coroner's authorities will perform an autopsy today on singer Michael Jackson, who died Th ... More >>

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Fixer-upper for Sale: $15 Million Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Ennis House in Los Feliz is being put up for sale. The nonprofit foundation with title to the house figures private ownership might save the troubled home from itself. L.A. TimesSchool Board Member Plays Hooky Long Beach Unified School Di ... More >>

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Common Cause Different segments of L.A.'s huge Iranian community are uniting to protest their homeland's presidential election results. L.A. Times, L.A. Daily NewsSpecial Order 40 Upheld A state appeals court upheld the LAPD rule banning officers from seeking information about suspects' immigration ... More >>

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LAUSD Approves Teacher Ax Rule Changes School board members narrowly approved recommendations that would make it easier to dismiss teachers facing serious job charges. L.A. TimesNet Coach Exits USC's head basketball coach, Tim Floyd, has resigned, reportedly worn down by charges of professional impr ... More >>

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I Spy A Chinese-born former Boeing employee will stand trial for economic espionage related to charges he passed on to China documents concerning the space shuttle, Delta IV missiles and Boeing's C-17 transport plane. Long Beach Press-TelegramThis Round's for You Four steel containers holding ammuni ... More >>

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Is Home Shuling Next? L.A.'s Jewish day schools are facing big problems as the economy continues to teeter. L.A. TimesPrick Up Your Ears City officials are accusing mercenary dog rescuers of "cherry picking" their pound purchases based on later, lucrative resale value. L.A. Daily News Arboretum ... More >>

LA Weekly has huge L.A. Press Club finalist showing against L.A. Times

I haven't had time to count, but it's a huge year for LA Weekly in earning just-announced "finalist" nods from the Los Angeles Press Club's annual competition, The Southern California Journalism Awards. In many categories of the competition, we are vastly surpassing the Los Angeles Times. Our great ... More >>

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Not in My Back Sky The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked Santa Monica's ban of fast private jets from its municipal airport -- until an FAA review of the proposed restrictions is finished. L.A. TimesPorts o' No Call L.A.'s twin harbors can expect a 13.5 percent drop in traffic this yea ... More >>

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Teacher's Holiday Nearly 160 L.A. teachers are paid $10 million dollars not to work while their performance fitness is evaluated. Meanwhile, the school district is seeking an injunction against a one-day strike by the teachers union planned for May 15. L.A. Times, L.A. Daily NewsCable Guy Crime A ca ... More >>

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What the ALF? A pair of Animal Liberation Front associates were arrested in connection with alleged criminal intimidation of UCLA researchers and an L.A.-based juice company. Linda Faith Greene, 61, and Kevin Richard Olliff, 22, are being held in lieu of $450,000 and $460,000 bonds, respectively. L. ... More >>

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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 >>

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Facing the Muzak General Growth Properties Inc., the mall-owning corporation that owns the Glendale Galleria and Northridge Fashion Center, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, becoming the largest real estate bankruptcy in U.S. history. L.A. TimesHospital Triage The national streak of gunmen runnin ... More >>

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First '09 Downtown Murders Two men were shot and killed at Skid Row's Lamp Lodge hotel early Easter morning. They were the first Downtown murders since June, 2008. L.A. TimesNative Habit Threat Conservationists are worried about an oil-company's proposal to build 3,900 new homes in the middle of the ... More >>

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They Vant to Be Alone! The D.A.'s office is examining "dozens" of secrecy-obsessed county agencies accused of violating transparency and open-meeting provisions of the Brown Act. L.A. TimesIt Was the Best of Times . . . After a long profit slide, Commerce-based 99 Cents Only stores are making out li ... More >>

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CalTrans Slammed in Flintridge Crash Laura Olhasso, the mayor of La Canada Flintridge, claimed that CalTrans has ignored her town's concerns about runaway trucks on Angeles Crest Highway. A big rig killed two people and injured 12 Wednesday when its driver lost control and struck several vehicles be ... More >>

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Film Composer Dies Maurice Jarre, whose haunting melodies for such films as Lawrence of Arabia and Doctor Zhivago captured the whimsy and grandeur of modern cinema, has died of cancer in Los Angeles. He was 84. BBC via L.A. Observed.Westside Lab Busted A West L.A. meth lab was discovered on a reside ... More >>

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This Property Is Condemned As had been predicted following massive fourth-quarter losses, Mereulo Maddux Properties, the largest owner of downtown L.A. properties, is seeking bankruptcy protection. L.A. TimesHate Is Enough Progressive radio station KPFK 90.7 FM has temporarily suspended its "La Caus ... More >>

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Murder Takes a Holiday L.A. County homicides are down 15 percent from last year, according to the Coroner's office. The Sheriff's Department cites greater funding for increased patrols as one reason for the decline. San Gabriel Valley TribuneSparta Beats Troy USC lost its bid to upset the Michigan S ... More >>

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L.A. Gets Water Boarded The DWP's board of directors has voted to impose penalties on consumers who don't cut their water use by 15 percent this summer. Associated PressStroke Fells Keach/Nixon A mild stroke has knocked actor Stacy Keach out of the Richard Nixon role he'd been playing in Frost/Nixon ... More >>

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Feds Probe Inglewood Cop Shootings The Justice Department announced it will investigate Inglewood's police force and instances in which its members have shot unarmed civilians and allegedly used excessive force. L.A. TimesAnna Nicole Smith Figures Arrested The late Anna Nicole Smith's friend and att ... More >>

Vendor Beware: Street Peddlers Are Vulnerable to Crime, But One Robber Gets Hard Time

There are no hard figures on whether crime against the county's uncountable street vendors has gone up during the recession, but occasionally there are glimmers of the tough life they endure. Many in places like L.A.'s MacArthur Park neighborhood are forced to pay protection money to gangs and some ... More >>

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Mass Transit Becoming Mass? Figures show the MTA is keeping some of the ridership it won when gas blew past $4 per gallon last year. Are Angelenos finally embracing buses and trains? L.A. TimesLa Habra Site of New OctoHouse Prudential Realty claims Nadya Suleman's father has purchased a 2583-square- ... More >>

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Brave New Archive UCLA will get the correspondence, speeches, papers and audio recordings of 20th-century author, seeker and drug experimenter Aldous Huxley. L.A. TimesSlay Case Man Still Missing Nearly nine months after the gruesome killings of four people in a Quartz Hill house, a fifth presumed v ... More >>

Watermelon Man: Los Alamitos Mayor's Joke Backfires

Forget Smashing Pumpkins -- Los Alamitos Mayor Dean "What Racist Gag?" Grose suddenly found himself on the retaliatory receiving end of a controversy he'd set in motion by sending an ethnically insensitive email. That missive, sent over the past weekend, depicted the White House lawn strewn with wa ... More >>

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Helmet Rule Ignored? A police officers' union is suing the LAPD and its chief, Bill Bratton, accusing both of violating the department's own safety policies. The case is part of the spreading controversy over orders that kept cops from donning riot helmets before a January 10 protest in Westwood. L. ... More >>

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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 >>

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Stadium Protests Begin Residents of Diamond Bar and Walnut organized the first of what promises to be many protests against Ed Roski's dream to bring an NLF team to Industry -- and the stadium he'll build. San Gabriel Valley Tribune reports.Feds Investigating L.A. Cops An L.A. Times story reveals th ... More >>

Two Trains Running -- Or Maybe Not

MTA Headquarters: Have the deciders decided?Photo: Dave Parker/WikipediaDamien Goodmon, South L.A.'s indefatigable public transportation activist, is sounding an alarm about the possible shelving of rail projects in his heavily African American community. Goodmon's group, the Citizens' Campaign to F ... More >>

The Town's the Thing: Theater Snobbery, From New York to L.A.

Singleton's "Small-Town L.A." Papers Nosedive

Suburban coverage hit hard as the Press-Telegram, Daily News, Daily Bulletin, others, falter