Prison Mom & Baby Escape, Are Captured State prisoner Daphne Delorah Miner is back behind bars after escaping from a prison parenting class in Pomona. Miner was apprehended in Downtown L.A. and her newborn son taken from her. L.A. Daily NewsGone in 600 Seconds A team of five armed thieves drove three tractor rigs into Logistic Express in Harbor Gateway and made off with three containers packed with electronics from the business' gated lot. A security guard was tied up during the 10-minute, $
Forget Congressional gridlock -- President Obama's Southland visit will bring the real thing to the streets of neighborhoods in which he's appearing. Today's alerts include:Century City-Westside: The following closures are tentatively in effect from 8-10 a.m. Motor Avenue between Monte Mar & Pico Boulevard.
Pico Boulevard between Overland and Century Park East. Avenue of the Stars
between Pico and Santa Monica
Boulevard. Santa Monica Boulevard between Beverly Glen and Wilshire boulevards.&n
Supervisor Mike Antonovich has rolled up his gray-flannelled trousers to wade deep into the culture wars. Specifically, according to the L.A. Daily News, he wants the crucifix put back in the County Seal, now that the steel cross has been restored to the roof of the San Gabriel Mission, following its absence during years of earthquake restoration. In other words, he wants to take the county into a head-on legal collision with the American Civil Liberties Union -- this, at a time of record budget
The latest NEW THEATER REVIEWS are embedded in this week's COMPREHENSIVE THEATER LISTINGS; also, see this week's THEATER FEATURE on Kevin King's The Idea ManL.A.'S OWN "GOLDEN GATE"Left photo by William Gabel, 1965; Right photo, 1998, by RoadsidePeek.comUpdate May 13, 2 p.m. from Anita Guttierez, L.A. County Planning Commission re the 9 a.m. hearing:
"The Commission requested additional information be analyzed in the
[Environmental Impact Report], and continued the case until Aug 19,
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The "60 Freeway Killer" pleaded guilty today to killing two women, more than twenty years ago. Ivan Hill, 48, was already serving a death sentence for the strangulation murders of six women who were found dead along the Pomona (60) Freeway when DNA linked him to the two additional murders.
60 Freeway Killer: Ivan Hill
Pomona Superior Court Judge Charles Horan sentenced the former forklift operator to life without the possibility of parole for the strangulation murders of 35-year-old Lorna Re
By Ryan Colditz
Get the folk out of the city on Saturday and mosey on over to Clarmont (just a few miles past the Glass House in Pomona) for the 28th Annual Claremont Folk Music Festival, held at Sycamore Elementary School. Sounds boring, right?
WRONG.
A full day of art and music performances (Da Lion, The BladeRunners, Yuval Ron, Joel Rafael and Squeakin' Wheels) and workshops (drum making, flatpicking guitar and more) to benefit The Dorothy and Charles Chase Folk Music and Culture Educa
With blatant Black Sabbath riffage and Rush-like song structures, Wolfmother were, and still are, full-on retro-metal revivalists. So why does their music somehow feel fresh? We were asking ourselves this question last night as we soaked in their new record, Cosmic Egg, in its entirety during a listening event at the Lazarium Theatre in Hollywood (an experience shockingly lacking in flashbacks). The answer: They're one of the few bands right now still trying to make us bang our heads in a non-i
Following on the heels of his two previous marathon DJ gigs (eight gigs in a row last year, seven the year before), Peanut Butter Wolf has announced a nine-night tour of the nine area codes stretching from Los Angeles, Orange County to the Inland Empire. Each night the resident Stones Throw DJ will do video sets of music from the 90s. He is encouraging people to dress for the 90s.
But this is important: "No backwards jeans allowed. There's only one Kriss Kross."
The details, accordi
Ruban Zacarias, who left as the top dog of the Los Angeles County Unified School District in 2000, plead not guilty did not enter a plea* today in response to a charge of impersonating a police officer, the Los Angeles District Attorney's office reported.Zacarias, 80, is accused of using a school police badge to pull a woman over in Pomona in July. The ex-super was not in court, and an attorney entered the plea for him. He faces a misdemeanor count and is due back in court Sept. 29.The incident
Glendale Harley-Davidson/Buell​While you can't say that Bernie Madoff killed Love Ride 26, but the cancellation of the annual motorcycle ride benefiting the Muscular Dystrophy Association is part and parcel of a collapsing economy whose victims include once-secure charities. The L.A. Daily News reports that the Love Ride, which is the San Fernando Valley's largest charity event, was canned because of weak ticket sales. It costs $60 to enter the ride.Writer Sue Doyle spoke to Glendale Harley-Da