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2 Teens Charged In Murder Case That Led To Upscale Rancho Palos Verdes

Two teenagers have been charged with the murder of 42-year-old Long Beach man Christopher Waters, whose body was found April 23 in a burned out SUV in Rancho Palos Verdes. The second of the two suspects, 18-year-old Jose Angel Martinez of Compton, was arrested Wednesday, the L.A. County Sheriff's D ... More >>

Will the Annenberg Foundation Dump a Glorified Pet Center on the Ballona Wetlands?

So the super rich Annenberg Foundation wants to dump a 46,000-square-foot "interpretive center" on the Ballona Wetlands -- one of the last major wetlands areas in Los Angeles. Some folks think it's a great idea. Ballona Institute co-director Marcia Hanscom, who's been fighting to protect the wetland ... More >>

Christopher Waters: Body Found In Burned-Out SUV In Upscale Rancho Palos Verdes

Updated at the bottom with an ID. Headline has changed. First posted at 5:17 p.m. Tuesday. Rancho Palos Verdes is one of the most elite communities in the Unites States, and it's certainly a place where murder is quite foreign. Not today, it would appear: Sheriff's deputies responded to a home i ... More >>

Boston Marathon's Los Angeles Runners Listed

Here's a list of Los Angeles area runners, along with their ages and towns, entered to race in today's tragic Boston Marathon. The list does not suggest any of them were injured -- it's just a list of who was at least planning to be there. At least half the field had finished before today's blasts ... More >>

Michael Wieczorek Stole Christmas Cards, Presents, Mail In South Bay -- Cops

Sheriff's officials say Michael Wieczorek is a Grinch who stole Christmas. Literally. After busting him Wednesday for allegedly swiping a delivered package from the porch of a home on Redondela Drive in Rancho Palos Verdes, cops say they found more pilfered holiday goods in his possession, includin ... More >>

Swatting Celebrities, Political Enemies Is High-Tech Vengeance

Swatting is officially a thing. It made the front page of the Los Angeles Times today. Not that the Times hasn't covered the phenomenon before, but this time it's real. The report on people who call the police and say horrible crimes are in progress at the homes of celebrities like Simon Cowell, J ... More >>

SWATting, a Deadly Political Game

DA Patrick Frey's enemies called 911, saying he'd shot his wife

America's Priciest Real Estate List Almost Shuts Out Los Angeles

The East Coast media has robbed us again. Forbes magazine seems to think the nation's priciest real estate is in New York, when we all know that, despite the crazy gulf between rich and poor here, some L.A.-area land is as good as gold and California has more billionaires than just about anyplace o ... More >>

Ryan Koyama, Rancho Palos Verdes Optometrist, Killed When Benz Collides With Escaped Horse

A 69-year-old man driving south on Crenshaw Boulevard just after 2 a.m. this morning crashed into a horse that was weaving through lanes near Palos Verdes Drive North, says the California Highway Patrol. The coroner has since identified the driver, who was pronounced dead soon after at Torrance Mem ... More >>

Rebecca Weiss, Marina Del Rey Businesswoman, Disappears While Freediving at Luxury Resort

Rebecca Weiss, a 50-year-old businesswoman from Marina Del Rey, left to go freediving in Rancho Palos Verdes on Saturday morning, says her husband Alan -- and never came home. According to reports, the couple often goes diving off the Palos Verdes Peninsula at Terranea, a luxury oceanfront resort. ... More >>

Tom Leykis, One of Radio's Top Talkers, Is Off the Airwaves -- and Online

"There were a lot of greedy home flippers!" radio talk-show host Tom Leykis exclaims into the microphone. "Everyone who got evicted got exactly what they deserved. They didn't evict enough people."Leykis is blasting what he considers the avaricious, irresponsible impulses of those participating in t ... More >>

USC Hosts Weekend Seminar to Educate Current Politicians on Ethics, Transparency; L.A. Mayor Attends Kentucky Derby Instead

The University of Southern California isn't just for strapping young scholars anymore. Today and tomorrow, the USC Price School of Public Policy begins an ongoing series of classes that will school current politicians in "public transparency and ethics, leadership, governance and environmental polic ... More >>

Torrance Seafood Company to Pay $1 Million in Fines

Torrance-based Seafood Solutions Inc. was sentenced yesterday to pay $1 million in fines and community service payouts for falsely labeling frozen fish fillets. (You mean those Gorton's fish sticks weren't mahi mahi? We, for one, are shocked.)

Jose Miguel Ramirez Jailed After Tracking App on Stolen Laptop Reveals His Facebook Page, Cops Say

​November has brought us two stories of stolen laptops that were recovered with the help of tracking software. Looks like hot computers are the "it" gift for the recessionista. Read all about the guy who was allegedly caught red-handed, with screenshots of his face as he used a USC student's ... More >>

Donald Trump is Almost a 99 Percenter Now That He's Sold His Rancho Palos Verdes Mansion at a Loss

RedfinCasa Trump.​Occupiers, you have no heart. The 1 percent are suffering through this economy too. Take Donald Trump, who just sold his house overlooking his Trump National Golf Course in Rancho Palos Verdes for a measly $7.15 million. Hod on while we wipe the tears from our eyes and play ... More >>

Illegal Immigrants Suspected of Landing in SoCal on a Boat Caught Caked With Sand in Anaheim, Feds Say

TheGirlsNYAh-hah!​U.S. authorities seem pretty cocksure about this case: After a boat ran around in Carlsbad and smuggling-at-sea suspects they were shadowing on land led them to an apartment in Anaheim several hours later, they found ... ... nine illegal immigrants there whose clothing was c ... More >>

L.A. Area Suspects Paul Thorington, Anthony Albano, Ray Joseph Laranjo Held in Miami Spring Break Gang Rape Case

the undergraduateMiami Beach.​Three suspects arrested last week in the alleged gang rape of a college student in Miami Beach are from L.A.'s South Bay, police tell the Weekly. The trio is from Torrance, Rancho Palos Verdes and Torrance, Miami Beach Juan F. Sanchez told us. They were arrested ... More >>

Officials Search for Body Under Cafe's Floor

Flickr/WordRiddenRestaurant owner/chef David Viens may have run out of thyme. ​ According to the Los Angeles Times' LA Now blog, Los Angeles County sheriff's investigators and coroner's officials were busy digging up the floor of a Lomita restaurant Tuesday afternoon, looking for the remains o ... More >>

David Viens, L.A. County Man Suspected of Killing Wife in 2009, Jumps Off Cliff After New Evidence Surfaces

David and Dawn Viens, before her disappearance​Updated after the jump with the moments leading up to David Viens' attempted suicide. If there was any doubt in detectives' minds that 43-year-old Lomita resident David Viens had a hand in the disappearance of his wife, Dawn Viens, back in Octobe ... More >>

U.S. Prosecutors Want Bruce Beresford-Redman to go to Mexico to Face Court in Wife's Death

The Beresford-Redmans.​U.S. prosecutors are officially backing up Mexico's request to bring onetime Survivor television producer Bruce Beresford-Redman back south of the border to face murder accusations related to the death of his wife. On Monday the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, Andre Birot ... More >>

Bruce Beresford-Redman Arrested In L.A. At The Behest Of Mexico For The Alleged Murder Of His Wife, Monica Beresford-Redman

Bruce and Monica.​Updated after the jump with details from the Mexican prosecutors' allegations. First posted at 5:22 p.m. Bruce Beresford-Redman, long suspected of the murder of his wife while the two were in Mexico with their children, was arrested Tuesday afternoon at his Rancho Palos Ver ... More >>

Steve Cooley Kamala Harris Vote Results: Cooley Declares Victory, But Harris Takes The Lead

Photo of Harris by Ted SoquiSteve Cooley and Kamala Harris​Kamala Harris, who was trailing all night in the attorney general's race, has taken a slim lead over L.A. County D.A. Steve Cooley. Cooley declared victory hours ago and went home to Rancho Palos Verdes, where he is either sleeping peacefu ... More >>

Paul Conrad, Three-Time Pulitzer Prize-Winner, Dies At 86

Paul Conrad's "Chain Reaction" sculpture in Santa Monica.​Paul Conrad, the longtime political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times who left the paper in 1993 but continued to contribute material for 15 years, died over the weekend at his Rancho Palos Verdes Home. He was 86. During his career h ... More >>

Who's That Girl? Jeana Sohn in Poketo for Target

Photos by Ye Rin Mok via Poketo.com​ Poketo's new collection for Target debuts on August 10. (The design team known as Poketo is all about functional, accessible art, so the Target collaboration makes sense.) Portions of the look book have been rotating on the Poketo site recently. We can expe ... More >>

Sisters Of Monica Beresford-Redman Demand Extradition In Murder Case Allegedly Involving Former 'Survivor' Producer Bruce Beresford-Redman

The Beresford-Redmans.​The sisters of murdered Los Angeles restaurateur Monica Beresford-Redman say they're tired of waiting for action from the U.S. and Mexican governments regarding the extradition of her husband south of the border to face murder allegations in the case. Jeanne Burgos and ... More >>

Mexico Makes Extradition Request For 'Survivor' Producer Suspected In Wife's Killing

The Beresford-Redmans.​Authorities in Mexico on Wednesday began extradition proceedings against former Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, who has been charged in the death of his wife, Los Angeles restaurateur Monica Beresford-Redman. The Mexican request was being processed by federal ... More >>

Survivor Producer Bruce Beresford-Redman Charged For Wife's Murder

The Beresford-Redmans.​After nearly two months of investigation authorities in Mexico Monday filed murder charges against former Survivor television show producer Bruce Beresford-Redman, long suspected in the death of his wife there. News outlets, including ABC, reported that state prosecutor ... More >>

Mexican Prosecutors Expected To Recommend Charges Against 'Survivor' Producer

The Beresford-Redmans.​A day after a memorial was held for Monica Beresford-Redman, reports indicated that Mexican prosecutors on Monday would recommend murder charges against her husband, former Survivor producer Bruce Beresford-Redman. However, as slow as the investigation has been into her ... More >>

'Survivor' Producer Took Out Life Insurance On Wife A Week Before Her Death

The Beresford-Redmans.​Former Survivor show producer Bruce Beresford-Redman took out life insurance policies the week before she was found dead in Mexico, ABC News reported this week. The Rancho Palos Verdes man was suspected by Mexican authorities of killing Monica Beresford-Redman as the cou ... More >>

'Survivor' Producer Held In Death Of Wife In Mexico

A photo of the couple on the KTLA News site.​Bruce Beresford-Redman, a producer of the CBS television series Survivor, was being held and questioned in connection with the death of his wife, the owner of popular Palms Brazilian restaurant Zabumba. According to a radio report from Cancun, Moni ... 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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Protest Student Claims Blackballing An "A" student says she was barred from delivering her school's valediction, and dropped from a tutoring job, because she participated in a sit-in against increased class sizes and the ending of college-prep courses. L.A. TimesCounty Air Doubles Cancer Risk An EPA ... 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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Rabbinical Board Breaks Barriers Southern California's Board of Rabbis broke with tradition by selecting a woman and a lesbian as president. West Hollywood Rabbi Denise Eger is the first in both categories in the board's 72-year history. L.A. Times, Jewish JournalGood News But Not Great Cal State No ... More >>

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Octuplets Mom Seeks Bailout Nadya Suleman has set up a Web site that has a link for readers to make donations to her family, the L.A. Times notes.LASD Scores Paranoid Emails The Sheriff's Dept. is criticizing an email alert warning residents of a Santa Clarita neighborhood about a "suspicious van," ... More >>

Pellicano Trial Bombshell

Witness shocker throws trial in turmoil For days Chad Hummel had been uncharacteristically quiet as the trial of famed private eye Anthony Pellicano and four codefendants wound down this week. Normally Hummel’s baritoned objections could be heard ricocheting off the walls on behalf of his clien ... More >>

Ex-Cop Gets Third Degree

Pellicano Briefs Team Pellicano is now taking its turn at bat, but the past few days of the defense’s case have seemed like prosecution by other means. Last Friday co-defendant Mark Arneson took the witness stand on his own behalf and the affable, three-hour colloquy between Arneson and his attor ... More >>

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Sheriff Lee Baca Relied Heavily on two Controversial Campaign Supporters to Set up His Asian Crime Task Force. Now Both Men Have Drawn FBI Scrutiny, and the New Sheriff's Reputation is on the Line