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SUVs and Crossovers

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    January 16, 2012

    Grandson Shot Trying to Save Grandpa During North Hollywood Robbery, LAPD Says

    Updated at the bottom with two suspects arrested. The story changed after our first report (the victim was the grandson, not son), and our headline changed soon after to reflect that. First posted at 6:05 a.m. Jan. 10. A man was killed when he tried to defend his father during a robbery in North Ho ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 26, 2011

    Ashes of Late Relative Stolen From GMC Yukon Parked at Westfield Mall in Woodland Hills: LAPD in Search of Geniuses

    GMC.comA GMC Yukon.​Thieves in Woodland Hills broke into a pretty nice ride, a GMC Yukon, and took three bags. Sounds promising if you're a street cretin. Big problem, though, as one of the bags contained the cremated remains of a loved one. Now cops citywide are looking for these dumb asses ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2011

    'Hey @NBCLA I Think Your News Van is on Fire!'

    Andrew Veis via Twitter​Bummer when you work in the news business and you become a headline. But such was the case for NBC Los Angeles today when one its "news vans" caught on fire at the side of the 405 in the Sepulveda Pass, prompting, you guessed it, the rest of the journalistic twitterver ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 12, 2011

    Mayra Martinez, 17, Abducted in South L.A., Authorities Say: Amber Alert Issued For Suspect Rafael Ibarra

    Mayra Martinez.​Update: Sheriff's officials said today she was found safe in the city of Bell late "last night," and that Ibarra was taken into custody. Authorities say 17-year-old Mayra Martinez was "taken by force" from South L.A. today, and tonight they issued an amber alert for the man th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Stolen SUV Turned Clown Car: 7 Women, 1 Man Detained in Freeway LAPD Chase

    KTLAThe Big Eight​There was a bona fide party on the 110 South this chilly morning, when an SUV with stolen plates was pulled over after an LAPD chase on the 5 from Burbank. Guess who tumbled out?

  • Columns

    March 3, 2011

    "I'm Not a Thug," Says the Man Who Would Be D.A.

    KTLAThe Big Eight​There was a bona fide party on the 110 South this chilly morning, when an SUV with stolen plates was pulled over after an LAPD chase on the 5 from Burbank. Guess who tumbled out?

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    How to Pay Off Your Parking Tickets And Get Your Car Towed in L.A. Anyway: A True Story

    The victim: A 2008 Toyota Highlander.​Question: When is it okay for authorities to have your car towed even after you've paid all your parking tickets. Answer: Pretty much any day in L.A. (Yay). It actually happened last week to Angeleno Chris Fitts, who told the Weekly he paid off all his p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 31, 2011

    Drive-By Paintball Gang Launches Yellow 'Shooting Spree' on Unsuspecting Pedestrians in Burbank

    Creative NerdsPaintballs to the face in Burbank​The neighborhood hooligans must have been getting restless out in Burbank last week. In a span of two days, they launched a whopping 11 paintball-gun attacks on innocent sidewalk people in the Hillside and Valley areas of the suburban city [Burba ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Hot Chicks Don't Get Tix? Mercedes Driven By Moms Top List Of Most-Ticketed Cars

    imagevenue.comIf memory serves, this is Britney Spears famously stepping out of a Paris Hilton's Mercedes SL -- and into the Brazil-wax hall of fame.​Hot chicks don't get tix, right? Maybe. Jerks in douche-mobiles (the always-leased Audi A4, the self-important Mini or the self-righteous Prius) ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 9, 2010

    Northbound 405 Reopened After CHP Officer Struck On Freeway

    ​The northbound 405 at National Boulevard in West Los Angeles was reopened Wednesday afternoon following a collision that critically injured a California Highway Patrol officer. The lanes were reopened at 4:45 p.m., authorities said. The freeway was closed in both directions for two hours foll ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 24, 2010

    Lindsay Lohan Gets Alcohol-Monitoring Bracelet

    ​After flying into Los Angeles from France over the weekend actress Lindsay Lohan showed up for court Monday morning, where a judge slapped her with a bracelet that monitors alcohol use and mandated that she drink no booze and submit to weekly drug tests. Lohan was late to her Beverly Hills S ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Toyota Suffers Another Blow As SUV Deemed A 'Safety Risk'

    ToyotaLexus GX in L.A.​Toyota's having a bad 2010. A week after learning that 200 lawsuits over so-called "sudden acceleration" and other alleged Toyota defects would be heard here in Los Angeles, the carmaker's North American leaders in Torrance woke up to the headline that Consumer Reports m ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Toyota Suspends Sales Of SUV That Failed 'Consumer Reports' Test

    Toyota​Toyota late Tuesday announced it was suspending sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV after Consumer Reports magazine reported it was prone to rolling over and declared the vehicle a "Don't Buy: Safety Risk." "We are taking the situation with the GX 460 very seriously and are determined t ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 28, 2010

    The Price of Shooting Stars

    Toyota​Toyota late Tuesday announced it was suspending sales of its 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV after Consumer Reports magazine reported it was prone to rolling over and declared the vehicle a "Don't Buy: Safety Risk." "We are taking the situation with the GX 460 very seriously and are determined t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 30, 2009

    Man Turns In 58 Guns; Has 99 Problems But A Snitch Ain't One

    KTLA News​A mystery man turned in 58 guns, including 14 rifles, some of them assault-type weapons, to a "gifts for guns" exchange in Compton Tuesday. The scene was witnessed by KTLA News, but the man did not want to speak on-camera. The exchange, run by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Depart ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2009

    USC Football Player Spotted Driving Businessman's SUV

    USCJoe McKnight.​Joe McKnight, a star tailback at USC, has been driving an SUV owned by a Santa Monica businessman, an arrangement that would be against NCAA rules, the Los Angeles Times reports. The paper states that a reporter has seen the player behind the wheel at least once, and that the ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 19, 2009

    Commenter Denies USC Player Was Provided SUV

    USCJoe McKnight.​A commenter who says he's the Santa Monica businessman who registered an SUV that the Los Angeles Times reports has been driven by USC star tailback Joe McKnight denied providing the vehicle the player in a post responding to to LA Weekly's own item on the matter Saturday. T ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 2, 2009

    Tiger: I Did Have Sex With That Woman ... Or Something Like That

    Jaimee Grubbs​As a Los Angeles reality show hopeful revealed voice-mail left by Tiger Woods as proof of their affair, the golf legend finally came clean Wednesday, stating on his site, "I have let my family down and I regret those transgressions with all of my heart." Jaimee Grubs told Us Wee ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2009

    Shriver-gate: Maria Apologizes

    California First Lady Maria Shriver apologized after paparazzi snapped her driving while talking on a mobile phone, sans hands-free device. Husband and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger championed the state's "hands-free law," which mandates that drivers must use hands-free devices such as Bluetooth he ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 10, 2009

    Billy Cottrell's SUV-Arson Conviction May Be Vacated

    Billy Cottrell in 2003​The L.A. Times is reporting that the U.S. Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an opinion, still unpublished, that may vacate the 2005 conviction of Billy Cottrell, the brilliant Caltech math instructor convicted of vandalism and arson charges in the 2003 attacks ... More >>

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