Cops say a 38-year-old undocumented worker installing DirecTV systems took a $2,500 English bulldog puppy from a customer's home in Victorville. The San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department today announced the arrest of Eduardo Robles on suspicion of grand theft. He's also a felon who had previou ... More >>
Wouldn't you just love to have a virtually unlimited supply of credit cards that could rack up $45 million in charges? Us too. The problem for 38-year-old Eastsider Jose Rolando Renderos his accomplices was that the cards were fake and the charges were fraudulent, according to a U.S. federal grand ... More >>
In recent years 14 people have died from overdoses or drug-related incidents after attending raves put on by some of the nation's biggest electronic-music event promoters, Insomniac Events and Go Ventures, both based in L.A. Most of the deceased were teenagers or twentysomethings attending events t ... More >>
The Top Five Metal Guitarists Under The Age of 30 The Ten Bloodiest Metal Album Covers Top Ten Metal Albums for People Who Don't Know Shit About Metal Nine-piece metal outfit Slipknot begins their headline run on this year's Rockstar Mayhem tour this Saturday in San Bernardino. Their percussionist ... More >>
As evil as cops paint these guys to be, you gotta admit, they were scary sophisticated in their use of Craigslist, Facebook and social manipulation -- if the story's true. Here's the deal, according an announcement by L.A. County Sheriff's officials this week: A crew of bike thieves targeted victi ... More >>
See also: Beyond Wonderland Rave in SoCal Hosts Politicians, Paris Hilton, Alleged Drug Offenders, and Maybe Even a Good Vibe Insomniac's third annual electronic music festival Beyond Wonderland takes over San Bernardino this weekend. The event's website says it's sold out and will happen "rain or ... More >>
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SmokeOut for Safe Access Rally Los Angeles City Hall 3-1-12 See also our rally slideshow Around 4:20 yesterday afternoon about 150 people marched in protest to recent federal threats to medicinal marijuana. The event was organized by Americans for Safe Access, the Music & Medicine Project and B-Re ... More >>
A bit lost among the holiday weekend madness (pepper spraying, fighting, shooting) was this gem: A football-viewing house party in San Bernardino ended in madness when a guest who walked into the street was hit by a car and responding cops were ultimately pelted with rocks and bottles by revelers, ... More >>
Bizarre story out of the Inland Empire (of course). San Bernardino sheriff's deputies say a man burglarized a home in the town of Metone, was pepper sprayed by its owner as he fled, then got into a car crash nearby. When cops caught up with him at the crash scene -- at Greenspot and Santa ... More >>
Pete ZarriaA motel on Route 66 in San Berdoo.We sometimes marvel at the amount of wealth found in Southern California. Using Forbes' figures, we noted in spring that "if California were a nation, it would rank fourth, behind the U.S., China and Russia, in billionaire population (a lucky 88)." ... More >>
Mayor Villaraigosa, Mark Ridley-Thomas and Richard Katz at the groundbreaking.Are you ready to pay to use carpool lanes, L.A? They've been a failure in terms of getting people to ride together. And the just-ended program that allowed 85,000 hybrid-car owners to purchase permits for them on ... More >>
Not the victim.No. 1 worst place to play with your 1-year-old niece/nephew: an automatic-lock washing machine. If only someone had provided such life wisdom to the 15-year-old aunt of an Ontario baby last night. KCAL9 reports that, while washing clothes with her mom and sister, she was "appa ... More >>
A not-so-secret crime spree is alleged.Sometimes the sexy factor at Victoria's Secret drives us a little crazy too. But this is just nuts. Authorities in San Bernardino say a 31-year-old woman spotted taking items from a Victoria's Secret in Victorville went on a crime spree that included an ... More >>
Alex CDParis Hilton raves.It's been a rough week for raves in L.A. As the Los Angeles Times blew the lid off a strange relationship between the public Coliseum's events manager and the controversial promoter of megaraves there, a prominent Coliseum leader said a ban of the parties at the taxp ... More >>
San Bernardino is known for its forests, but not this kind.Looks like unincorporated L.A. County isn't the only place pot shops are feeling unwelcome these days. San Bernardino County officials are considering a similar ban on marijuana dispensaries in their unincorporated areas. The county ... More >>
File PhotoSome achieved bigger air than this at Mountain High.A lot of snowboarders who headed up to the local mountains post-holidays for some relatively fresh powder were looking for some serious hang-time. After all, getting a little air by blasting off a jump or mogul is a big part of the ... More >>
Don't be a dickUpdated after the jump with current conditions and some record storm stats for the books. Originally posted at 12:36 p.m. Update, 3:20 p.m.: The big storm should hit between midnight and noon tomorrow. We'll get at least two inches. (So far, 14 people have been rescued from Or ... More >>
Ominous splotches of burgundy, salmon, and peach are usually reserved for maps illuminating the presence of sex offenders, spiraling crime rates, and dangerous pollution levels. Upon pulling up Food & Water Watch's interactive Factory Farm Map, some people will see that magnitude of foulnes ... More >>
File photo of ravers.Last week we told you how an L.A. venue pulled the plug on a weekend rave called Winterfresh last-minute after we made some calls asking if we could come by. That event ended up in San Bernardino, with many ticket-holders unhappy about the extra drive and a huge line tha ... More >>
Timothy NorrisRavers at last June's Electric Daisy Carnival.Raves have been in the news a lot this year, as much for the clusterfuckian conditions created by greedy promoters as for the behavior of weekend warriors. Over the weekend we can all be thankful that a 14-year-old who went missing ... More >>
Electric Daisy Carnival.The people who run the county of Los Angeles want raves to be a safer. They want them to have an 18-and-older policy. And they want them to warn about the dangers of ecstasy. All these wants, however, don't mean that the parties will have do abide by the county's wish ... More >>
Ayana Lopez reportedly went missing following Winterfresh rave.Updated after the jump with details from girl's mom. First posted at 10:40 a.m. A rave that was moved from near downtown L.A. to San Bernardino over the weekend was criticized by party-goers for crowded lines and turning away man ... More >>
The San Bernardino City Council on Monday night delayed a controversial vote on whether or not to create a city impound lot that at least one critic said would create a system similar to that in the embattled city of Bell, where police were allegedly encouraged to take vehicles off the street ... More >>
The San Bernardino City Council on Monday will consider a proposal to create an in-house, city tow yard essentially to raise more money from police impounds. The idea has at least one critic comparing the idea to the city of Bell's own policy of allegedly encourage police to impound vehicles ... More >>
Google MapsEight people were killed when an off-road vehicle plowed into a crowd during an evening race in Lucerne Valley, a high-desert community in San Bernardino. The accident was reported at 7:48 p.m., according to the San Bernardino Sun. Initial reports had the number of dead at six, bu ... More >>
Flickr via Nemo's great uncle(not a pic of Red) A Pomeranian puppy born with both male and female sex organs has at least 15 people expressing interest in adopting the dog, according to the Press-Enterprise. The puppy named Red recently underwent gender-reassignment surgery in San Bernardino ... More >>
EDC 2010.Drug possession and sales allegations reportedly prompted most of the 21 felony arrests at the weekend's Audiotistic rave in San Bernardino that was organized by the same people behind the controversial Electric Daisy Carnival event at the Los Angeles Coliseum last month. Fifteen peo ... More >>
San Bernardino County officials this week banned raves at venues they control. Of course, no raves happen at venues they control. The move came as the promoter of Los Angeles' controversial Electric Daisy Carnival, which attracted about 160,000 fans, prompted 60 arrests and saw the subsequen ... More >>
Timothy Norris'EDC' fans.The promoter of the troubled Electric Daisy Carnival rave last month, where a 15-year-old who later died apparently took ecstasy, is moving to an 18-and-older format for his next big event, the Audiotistic Festival July 24 at the National Orange Show Events Center San ... More >>
According to a study by U.S. Fish and Wildlife, the cost to protect the endangered arroyo toad in Southern California could amount to $789 million over 25 years. The study looked at a proposal to protect more than 112,000 acres of critical habitat for the toad in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, ... More >>
A San Bernardino mother found her teenage children, abducted by their father when they were 2- and 3-years-old, through a Facebook search, it was recently revealed. The woman said that her husband, Faustino Utera, disappeared with the children in 1995. He had allegedly told her that he had ta ... More >>
The city of San Bernardino has moved to shut down a long-time venue for raves and concerts, the Hudson Theater, citing what it argues is an inordinate number of police calls to the spot. The San Bernardino Sun reports that the City Attorney's office has asked a judge for a preliminary injunc ... More >>
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 >>
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 >>
Busted! Two San Bernardino members of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club await booking after narcotics arrests in Los Angeles. Photo:LA Times/UCLA Digital Collection
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