Valley Village

David Granados' Bike Hit-And-Run Fatality Sees $50,000 Reward Offered

See also: Luxury Car Hit-And-Run Drivers Running Rampant in L.A. Cops are looking for the driver in the latest in a string of hit-and-runs involving luxury vehicles in Los Angeles. This one was fatal, ultimately killing bicyclist David Alexander Grandados after he peddled near Oxnard Street and Be ... More >>

Bicyclist Sustains Major Injuries In Valley Village Hit-And-Run By Mercedes SUV

See also: Hit-and-Run Blowback on LAPD. A series of hit-and-run crimes on bicyclists have L.A. bike activists fuming this spring. The community was buzzing about a near-death hit-and-run in Griffith Park last month. Now there's this:

Robert Brandon Mawhinney Of Lights Over Paris Band Charged In $6 Mil Fraud Case

The front man of an L.A. band called Lights Over Paris was living the rock-star life. Unfortunately, authorities allege, Robert Brandon Mawhinney was doing so by using fake documents to get more than $6 million in fraudulent loans that he "used to fund his band and his lavish lifestyle," according ... More >>

Al Amir: Lebanese Cuisine in Valley Village

Al Amir: Lebanese Cuisine Special Board Fun in Valley Village

Sandwiched between a small sushi bar and a Chinese restaurant in Valley Village is Al Amir, a Lebanese café that opened early this year. This part of the San Fernando Valley has always had a pretty good community of Middle Eastern restaurants, with bustling big-city places like Cedar House and Alca ... More >>

Earthquake Measuring 3.3 Jolts Beverly Hills, Westside

A strong jolt of an earthquake hit L.A.'s Westside early on the Labor Day holiday. The temblor at 3.26 a.m. measured 3.3, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It felt strong in some parts of Los Angeles early Monday:

Irma Zamora: Two Good Samaritans Fatally Electrocuted at Scene of Chaotic SUV Crash in San Fernando Valley

Repeated attempts to lend a hand at a hectic accident scene in the San Fernando Valley went south last night, City News Service reports. After a big white Chevy SUV lost control while trying to make a turn at Magnolia Boulevard around 8:25 p.m. -- knocking over a street lamp, downing power lines, s ... More >>

Music and Fashion -- Together at Last!

Zachariah Timothy Lehnen, Accused in Double Murder of Culver City Pair, Could Have Been in Prison Until 2013 But Was Released Early

Patrick HealyZachariah Timothy Lehnen.​The transient accused of killing two people in Culver City this month was let out of prison late last year -- with three years cut off his time -- via a controversial early-release program. Thirty-one-year-old Zachariah Lehnen's parolee information sheet ... More >>

L.A.'s $350 Million Deficit Explained: City Employees Spent Years Collecting $215 Fine from Franklin Hanock. But He'd Already Paid.

An employee mans Los Angeles City Hall's state-of-the-art collections system.​Valley Village resident Franklin Hanock, featured in an L.A. Daily News column by Kerry Cavanaugh, says "Where [LA] is heading scares the hell out of me." He got a $125 fine for a malfunctioning burglar alarm that ... More >>

Daily News Ad By Former Real Estate Exectutive Cary Brazeman Says Changes In City Law Would Allow Bigger, Taller Buildings Without Much Public Input

Daily NewsCary Brazeman's ad argues changes to L.A. law would allow bigger buildings in many communities.​Big buildings and high-rises could be built with little approval if a series of changes to city law take effect. At least that's according to a former real estate executive who's been taki ... More >>

Manhunt For Omar Armando Loera, Suspect In Murder Of Cheree Osmanhodzic, Underway In Coldwater Canyon

Loera.​A city worker reported spotting an at-large parolee wanted in the brutal murder of a Valley Village woman who had been planning for her upcoming wedding. Authorities urged residnets in Coldwater Canyon area to stay inside and lock windows and doors as they searched the Valley side of th ... More >>

Chere Osmanhodzic Murder Case Inspires LAPD Union To Say We Told You So: Suspect Saw An Early Release Despite Record

Loera.​The union that represents Los Angeles police is fuming over the case of 34-year-old Omar Armando Loera, the man recently named as a suspect in what authorities described as a brutal murder of a bride-to-be in Valley Village. The union is mad because, it states, Loera has a long criminal ... More >>

Suspect In Valley Village Murder Of Cheree Ozmanhodzic Identified

Updated with suspect's name, photo and description. First posted at 7:01 a.m. LAPD​Los Angeles police this week announced they have identified a suspect in the shocking and brutal Valley Village murder of a bride-to-be in July. The alleged killer was ID'd as Omar Armando Loera, a 34-year-old ... More >>

Chere Osmanhodzic, L.A. Homicide No. 162: Woman Found Dead Inside Burning Home in Valley Village

​A 34-year-old woman was found burned to death inside her home in Valley Village, and police are asking for the public's help in solving the strange caper. According to police reports, firefighters were called to the 11500 block of Riverside Drive at approximately 7 p.m. Saturday. The Fire Dep ... More >>

Man Charged In Valley Village Blood Bath

Google MapsThe Hot Spot eatery.​Nerses Galstyan was charged Thursday on suspicion of murdering four people earlier this month at a Valley Village restaurant, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office. Mayhem, attempted murder and a gun charge were also filed against the su ... More >>

Suspect In Valley Village Slayings Found Near Seattle

Nerses Galstyan.​Authorities near Seattle apprehended Nerses Galstyan, the man named as the prime suspect in the fatal shootings of four men earlier this month at a Valley Village restaurant, the Seattle Times reports. The U.S. Marshals Service's Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force ... More >>

Pew poll says Americans hate government. Exhibit One: Howard Berman, gerrymander king

The respected Pew Research Center several hours ago revealed that Americans from all walks of life are beset with distrust for government at all levels, plummeting from 73 percent who said they trusted government in the Eisenhower era, to only 22 percent who say so today.Howard Berman ​This week's ... More >>

Announcement Scheduled In Case Of Four Men Gunned Down In Valley Village

Google MapsThe scene of the crime.​Los Angeles police on Friday scheduled a 4 p.m. news conference to announce an update in their investigation of the homicides of four men who were gunned down Saturday inside a Valley Village restaurant. The downtown conference is scheduled to include some ... More >>

Suspect Named In Valley Village Shooting Of Four Men

ABC7Nerses Arthur Galstyan.​Authorities on Friday named 28-year-old Nerses Arthur Galstyan as the prime suspect in Valley Village restaurant attack that took the lives of four men Saturday. Los Angeles police Chief Charlie Beck said at an afternoon news conference that Galstyan shot the men "i ... More >>

"Weather" — or Not?

Eight candidates scare L.A. City Hall

A September 22 election in Council District 2 may shake all the way to downtown

Another Pipe Bursts: Street Flooding 'Normal' in September, Says DWP

The oft-arid nature of this city belies a subterranean water world that sometimes flows like an El Nino storm in reverse. This, of course, is what happened Saturday when a 95-year-old water main ruptured on Cold Water Canyon Avenue near Ventura Boulevard in Studio City, sending cars adrift, flooding ... More >>

Carpetbagging for Cash in L.A. Council District 2

Eight committed San Fernando Valley activists try to stop two monied outsiders

Can an Activist Crack L.A. City Hall's Machine?

In the riled-up S.F. Valley, a struggle pits regular folk against big money

Fucking With "Fucking With Drew Barrymore”

And more thoughts on L.A. People 2009

LA People 2009: The Walker — Marc Abrams

Replacing Wendy Greuel in the Valley

A juicy $2.5 million City Council seat opens in anti-Villaraigosa territory

#&*0#&!!! Mad at the City Council

No Good Deed Dept.: L.A. Times' Neighborhood Map Project Gets Flak

The fact that some L.A. Times readers have treated the newspaper's attempt to map 87 Los Angeles neighborhoods as an act of capricious gerrymandering shows how fluid and volatile are our notions of community boundaries. Angelenos typically cry foul over boundary slights when their addresses, by fall ... More >>

Fight for L.A.'s Ritzy Council District 5

Six candidates vow to bring back "slow growth"

Kramer Versus Weekly: Molding the News?

The Colombian Hot Dog Migrates to L.A.

Tropical munch

Angelenos Sue City Hall Over Prodensity "Affordable Housing" Pretense

East Is East (of Downtown)

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Letters: PSA on STDs

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Jerilyn Lopez Mendoza

Port in a Storm

Jeffree Star

The fairest one of all

No Peace in the Valley

According to former porn star, Kulak’s Woodshed is barely legal

Seeing Red

Not-So-Free Trade

Go East, Young Surfer Girl

Could the best surf shop be in the Valley?

Nickel and Damned

Tales from the back of the house in L.A.’s hotel workers’ struggle

Anarchist, Interrupted

Sherman Austin may face state charges

Ask Mr. Gold

Ask Mr. Gold

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What Goes Around

How Tony Cardenas lost his bid for City Council

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The Pie's the Limit

This is what happens when the world goes to pizzas