Christine Pelisek

Grim Sleeper's Victims

Christine Pelisek
Click here for Weekly cover feature Grim Sleeper Returns, by Christine Pelisek.  • On August 10, 1985, Debra Jackson, 29, a cocktail waitress, left a friend’s home in Lynwood to take a bus back to her apartment in South-Central. Days later, her decomposing body was found in an alley near......

Anti-Billboard Activists Gear Up for Fight

Christine Pelisek
Anti-clutter, anti-billboard activists are gearing up for a fight tomorrow when a hearing will be held on a proposed, hyper-bright electronic billboard on Ventura Boulevard in Encino. The Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight has been fighting to stop the bright billboard on Ventura Boulevard since last year. Digital billboards have......
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LAPD Detective Testifies in Witchcraft Murder Trial

Christine Pelisek
A Los Angeles Police Department homicide detective testified yesterday in the witchcraft murder trial of 22-year-old Carla Mendez who is accused of killing a local snow-cone vendor who allegedly put an evil spell on her female lover. Detective Luis Rivera, who looked dapper in a beige suit, blue shirt and......

Rapper Dr. Dre's Son Dead at 20

Christine Pelisek
The Los Angeles County Coroner reported today that the son of hip hop record producer and rapper Dr. Dre has died. Andre Young Jr. was found dead at his home in Woodland Hills on Saturday morning. Young was out the previous night and returned home around 5:30 A.M., according to......
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Key Witness Testifies in Witchcraft Murder Trial

Christine Pelisek
Opening arguments began yesterday in the strange witchcraft murder trial of Carla Mendez accused of the Silver Lake murder of a local snow-cone vendor who she believed had put an evil spell on Mendez' female lover. Deputy District Attorney Hyunah Suh described the slight 22-year-old Mendez, who was sporting a......
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Witchcraft Murder Trial Begins

Christine Pelisek
Opening arguments will begin today in the weird witchcraft murder trial of Carla Mendez, accused of the Silver Lake murder of a local snow-cone vendor who she believed had put an evil spell on Mendez' female lover. Los Angeles Police Department Northeast Detectives found snow-cone man Norberto Castro’s battered body......
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FBI Agents Investigate Los Angeles City Attorney

Christine Pelisek
The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that San Francisco-based FBI agents have begun a criminal investigation of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. The newspaper quoted sources familiar with the FBI investigation as saying that agents recently went to Los Angeles to conduct interviews. The investigation was spurred on by......
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FBI Criminal Probe Targets Los Angeles City Attorney

Christine Pelisek
The San Francisco Chronicle reported today that San Francisco-based FBI agents have begun a criminal investigation of Los Angeles City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo. The newspaper quoted sources familiar with the FBI investigation as saying that agents recently went to Los Angeles to conduct interviews. The investigation was spurred on by......
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Billboard Coalition Elects New President

Christine Pelisek
Los Angeles activist Dennis Hathaway has been elected president of the Coalition to Ban Billboard Blight. Hathaway says he is putting together an action plan “to make a concerted effort to effectively fight the city and billboard companies.” In addition, Hathaway says he hopes to educate the public about the......