Simone Wilson

It's rare to catch L.A. Sheriff Lee Baca and his shadow leader, Paul Tanaka (who also bizarrely serves as the mayor of Gardena), candidly speaking about the hundreds of deputy-abuse allegations that have piled up against the L.A. County Sheriff's Department these last few years. We call Baca the "Teflon......

Update: One of the officers has been fired. LAPD Chief Charlie Beck says: "I do not believe that their intent was evil, just extremely misguided." Read his full statement at the bottom. Originally posted July 25 at 5:15 p.m. So badly did two Los Angeles traffic officers want to prove......

Approximately 500 protesters, majority Latino, were showered in police beanbags, rubber bullets and pepper balls last night outside Anaheim City Hall as they rioted over two recent officer-involved shootings in the Orange County town. (And the fight wasn't one-sided: Protesters reportedly hurtled bottles, rocks and traffic cones right back in......

The tale of Lloyd Morris' arrest alone is enough to make the Glendale PD history books. When a cop showed up to his house on Edmonton Road last Thursday morning, the suspect allegedly flipped a bitch, becoming "combative and aggressive" and daring the officer to shoot him. "The officer was......

Update: U.S. Geological Survey spokeswoman Elizabeth Cochran says the magnitude has been downgraded to a 3.7. She says the "jolt" effect had to do with the earthquake being "directly underneath" the L.A. metropolitan area. Just call it the Little One. The Earth readjusted itself about five-and-a-half miles beneath Marina Del......

Update: The powder reportedly fell from a fan letter to Glee creator Ryan Murphy. Details at the bottom. Someone at 5555 West Melrose Avenue (the address for Paramount Studios) called 911 today after discovering a "white powder like substance" in an envelope. So the L.A. City Fire Department dispatched its......