Simone Wilson

UCLA neuroscientist David Jentsch, who performs drug tests on vervet monkeys at the university, was the target of a particularly gnarly animal-rights protest this week. He received a package at his home containing alleged AIDS-infested razor blades and a menacing note comparing him to Frankenstein. Protesters added that instead of......

All major news sources this morning are clawing at whatever mangled corpse is left of the TSA hype. Today was supposed to be national opt-out day -- and still could be, of course, once the straight-laced early-morning travelers give way to rambunctious noon-flight types -- but so far, passengers have......

Updated after the jump with the gender of the supposed victim. Mark Hubbard -- 51-year-old teacher and athletic director at Hillcrest Christian, a Granada Hills K-12 school, for the last eight years -- was arrested by the LAPD on Sunday on suspicion of committing "multiple sex crimes" against an underage......

A Latino man fatally shot on Nov. 14 -- though he did not die for two more days -- has been identified as 27-year-old Mario Mendez. The shooting occurred just after 9 p.m. at 10509 Compton Ave., right next to a middle school in Watts. According to LAPD Criminal Gang......

Good thing we've been submitting ourselves to full-scale security rape at TSA checkpoints the nation over, all in the name of the War on Terror. God knows it's the only way to stop dangerous weapons in their tracks. With the exception of, uhhh, full ammunition clips -- one of which......

If you hightail it down to the the 3600 block of West Slauson Avenue right now, you might be able to nab one of the 10,000 turkeys that Jackson Limousine Service has secured for its annual Thanks-giveaway, which opened at 8 a.m. this morning. Even better, if you wheeze in......

Updated after the jump: Should a two-year-old really be allowed 30 feet in the air, with only 10 inches of concrete and a 16-inch piece of glass to protect him? Update, Nov. 22, 12:15 p.m.: what Tang's parents were doing as their son plunged to his death. Originally posted on......

Your lifetime subscription to SoCal power supplier SCE requires you care about its grandmotherly new list of "Holiday Lighting Safety Tips," or how to avoid all danger and joyfulness while lighting your humble abode this holiday season. Unless you're a DWP baby, in which case we hate to inform you......