Simone Wilson

Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's downtown-centric frame of vision -- one that certainly sticks to City Hall tradition -- is (once again) pissing off the people. The mayor currently selects all five members for each of 51 City Commissions, who are then approved by the tight-knit City Council -- maintaining......

America just couldn't wait to see Steve-O's balls in the third dimension. "Jackass 3D," third filmic spinoff of MTV's infamous gross-out series, opened this weekend to disgusting amounts of success. Moviegoers dropped an estimated $50 million on the film between Friday and Sunday, more than doubling the income of runner-up......

A two-year old black female was discovered by paramedics in full cardiac arrest at about 11 p.m. on Wednesday, October 6. Because her mother is currently serving time in jail, the girl was staying with her maternal grandmother on the 10600 block of Cimarron Street in Westmont. From there, Johnson......

Embittered parking-enforcement officers all over Los Angeles are being outperformed by a steely army of 15,000 one-legged cash cows, KPCC radio reports. The new solar-powered parking meters accept credit cards in addition to coins, and avoid breaking down by sending an alert back to the station if there's ever a......

Though she's best known for representing man-star libido victims such as Amber Frey (mistress of wife-killer Scott Peterson) and both Joslyn James and Rachel Uchitel (quenchers of Tiger Woods' infamous addiction), attorney Gloria Allred called a press conference yesterday to show off her more sensitive side. It seems Allred has......

At a West Valley raid on Wednesday, part of the LAPD's optimistically titled "Operation New Horizons," officers stumbled upon a cache of ridiculously illegal weaponry to make the little gangsters in them squeal with glee. Though they'd only been searching for two shotguns and a handgun -- according to the......

A 31-year-old Latino man was fatally stabbed by his 42-year-old brother around 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, October 10, police said. The two were arguing at their shared Hollywood apartment in the 1500 block of Winona Boulevard, when Edgar Pelayo allegedly took out a knife and began stabbing the victim repeatedly......

A Latino man fatally shot at 12:25 a.m. on Sunday, October 10, has been identified as 23-year-old Agustin Calderon. The shooting occurred at South Broadway and West 70th Street, according to LAPD's Newton Homicide Division. An unidentified shooter fired at Calderon, hitting him in the upper torso before fleeing the......

Updated after the jump with details of Rizo-Soto's murder. First posted October 14 at 4:26 p.m. A Latina female who died from blunt force trauma on Monday, October 11, has been identified as Jade Rizo-Soto, according to the coroner. She sustained the injury at 414 South Virgil Avenue in Westlake......

A Latino man fatally shot on Wednesday, September 29, has been identified as Raul Vergara. The shooting occurred near the corner of West Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard and South Hoover Street, according to the LAPD's Southwest Homicide Division......