Crazy Vegas Strip Car-To-Car Shooting Involving Maserati Ends With 3 Dead
Three people were killed after someone in a Range Rover opened fire on a Maserati on the Las Vegas Strip early this morning, police said. The brazen attack in the middle of one of America's mos...
View ArticleAcademy Awards Weekend Strike At W Hotel Hollywood
Just in time for the glitz and glamour of L.A's annual Academy Awards weekend it's ... Latina cleaning ladies on strike! Yeah, we'll just see if bleeding-heart Hollywood is down with this. The ...
View ArticleCecil Hotel All But Abandoned By Short-Term Guests Even As Water Tests OK
See also: Elisa Lam: Body On Roof Of DTLA's Cecil Hotel Said To Be That Of Missing Tourist. The Cecil Hotel downtown was all but abandoned by most if not all of its short-term guests as the L.A...
View ArticleBrainiac Mayoral Candidate Eric Garcetti Pleads Ignorance On Clear Channel...
Read L.A Weekly feature article about inner-city success story Emanuel Pleitez. Los Angeles mayoral candidate Emanuel Pleitez is now getting into the thick of a brewing scandal involving rival ...
View ArticleLos Angeles Meteor Sightings Light Up Twitter
What appeared to be a meteor screamed over the skies of Los Angeles overnight. The streak of light in the night sky also lit up Twitter with reported sightings. The Los Angeles Fire Department ...
View ArticleFrancisco Leon-Urbalexo Charged In Bizarre Hate Crime Near Third Street...
Santa Monica cops say a man wanted in a strange, random hate crime near Third Street Promenade has been charged in connection with the attack. Francisco Leon-Urbalexo, 39, was tracked down via ...
View ArticleTony Scott's Vincent Thomas Bridge Suicide Inspires Barrier Legislation
Citing Director Tony Scott's fatal dive off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro last summer, a California legislator is proposing that new and rebuilt state bridges contain "suicide barriers....
View ArticleWendy Greuel Edges Eric Garcetti In Fundraising, Has More Cash In Campaign's...
Update below: Kevin James' super PAC runs out of steam.Controller Wendy Greuel raised more money over the last month than Councilman Eric Garcetti, her top rival in the race for L.A. mayor, and ...
View ArticleBelasco Club-Adjacent Stabbing Injures 5 In Downtown Los Angeles; 2 Arrested
Five people were injured in a stabbing that took place on a sidewalk between to downtown L.A. nightclubs, the Belasco Theater and the Mayan, early this morning, police said. Pedro Garcia, 19, w...
View ArticleGirls Targeted By Scary, Would-Be Serial Kidnapper In Whittier, Cops Say
Cops in Whittier were on the lookout for a creep in a red convertible they believe has been trying to kidnap girls all month long. The latest attempt happened yesterday when an 11-year-old was ...
View ArticleRicardo Lara Wants To Remove Tax Exemption For Anti-Gay Boy Scouts
California Sen. Ricardo Lara is introducing the "Youth Equality Act" to try to remove the Boy Scouts of America's tax-exempt status because it discriminates against gays. Lara aims to pass bi...
View ArticleTuberculosis Outbreak On Downtown L.A.'s Skid Row Prompts Federal Response
The federal Centers for Disease Control says it's sending staffers to L.A. to help county and state officials deal with a tuberculosis outbreak on Skid Row. A CDC spokeswoman told the Weekly to...
View ArticleAmmar Harris' ID'd In Vegas Strip Shooting; Cops Say He's Armed & Dangerous
See also: Crazy Vegas Strip Car-To-Car Shooting Involving Maserati Ends With 3 Dead. Las Vegas police tonight said a man who lives only a mile from Thursday's horrific car-to-car shooting on th...
View ArticleVivid Porn Building Catches Fire
Flames erupted on the rooftop of a building famous for housing the offices of one of the world's largest porn studios, Vivid Entertainment in the Cahuenga Pass. Hot stuff, indeed: Luckily, no o...
View ArticleCan Mayoral Candidate Wendy Greuel Still Feign Ignorance about 'Gold Card...
It's always interesting, and, of course, a bit suspicious, when seemingly smart politicians are "surprised" or claim ignorance when something peculiar happens on their watch -- as if that's a v...
View ArticleSantos Omar Barillas: Dad Hits Strip Club As Toddler Left In Truck, L.A. Cops...
Fathers, when you go to the strip club, leave your daughters at home. Or -- maybe -- just don't go to the strip club. Cops say 24-year-old Santos Omar Barillas threw down a few at 7557 Club i...
View ArticleLupe Ontiveros Snubbed By Oscars''In Memoriam' Segment; Latinos Mad
It was an Academy Awards in which a movie about a Latino CIA operative who designed the ingenious rescue of six American diplomats from revolutionary Iran in 1979 won "best picture." But that L...
View ArticleThe Hollywood Reporter Gets Suspicious Package, Hazmat Teams Respond
Many folks inside the offices of The Hollywood Reporter on the Miracle Mile evacuated this morning after authorities received a suspicious package report. Photos of the location show office wo...
View ArticleThe Onion's Quvenzhané Wallis Tweet Sets Off Firestorm On Oscars, Race &...
Updated at the bottom. The Onion apologizes. First posted at 7:05 a.m. The Onion, a satirical news source, has had its moments, including a recent story headlined, "Los Angeles On High Alert As...
View ArticleDodgers, NFL Talk Football At Chavez Ravine
Despite big plans and grid-iron dreams in downtown Los Angeles, the NFL has held talks with the new owners of Dodger Stadium about hosting football there in the future. That according to SportsB...
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