Robot Roams UCLA Hospital's Halls, Can Make Doctors' Rounds
Would you feel comforted if a robot came to your hospital bed to help examine you? That's what you might have in store if you ever end up at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center's neurological inte...
View ArticleSheriff's Car Rear-Ended By Drunk Near West Hollywood, Cops Say
From the Department of Don't Even Try This At Home Kids comes this amazing story from the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. Deputies say two of their own who had been conducting a pedestrian st...
View ArticleNearly 1 in 10 California Workers Here Illegally
Nearly one out of every 10 workers in California is here illegally. So says a new USC Center for the Study of Immigrant Integration report. The research, released today, also says that more tha...
View ArticleDisney Wants To Own Dia De Los Muertos?
Update at the bottom: It looks like Disney is baking away from its claims to Dia De Los Muertos. First posted at 12:38 p.m. It's bad enough that white folk have taken over our land (the Southwe...
View ArticleRobber Targets Market Steps From LAPD Station, Is Fatally Shot
If you rob a store -- and we don't recommend it -- make sure it's not around the corner from a police station, because this is what happens: You get shot at not by one officer but by as many as...
View ArticleMarijuana Breathalyzer Test Could Be Near
One of the problems with medical marijuana, at least from cops' perspective, is that pot is hard to detect in the field, and many drivers could be getting away with DUI because they're high but ...
View ArticleDorner Carjack Victim Vows To Block Reward Payment
The $1 million reward for the capture and conviction of Christopher Dorner went to four people, including a couple that was tied up in their cabin by Dorner (James and Karen Reynolds will get 80...
View ArticlePorn's Condom Problem Extends To Ventura County Now
The porn industry has threatened to leave L.A. over two mandatory condom laws here. And it has appeared to have shut down much production in L.A. county, with speculation putting porn shoots in...
View ArticleHow Much Rope Does Don Mattingly Have Left?
Exactly how much rope does the Dodgers' skipper have left? Probably not the best choice of words there, because whatever you think of the way Don Mattingly is going about his business, any and ...
View ArticleMitt Romney To Help Out With San Diego-Tijuana Olympics Bid
If the U.S. Olympic Committee told you your bid to host the 2024 Summer Games was no good, you'd probably slink back to whatever corner of the earth you came from. But not San Diego, the Little...
View ArticleWendy Greuel TV Ad Slams Eric Garcetti's Polo Fundraiser With Felon Developer
It turns out that reports of the demise of Wendy Greuel's TV campaign were premature. Greuel released a new attack ad this afternoon, attacking mayoral rival Eric Garcetti for holding a polo fun...
View ArticleDo Endorsements for John Choi and Mitch O'Farrell Reveal Answers for...
Is L.A. City Council District 13 candidate John Choi a pawn of downtown City Hall interests? Does rival Mitch O'Farrell really have the support of CD 13's community activists? Will residents be ...
View ArticleSoCal Farm Workers Canned for Fleeing Fire? All a Misunderstanding, Farm Says
The story of more than a dozen farm workers fired after fleeing smoke from the Springs fire in Ventura County has turned out to be the story of more than a dozen farm workers who still have a jo...
View ArticleMelvin Ramos: South L.A. Man Wanted for Allegedly Molesting Own Relatives
Cops say a 27-year-old man participated in "illicit sexual acts" with a number of underage girls. And the victims were his own relatives. That's what an LAPD detective told us about Melvin Ra...
View ArticleJodi Arias Is Not White (and Other Lessons About Latinos)
See coverage of the Arias case from our sister publication Phoenix New Times here. There was a time when using the term "Mexican" was thought to be impolite. Perhaps that sentiment stems from t...
View ArticleKoch Brothers' Interest in Los Angeles Times Met With DTLA Rally
People are starving on Skid Row, children go without parents in South L.A., and immigrants will work for practically nothing in this town. But a couple of rich conservatives threaten to buy the...
View ArticleLAPD 'Party Car' in Valley Ready to Bust Your Backyard Shindig
Cops are spread thin in this country-sized city of nearly 500 square miles. Call one and she might come -- if you have a serious emergency. But in the San Fernando Valley, LAPD has found the ca...
View ArticleL.A. Voter Guide to Medical Marijuana Measures D, E and F on May 21 Ballot
Medical marijuana measures D, E and F on L.A.'s May 21 ballot are incredibly high-stakes, and we do mean high. More than 1,000 dispensaries exist in L.A., taking in tens of millions of dollars...
View Article3.0 Earthquake Near Marina Del Rey Awakens Westside From Spring Slumber
A small earthquake jolted L.A.'s coastal communities today, creating an online buzz so great that it proved the world really does revolve around the Westside. The jolt of a temblor struck at 2:...
View ArticleDead Heat: Wendy Greuel Up By One Point In New Mayoral Poll
A new poll in the L.A. mayor's race shows Wendy Greuel up by one point over Eric Garcetti, a sign that her campaign's decision to spend $1.4 million on an unusually early TV ad blitz may have pa...
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