Author Archives: City News Service

A woman known as a “prolific” identity theft suspect who allegedly met her victims through various websites was in custody today, and authorities urged other possible victims to contact them

A Los Angeles man is facing a potential life prison term for kidnapping and robbing a 79-year-old woman inside her South Pasadena home and burglarizing the home of another senior in Pasadena less than two
months earlier

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to end the practice of solitary confinement at its three juvenile halls and 13 camps.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose two-tenths of a cent today to $2.862, the 10th increase in 11 days

A 16-year-old boy was fatally shot in Ramona Park in Long Beach, and his killer remains at large today, authorities said.

Police asked for the public’s help today to find an armed man captured on surveillance video committing several robberies at businesses in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles

A man was killed today in a single-vehicle crash in Hawthorne, police said

A woman was being treated today for critical injuries that she suffered when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles, Los Angeles police reported. The accident took place at the intersection of La Brea Avenue and Saint Elmo Drive about 11:30 p.m. Monday, according to a desk officer at the LAPD’s West Traffic Division.

A group of Muslim women suing a Laguna Beach restaurant alleging they were kicked out because of their religion said today they were shocked at being expelled from the eatery and felt they were treated
like criminals.