Pasadena's Bernard Melekian is moving to Washington, D.C., to become the national face of community policing. We've spent a lot of time recently celebrating the reign of Bill Bratton, whose LAPD legacy -- less crime, more accountability, closer ties between officers and neighborhoods -- is rooted in his promotion of community policing. Full Story »
Sheriff's deputies say they saw the suspect posting 'Who is John Scott?' stickers in a downtown subway station. They say he is the oldest alleged street vandal ever captured. For months, a mysterious vandal has been slapping hundreds of "Who Is John Scott?" stickers on buses around Los Angeles. Full Story »
Six foothill homes in in La Cañada Flintridge are damaged after a surprise downpour triggers a debris flow. On his drive home from a football game Thursday night, Phil Markgraf noticed light rain falling on his windshield. Full Story »
Steve Di Memmo, the only council member to avoid indictment in a corruption probe this week, says the other councilmen shut him out because he 'wouldn't play the game.' After winning a City Council seat last year on a campaign of transparency and accountability, Steve Di Memmo said he quickly found himself the outsider in a clique of clubby officials who shared long-standing ties and mutual ... Full Story »
The latest version from the city attorney's office raises the idea of capping the number of dispensaries by council district. It also clarifies that edible marijuana products will be allowed. The Los Angeles city attorney's office on Friday submitted a new draft medical marijuana ordinance that could resolve some contentious issues but adds new complications, such as raising the idea of capping ... Full Story »
A magnitude 1.8 earthquake occurred early today near the Westminster Mall. Full Story »
Realtors from throughout the nation descended on San Diego Friday for the four-day National Association of Realtors convention. Insider Q&A queried a handful of attendees about the state of the market, lessons learned from the housing meltdown, if... Full Story »
Cox Communications just told me that Orange County customers will be getting 15 new HD channels by Dec. 15. Two others were added this week. Full Story »
Leslie Simpson, the owner of the South Seas – the best known Orange County nightclub of its day – was returning with his wife, Fern, to their Anaheim home early one morning in 1958 when out of darkness came a menacing figure. A shotgun-wielding... Full Story »
Handbills under windshield wipers count as litter, not free speech, San Clemente officials say, and they plan to go to the Supreme Court to prove it. A group opposed to illegal immigration recently sued the city over its ban on leafleting parked... Full Story »
This past Tuesday night, two poker players faced each other for the World Series of Poker Main Event Championship in the Penn Teller Theater in the Rio All-Suites Hotel in Las Vegas. Of the 6,494 entries who started the Main Event competition in July, these two players were among the most unlikely to become champion. Neither had played in the Main Event previously. Full Story »
Tamales return El Pollo Loco has added chicken tamales to its menu for the holidays, the company announced today in a press release. A press release describes the seasonal favorites as hand-formed and featuring chicken simmered in Colorado chili sauce. El Pollo Loco sells the tamales individually for $1.99, four for $7.49, and in a combo with rice and beans for $5.99. Full Story »
See some seahorses "There's Something about Seahorses," at Birch Aquarium at Scripps, will feature more than a dozen species of the mysterious creatures. The 2,000-square-foot interactive exhibit opens Saturday. It includes a "dating and mating station," and since male seahorses give birth, this could lead to some intriguing questions from young humans. Full Story »
Molly Brown was and is a demanding character, in real life and on stage in Performance Riverside's production of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," opening today at Landis Performing Arts Center in Riverside. "This is the most rigorous role I've ever played," said Stacy Huntington, who stars as Brown and whose career in theater spans more than 20 years. Full Story »
On Nov. 20, the morning after his Inland concert, Tim McGraw opens in Sandra Bullock's third movie of the year. Publicity photos for "The Blind Side," from Warner Bros., show the country star without facial hair, bling and the black hat that usually hides the top of his head. "The Blind Side" is an inspirational football film. Full Story »
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man they say is the oldest tagger they've ever captured. Full Story »
A Los Angeles police helicopter crew helped rescuers on the ground find a hypothermic deaf woman in stuck on a hillside in the dark. Full Story »
Carmelo Anthony got the better of Ron Artest, scoring 25 points in 29 minutes and leading the Denver Nuggets past the Los Angeles Lakers 105-79 Friday night. The Lakers' six-game winning streak was snapped. They scored just eight points in the third quarter as the Nuggets turned a two-point halftime lead into an 87-64 cushion that had ecstatic fans chanting "Beat L.A.!" Full Story »
Maybe her 15 minutes of fame aren't up yet. Carrie Prejean's sex tape is the hot ticket of the adult world at the moment. And Vivid, one of XXX's leading companies, is making Prejean an offer she will probably refuse. Full Story »
Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time. Ignoring substantial parts of her record if not the facts, she depicts herself as a frugal traveler on the taxpayer's dime, a reformer without ties to powerful interests and a politician roguishly indifferent to high ambition. Full Story »
A funeral is planned Tuesday for Doug Ring, a political activist and prominent developer who was found dead Thursday at his Brentwood home. Full Story »
Los Angeles Unified schools chief Ramon Cortines told unions Friday that they must accept a combination of furloughs and pay cuts this year and next or the district will be forced to lay off up to 8,500 employees. Full Story »
The majority owner of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory filed suit Friday to scuttle a state law requiring the highest cleanup standards at one of the nation's most polluted sites. Full Story »
A judge on Friday cut bail nearly in half for a trucker indicted in connection with a multi-vehicle wreck on Angeles Crest Highway that killed a 12-year-old Palmdale girl and her father. Full Story »
Cal Poly Pomona has notified 355 people who applied for admission in 2003 that some of their personal information was inadvertently disclosed online, the university announced Friday. Full Story »
Facing a huge budget shortfall, the city of Colton locks the doors and hands out pink slips. Full Story »
The man accused of trying to extort $100,000 from supermodel Cindy Crawford has a checkered past, according to court documents. Full Story »
Some of the stories making the local beat in Los Angeles. Full Story »
Singer Orelia is back with us on NewsRaw. Watch her sing live and learn more about her work with kids. Full Story »
Editor-in-Chief of GameTrailers.com joins us on NewsRaw to share secrets about the new Modern Warfare game. Full Story »
Los Angeles Unified schools chief Ramon Cortines told unions Friday they must accept a combination of furloughs and pay cuts this year and next or the district will be forced to lay off up to 8,500 employees. Full Story »
Students took a break from the academic routine at Hawthorne High School this week to celebrate diversity and tolerance, joining more than 3,000 campuses across the country participating in the annual Mix It Up Lunch Day program aimed at promoting tolerance in public schools. Full Story »
Doug Ring, a political activist, attorney and prominent Marina del Rey developer, has died in what coroner's officials were investigating Friday as a possible suicide. Full Story »
Lomita City Manager Tom Odom resigned under City Council pressure Friday, just days before a newly constituted five-member panel was set to take office. Full Story »
Metrolink's board of directors postponed a decision Friday on a proposed 6 percent fare hike. Board members instead directed their staff to consider other options - including possible service reductions - to make up for a sharp decline in revenue. Full Story »
Boeing Co., major owner of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, said Friday it has filed a federal lawsuit challenging a state law that set strict standards for the environmental cleanup of the former nuclear and rocket-engine research site near Simi Valley.The company said Senate Bill 990 imposes “irrational and arbitrary requirements” and is pre-empted by federal laws governing cleanup at former ... Full Story »
Funeral services will be held Sunday in Westlake Village for a Ventura County firefighter killed this week when he and another man were struck by a car on Interstate 5 in rural Fresno County.Bryan Banister, 23, of Westlake Village, and Rigoberto Gomez Cortez, 21, of Fresno County, were struck by an SUV as they were refueling Banister’s pick-up truck about 12:20 p.m. Monday on the shoulder of the ... Full Story »
Marge Beck said the memories of World War II have become easier for her husband to recall.“He’s told more stories in the last five years than ever before,” she said. “It’s been so many years that it’s like it’s been put to rest.”Dwight Beck walked out of his Ventura home to greet me the night we had scheduled the interview.“It can get pretty dark out here,” said the 86-year-old man. “I wanted to ... Full Story »
A Newbury Park school will offer the third in a series of free, monthly evening classes Thursday on how to make the community a greener place.The Environmental Academy for Research Technology of Earth Sciences magnet school, or EARTHS, opened this fall. The school organized “EARTHS After Dark” sessions, held on the campus at 2626 Michael Drive.Thursday’s session will focus on recycling and ... Full Story »
When Ronald Reagan was president, he received many gifts from dignitaries, world leaders, artists and others from around the world.Some of those gifts include a wood-carved Komodo dragon from artist Nyoman Mawi and a hand-tooled leather saddle from Francisco Labastida Ochoa, governor of Sinaloa, Mexico . Those and others will be on display next week along with festive holiday trees during the ... Full Story »
Melody Ross, the popular 16-year-old Wilson High junior who was an innocent bystander killed in an Oct. 30 shooting, will be remembered in services today from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Sky Rose Chapel at Rose Hills Memorial Park, 3888 S. Workman Mill Road, Whittier. Full Story »
TEXARKANA, Ark. - Evangelist Tony Alamo used his stature as a self-proclaimed prophet to force underage girls into sham marriages with him, controlling his followers with their fears of eternal suffering. Full Story »
WASHINGTON - In the biggest trial for the age of terrorism, the professed 9-11 mastermind and four alleged henchmen will be hauled before a civilian court on American soil, barely a thousand yards from the site of the World Trade Center's twin towers they are accused of destroying. Full Story »
The Long Beach Redevelopment Agency board on Monday will consider an exclusive negotiating agreement with the longtime linebacker's company, Wilmac Enterprises, Inc., for the development of the northwest corner of Pacific Coast Highway and Pine Avenue. Full Story »
SACRAMENTO - California Corrections Secretary Matthew Cate announced this week that the state has a plan to reduce the prison population that will satisfy a judicial panel of judges. Full Story »
SAN DIMAS - Sonia Rivera figured out her strategy early on. Full Story »
POMONA - A woman accused of stealing $55,000 from the La Verne Girls Softball Association pleaded no contest to embezzlement at the courthouse here on Friday. Full Story »
SAN ANTONIO HEIGHTS - San Antonio Water Co.'s recent water stock auction was the hot topic on Thursday night at a meeting of the San Antonio Heights Association. Full Story »
POMONA - Drag racing champion Tony Schumacher took time from competing in this weekend's Auto Club NHRA Finals at Fairplex to visit Ganesha High School. Full Story »
I realize that the average person reading this today is already a Christian and a Christ follower but may feel attacked or even discouraged by the opposition. So let me encourage you today. Full Story »
A panda cub undergoes a physical exam at the San Diego Zoo. AP Photo/San Diego Zoo, Ken Bohn
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