Human skull and bones wash ashore in Palos Verdes Estates
Days after a human skull and bones washed ashore on a beach in Palos Verdes Estates, authorities are still trying to identify the decedent and … Read more
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Jan. 6 defendants from California eagerly await Trump pardons
Out of more than 1,500 criminal defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, David Dempsey is among the most notorious. … Read more
L.A. politician Ridley-Thomas’ final campaign: to clear his name
For more than three decades, Mark Ridley-Thomas never lost an election, tapping a well-organized network of supporters to secure victory after victory. Now, the former … Read more
DNA shows man who found girl’s body in 1979 was actually her killer
Lewis Randy Williamson found the girl’s body off of Highway 243. Esther Gonzalez, 17 at the time, had been raped, killed and dumped in a … Read more
Judge ‘troubled’ by Danny Masterson’s attorneys tracking down jurors after rape trial
Attorneys working for Danny Masterson contacted jurors from the actor’s rape trial despite a judge’s order meant to limit publicly available information about their identities, … Read more
NBA YoungBoy pleads guilty to Utah prescription fraud ring
Rap star NBA YoungBoy will not face jail time for his role in a months-long fraud scheme to illegally obtain prescription drugs from several Utah … Read more
First U.S. case of mpox variant reported in San Mateo County
The first case in the U.S. of a more severe mpox variant has been confirmed in a person who had recently traveled to East Africa … Read more
Probe widens into L.A. deputies allegedly linked to crypto ‘godfather’
Adam Iza grew up a world away from the Bel-Air mansion he inhabited before his arrest in September. As his lawyer Josef Sadat tells it, … Read more
H5N1 bird flu infects six more humans in California, Oregon
As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday that six more human cases of infection: five in … Read more
Man who prompted investigation of Democratic donor Ed Buck found dead
Dane Brown, who survived a 2019 drug overdose and prompted an investigation against Democratic donor and activist Ed Buck, was found dead on a South … Read more