Category: Crime

  • LAX traveler had 71 pounds of meth-soaked clothing, prosecutors say

    LAX traveler had 71 pounds of meth-soaked clothing, prosecutors say

    A 31-year-old man was arrested at Los Angeles International Airport after trying to check two suitcases filled with clothing caked in methamphetamine — including a cow pajama onesie, federal prosecutors announced Tuesday. Authorities say Raj Matharu of Northridge checked two bags before his Nov. 6 flight to Sydney. But screening officers who X-rayed the pink…

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  • DOJ says company owes big money to California workers, feds

    DOJ says company owes big money to California workers, feds

    In 2019, unionized construction workers raised alarms about a company building luxury apartments in Oakland that appeared to be skirting its financial obligations, both to the state and its employees. That tip would set off a years-long investigation by the California Department of Justice, which accused the Kentucky-based company, US Framing West Inc., of violating…

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  • Warnings issued for contaminated raw milk sold in L.A. County

    Warnings issued for contaminated raw milk sold in L.A. County

    Public health officials announced Tuesday that raw milk contaminated with the bird flu virus may have been sold at stores in Los Angeles County. On Sunday, officials said they had confirmed that a batch of milk bottled on Nov. 9 by the Fresno-based Raw Farm Milk, LLC showed evidence of bird flu contamination. Subsequent samples…

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  • LA Supervisors approve study of homeless services overhaul

    LA Supervisors approve study of homeless services overhaul

    The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors gave qualified approval Tuesday to a proposal to study the creation of a new county department to manage billions of dollars in homeless services funds. The 4-0 vote calls for the county chief executive to report in 60 days on creating the department that would consolidate the homeless-related…

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  • Café Stella owner accused of firing bullets into walls and ceilings above Silver Lake bar

    Café Stella owner accused of firing bullets into walls and ceilings above Silver Lake bar

    The owner of Bar Stella was arrested Tuesday morning outside his restaurant after allegedly shooting bullets into the walls and ceiling of his apartment above the establishment, authorities said. Gareth Kantner was taken into custody around 12:25 a.m. for negligent discharge of a firearm, LAPD Officer David Cuellar told The Times. Officers arrived at 3900…

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  • LAPD officers shoot armed Maserati driver following wild pursuit

    LAPD officers shoot armed Maserati driver following wild pursuit

    The driver of a Maserati who was wielding and firing two handguns was shot multiple times by Los Angeles police Tuesday, authorities said. The motorist was a domestic violence suspect, and the confrontation came at the end of a police pursuit. In video captured by a KTLA-TV news helicopter, a gunman could be seen walking…

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  • Animal rights activist wanted for bombings in San Francisco is caught

    Animal rights activist wanted for bombings in San Francisco is caught

    A terrorist suspect wanted in connection with two animal rights-related bombings in Northern California 20 years ago has been captured in the United Kingdom, the FBI announced Tuesday. Daniel Andreas San Diego, 46, who was arrested in Wales with assistance from British authorities, was placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorist List in 2009 after…

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  • Bird strike halts takeoff of Alaska Airlines jet at LAX, airline says

    Bird strike halts takeoff of Alaska Airlines jet at LAX, airline says

    An Alaska Airlines plane headed to Everett, Wash., aborted its takeoff from the Los Angeles International Airport Tuesday morning after it struck a bird, the airline said. The Horizon Air Flight 2052 headed to Seattle Paine Field International Airport halted its departure around 10:30 a.m. According to an LAX media liaison, the pilots cleared the…

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  • L.A.'s 405 Thanksgiving traffic jam is built on myths. Here's the data

    L.A.’s 405 Thanksgiving traffic jam is built on myths. Here’s the data

    When the sun sets Wednesday night, L.A.’s attention will briefly turn as it does every Thanksgiving Eve to the 405 Freeway. TV news helicopters will hover overhead, reminding the world that there is perhaps no worse traffic than the 405. For more than a decade, photos and videos of the the epic gridlock stretching from…

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  • Norms, an iconic L.A. diner, is making way for fast food. Some are outraged

    Norms, an iconic L.A. diner, is making way for fast food. Some are outraged

    It could be the end of an era for a place that came to define a certain architectural and food aesthetic for Los Angeles. If all goes according to plan, the iconic sawtooth “Norms” coffee shop sign on La Cienega Boulevard — one of L.A.’s few remaining examples of Googie coffee shop architecture of the…

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