Guilty: Actor Danny Masterson Convicted of 2 Counts of Forcible Rape
“That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson was convicted Wednesday of two counts of forcible rape for sexually assaulting two women in his Hollywood Hills home roughly 20 years ago. The actor was originally charged with raping three women between 2001 and 2003, but jurors said they were deadlocked on the third rape charge against him. […]
LA Deputy Sheriff Pleads No Contest in Deadly Crash
A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy pleaded no contest Wednesday to charges stemming from an off-duty crash in Torrance that killed his 23-year-old passenger and seriously injured two other people in the vehicle. Daniel Manuel Auner, now 25, is facing 13 years in state prison in connection with his plea to one count each of […]
Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Making Deaths Threats Against Rep. Maxine Waters
A 60-year-old man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to making a series of phone calls to the Hawthorne office of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and threatening her with violence and death. Brian Gaherty of Houston faces four counts of making threats in interstate communications and four counts of threatening a United States official, according to […]
City Council Unveils Gloria Molina Legacy Pathway
Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez led an unveiling Wednesday for the Gloria Molina Legacy Pathway, in honor of the late politician who was the first Latina elected to Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the City Council and the state Assembly. The ceremony was held on what would have been Molina’s 75th birthday. Molina, […]
Southland Spellers Eliminated in Quarterfinals of National Bee
Eighth-graders from Diamond Bar and Anaheim Hills were eliminated in the fourth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Wednesday. Justin L. Tran of Diamond Bar misspelled flong, a sheet (as of several layers of tissue paper superposed on a sheet of heavier paper) used for making a stereotype matrix, according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary. […]
LAPD Police Captain Who Won $4M Now Gets Nearly $700,000 in Attorneys’ Fees
A Los Angeles Police Department captain who complained that management ignored her requests for the entire department to be informed that a widely distributed photo of a topless woman resembling her was in fact not her image — and was awarded $4 million by a jury — has been awarded nearly $700,000 in attorneys’ fees. […]
Murder at Club in Hollywood Hills; Suspects Sought
A man was shot and killed at a reported illegal gambling club in the Hollywood Hills Wednesday near Universal Studios, and the suspects were being sought. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at around 4 a.m. to the 3300 block of Cahuenga Boulevard west of the Hollywood (101) Freeway where they found the victim, […]
Shooting Suspect Dies From Apparent Suicide in Long Beach
A shooting suspect who barricaded himself inside a building in west Long Beach Wednesday died from an apparent suicide, police said. Officers went to the 2100 block of Williams Street on a report of gunfire shortly before 10 a.m., the Long Beach Police Department reported. Police established a perimeter, and some nearby residents were evacuated […]
L.A. Urges Dismissal of Former SWAT Sergeant’s Whistleblower Suit
A lawsuit filed by a former longtime Los Angeles police sergeant, who alleged the SWAT unit is run by a “SWAT Mafia” of veteran officers who favor using deadly force and ostracize those who oppose their behavior, should be dismissed because he is not the whistleblower he claims to be, the City Attorney’s Office contends […]
Prosecutors Decline to File Charges Against Actor Armie Hammer
Armie Hammer, who was accused two years ago of rape by a woman who alleged the actor sexually assaulted her and beat her feet with a riding crop in Los Angeles in 2017 after they met on Facebook, will not face criminal charges, prosecutors announced Wednesday. “Sexual assault cases are often difficult to prove, which […]
LAPD Captain Who Won $4M Awarded Nearly $700,000 in Attorneys’ Fees
A Los Angeles Police Department captain who complained that management ignored her requests for the entire department to be informed that a widely distributed photo of a topless woman resembling her was in fact not her image — and was awarded $4 million by a jury — has been awarded nearly $700,000 in attorneys’ fees. […]
