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SOMA, SF
fromABC7 Los Angeles
3 days ago

Mark Fuhrman, LAPD detective at center of controversy in OJ Simpson's murder trial, dies

Mark Fuhrman, a former LAPD detective tied to O.J. Simpson’s case, died May 12 at age 76.
#hit-and-run
#lapd
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Drones join LAPD helicopters in city skies for standoffs, chases - and surveillance

LAPD deployed drones over 3,500 times last year for emergency responses, raising privacy concerns compared to traditional helicopters.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Leaked LAPD records reveal officers in fireworks blast received only brief suspensions

LAPD bomb squad officers faced minimal discipline after a botched fireworks detonation destroyed a city block in South L.A.
California
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

In a first, LAPD officers could lose their certification over an improper shooting

California's police accreditation body may strip two LAPD officers of their badge for using excessive force in a 2021 shooting.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

LAPD scrambles to find enough officers to police the Olympics

LAPD requests $100 million for new vehicles and officers to ensure adequate staffing for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Drones join LAPD helicopters in city skies for standoffs, chases - and surveillance

LAPD deployed drones over 3,500 times last year for emergency responses, raising privacy concerns compared to traditional helicopters.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Leaked LAPD records reveal officers in fireworks blast received only brief suspensions

LAPD bomb squad officers faced minimal discipline after a botched fireworks detonation destroyed a city block in South L.A.
San Francisco
fromLos Angeles Times
1 week ago

Venice samurai sword attacker arrested in bloody assault

A man accused of attacking another with a samurai sword outside a Venice apartment complex was arrested and charged with attempted murder.
#los-angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago
Law

Push to oust L.A. city attorney grows as challenger gains support of D.A., police union

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and LAPD's police union endorsed John McKinney for City Attorney, criticizing incumbent Hydee Feldstein Soto's handling of confidential files.
fromLos Angeles Times
10 months ago
Los Angeles

Machete-wielding man shot by LAPD outside Crypto.com Arena after chase

A man brandishing a machete in downtown Los Angeles was shot by police after a brief chase and attempting to approach officers.
Law
fromLos Angeles Times
2 weeks ago

Push to oust L.A. city attorney grows as challenger gains support of D.A., police union

Los Angeles County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman and LAPD's police union endorsed John McKinney for City Attorney, criticizing incumbent Hydee Feldstein Soto's handling of confidential files.
#missing-person
US news
fromSFGATE
3 weeks ago

'SNL' writer Jimmy Fowlie says his missing sister is 'no longer alive'

Jimmy Fowlie announced that his sister Christina Downer is no longer alive, transitioning her case from missing person to homicide investigation.
#homicide-investigation
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago
NYC LGBT

Gay 'SNL' writer Jimmy Fowlie says sister may have been murdered after strange disappearance - LGBTQ Nation

Christina Lynn Downer's case has transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation, according to LAPD.
fromConsequence
5 months ago
US news

Family Member Questioned in Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Death Investigation

A family member is being questioned after Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer were found fatally stabbed; no one is in custody.
NYC LGBT
fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

Gay 'SNL' writer Jimmy Fowlie says sister may have been murdered after strange disappearance - LGBTQ Nation

Christina Lynn Downer's case has transitioned from a missing person to a homicide investigation, according to LAPD.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
4 weeks ago

Woman in her 70s survives strangling, robbery in Hollywood Hills home invasion

A woman in her 70s survived a home invasion in Hollywood Hills where she was robbed and strangled.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

San Fernando Valley burglary spree: Two more homes targeted amid LAPD patrol surge

Nine burglaries have occurred in the San Fernando Valley since April 11, prompting increased LAPD patrols along Ventura Boulevard.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

New details emerge about the arrest of singer D4vd in the killing of teenage girl

Musician D4vd, real name David Anthony Burke, was arrested in connection with the 2025 murder of teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

Singer D4vd arrested in connection with death of teen girl

Burke is being held without bail, and the case will be presented to the district attorney's office for filing consideration on Monday.
US news
#data-breach
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago
Privacy professionals

Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents | TechCrunch

Cybercriminals leaked sensitive LAPD documents online, including personnel files and internal investigations, allegedly by the extortion gang World Leaks.
fromSecuritymagazine
1 month ago
Los Angeles

LAPD Records Hacked and Exposed

A data breach at the L.A. City Attorney's Office exposed sensitive LAPD records, compromising over 337,000 files and seven terabytes of data.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

How thousands of sensitive LAPD files got leaked online - and what happens next

A significant data breach exposed sensitive LAPD files and other records, attributed to the hacking group WorldLeaks.
Los Angeles
fromTechRepublic
1 month ago

Massive Data Breach Exposes 337K LAPD-Linked Records

A massive data breach in Los Angeles exposed 7.7 terabytes of sensitive LAPD records through a third-party discovery system.
Privacy professionals
fromTechCrunch
1 month ago

Hackers steal and leak sensitive LAPD police documents | TechCrunch

Cybercriminals leaked sensitive LAPD documents online, including personnel files and internal investigations, allegedly by the extortion gang World Leaks.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

Metro bus, workers trapped amid one of three raucous L.A. street takeovers within 24 hours

A street takeover in Harbor Gateway involved a crowd preventing a Metro bus from moving, prompting police intervention and increased enforcement measures.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
2 months ago

LAPD officer under investigation for allegedly taking cash from unlocked Tesla

An LAPD Transit Services Division officer is under investigation for allegedly stealing $700 from an unlocked Tesla, claiming he intended to book it as evidence but forgot.
#police-shooting
History
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

Inside the LAPD's most notorious shadow unit

Sgt. Willie Burns secretly recruited 18 LAPD officers in 1946 to form a covert Gangster Squad targeting organized-crime figures using Thompson submachine guns.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
3 months ago

LAPD chief says more homicides are being solved amid a record decline in killings

LAPD cleared 68% of 2025 homicides and, including older cases solved that year, reported a 101% clearance rate amid the lowest homicide total since 1966.
fromwww.latimes.com
3 months ago

Woman found dead in North Hollywood home; domestic violence suspected

A homicide investigation was underway after a woman was found dead at a North Hollywood home Wednesday. A man was detained Wednesday after a woman was found dead in a North Hollywood home in an apparent domestic violence incident, according to authorities. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to the 5600 block of Satsuma Avenue around 4:25 a.m. and found a woman dead, officials said.
Los Angeles
#rob-reiner
Cars
fromFuturism
5 months ago

Police Investigating Weird Man Found in Waymo by Passenger

A man was found hiding in the trunk of a Waymo autonomous vehicle in Los Angeles, prompting police investigation and Waymo review of footage.
fromLos Angeles Times
5 months ago

L.A. grand jury now probing mystery of dead teen stuffed in trunk of D4vd's Tesla, sources say

A Los Angeles County grand jury is hearing evidence related to the death of a teenage girl whose body was discovered stuffed inside the trunk of singer D4vd's Tesla earlier this year, two law enforcement sources told The Times. The revelation follows the gruesome discovery of the remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez in a Hollywood tow yard on Sept. 8.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
5 months ago

Court orders new secrecy in probe of Celeste Rivas' death

court order, initiated by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), to place a security hold on Medical Examiner case number 2025-14252, Celeste Rivas Hernandez.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
5 months ago

Woman fatally shot in parked car in Northridge

A 22-year-old woman was killed in a shooting in Northridge overnight, police said. The Los Angeles Police Department received a call at around 1:40 a.m. Saturday to Bryant Street and Tampa Avenue near the Northridge Fashion Center. Two men had approached a parked car and shot multiple rounds at the three people who were sitting inside, said LAPD Det. Meghan Aguilar. Aguilar said she did not have information available on whether the two others in the car were injured.
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
5 months ago

Ex-LAPD officer staged police raid in $350,000 crypto heist, prosecutor says

Eric Halem, a former LAPD officer, and Gabby Ben, alleged by prosecutors to have 'ties to the Israeli mafia,' were denied bail Friday. The two men are accused of pretending to serve a police search warrant and using threats of violence to coerce a teenager into emptying a digital wallet full of cryptocurrency. Both have pleaded not guilty. Halem's attorney said her client faces danger in jail: 'He worries he is going to be killed because he was a cop.' One night last December, six men met at a home in the Hollywood Hills to plot a kidnapping, prosecutors say.
US news
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
6 months ago

USC student union building evacuated following false bomb threat

Bomb threat forced evacuation of USC Student Union Building; officials determined the threat was false and reopened the building about 30 minutes later.
Television
fromVulture
7 months ago

They're Young Sheldon-ing Bosch

A 1991-set prequel, Bosch: Start of Watch, follows 26-year-old Harry Bosch as a rookie, starring Cameron Monaghan and streaming on MGM+.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
7 months ago

When police are bad drivers: LAPD crashes kill - and payouts soar past $90 million

Officer-involved traffic incidents in Los Angeles cause hundreds of collisions yearly and over $90 million in payouts, including an $18-million settlement for a broadsided car.
fromwww.dailynews.com
7 months ago

California jeweler ambushed, robbed of over $200,000 in jewelry

He described men dressed in all black wearing ski masks, and said one had a knife. They put the knife on me and they grabbed my bag and they took all of my stuff and all of my jewelry, he said.
Los Angeles
Los Angeles
fromLos Angeles Times
7 months ago

Six people who tried to hang a banner on the Hollywood sign are arrested, officials say

Six people were arrested after trespassing at the Hollywood Sign while attempting to hang a partially visible banner that featured a pill capsule image.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
7 months ago

Bestselling author and wife of Weezer bassist avoids jail for shooting at LAPD officers

Jillian Lauren received mental health diversion and will avoid jail time after shooting at Los Angeles police officers who entered her backyard while pursuing suspects.
Los Angeles
fromABC7 Los Angeles
8 months ago

Burglars reportedly break into Tracee Ellis Ross' Hollywood Hills home, steal $100K in luxury items

Tracee Ellis Ross's Hollywood Hills home was burglarized; thieves entered through a back door and stole approximately $100,000 in luxury items including jewelry and handbags.
fromLos Angeles Times
8 months ago

Toddler and brother who vanished from their L.A. foster home have been found, LAPD says

Derek Rodriguez-Hernandez, 2, and older brother Jaden Hernandez left their foster home in the Westlake neighborhood about 1:30 a.m., police said. The boys' foster parents heard the door of their house opening and ran outside, they told KTLA, but the boys were already gone. The LAPD said they'd been taken by their biological mother, Jackeline Hernandez-Torres. An Amber Alert was issued for the trio.
California
#crime
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
9 months ago

L.A. agrees to pay $500,000 to reporters arrested at 2021 Echo Park protest

Los Angeles has tentatively agreed to settle a lawsuit for $500,000 with two journalists over violation of constitutional rights during a protest.
fromwww.dw.com
10 months ago

US: LA car ramming driver shot, hospitalized, police says DW 07/19/2025

The LAPD reported that around 30 people were injured early Saturday when a car rammed into a crowd outside The Vermont nightclub in Hollywood.
Los Angeles
Television
fromABC7 Los Angeles
10 months ago

'High Potential' stars Judy Reyes and Javicia Leslie spill season 2 secrets

Season 2 of 'High Potential' features deeper character arcs, new rivalries, and unexpected twists.
Television
fromRoger Ebert
10 months ago

From "Bosch" to "Ballard": New Spinoff Tackles LA's Cold Cases | TV/Streaming | Roger Ebert

Detective Renée Ballard confronts a serial killer investigation linked to the Bosch universe while navigating LAPD conspiracies and personal relationships.
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