Life imitates film in story of vengeful LA ex-cop
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It sounds like the plot line to a movie: He's a former LA cop on a violent, rage-filled rampage who will stop at nothing for revenge...
Fugitive ex-LA cop charged with murder of officer
RIVERSIDE, California (AP) - A fugitive ex-Los Angeles police officer with a $1 million reward on his head was charged Monday with murdering a police officer and special circumstances that could bring the death penalty...
$1M reward for ex-Los Angeles officer prompts tips
IRVINE, California (AP) - A $1 million reward has prompted numerous tips to authorities seeking a fired Los Angeles police officer suspected of killing three people...
LAPD stretched thin by fugitive ex-cop
IRVINE, California (AP) — The manhunt for a fugitive ex-police officer wanted in the slayings of three people has stretched thin the ranks of the Los Angeles Police Department and put fear into southern California towns...
Fired LAPD officer wanted in connection with double murder
LOS ANGELES - Detectives are looking for a former LAPD officer, apparently disgruntled over his termination from the force, in connection with the double murder of a newly engaged couple last weekend, Irvine Police Chief David Maggard said Wednesday evening...
Study: NYC better than LA at cutting kids' obesity
NEW YORK (AP) - From 2003 to 2011, obesity rates for poor children dropped in New York to around 16 percent. But they rose in Los Angeles and ended at about 20 percent...
Rick Ross sued for allegedly stealing his stage name
theGRIO REPORT - Rapper Rick Ross is being sued for allegedly stealing his stage name from Ricky Donnell Ross, a reputed Los Angeles drug trafficker...
First look: Kimye's Bel Air mansion
SLIDESHOW - Kanye West and Kim Kardashian have taken another step toward becoming a family of three -- purchasing an $11 million mansion in the affluent Bel Air neighborhood in Los Angeles...
Family sues police for video after violent death in custody
NBC NEWS - Alesia Thomas died in police custody last July after having her hands and ankles bound together behind her back and being kicked in the genitals by an officer...
Long-sealed Notorious B.I.G. autopsy released
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Authorities have released a long-sealed autopsy report showing that rapper Notorious B.I.G. was shot four times in a 1997 drive-by shooting in Los Angeles that remains unsolved...
