Man considered victim, turned suspect in shooting
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Police initially considered Oscar Carrillo a victim of an armed robbery and rushed to the spot where Carrillo claimed one of two young men pointed a gun in his face...
Is Kendrec McDade another Trayvon Martin?
OPINION - The deaths of McDade and Martin triggered the inevitable soul searching about why so many young black males continue to be ready made targets of official violence...
911 caller arrested in deadly police shooting
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - A California 911 caller told emergency dispatchers he'd just been robbed at gunpoint by two men who fled with his computer and backpack...
Man wearing sombrero, boxing glove leaps onto cop car
A California man was arrested last night on suspicion of public intoxication...
Home where Black Panther Party founded flipped
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Black Panther party preached 'power to the people,' but in the San Francisco Bay area's thriving real estate market, the power is in the property...
El DeBarge arrested by LAPD for drugs
El DeBarge was recently arrested in Encino, California for attempting to sell narcotics...
Birthers sue California over Obama's eligibility
SACRAMENTO, California (AP) - People who believe President Barack Obama was born in Africa have filed a lawsuit demanding California's secretary of state verify the eligibility of presidential candidates...
Oprah lays off 1/5 of her OWN staff
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Oprah Winfrey's struggling television network, OWN, says it is laying off one-fifth of its workers and restructuring its operations in New York and Los Angeles.
Case would let thousands of Calif. criminals vote
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The nonpartisan League of Women Voters and two prisoners' rights groups sued California elections officials on Wednesday, claiming that tens of thousands of criminals...
30 students in racial brawl at Calif. high school
CARSON, Calif. (AP) - Los Angeles Unified School District officials say two students have been injured and three arrested in a racially motivated brawl that erupted on a high school courtyard...
