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Man stabs worshiper at California mosque in hate crime, police allege

August 21, 2019 at 9:18 p.m.

A 29-year-old Simi Valley man has been arrested and booked on suspicion of committing a hate crime after he stabbed an apparent worshiper near a mosque, authorities say. About 11:15...

A resident on Del Lago Road watches as a helicopter circles overhead after three police officers were shot in Palm Springs.

Suspect in custody after 2 Palm Springs police officers fatally shot

August 21, 2019 at 8:26 p.m.

Two Palm Springs police officers were fatally shot and another wounded Saturday afternoon while responding to a domestic disturbance call, police said. Just before 1 a.m. Sunday, more than 12...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Coolio arrested at LAX on suspicion of possessing stolen, loaded gun, police say

August 21, 2019 at 8:10 p.m.

Police arrested the rapper Coolio on Saturday after authorities said they found a loaded, stolen firearm in his carry-on bag at a security checkpoint inside Los Angeles International Airport. Around...

In this Tuesday, March 29, 2016 photo, vehicles are parked near the scene where a man was found shot to death and a woman fatally stabbed, in Los Angeles. A Los Angeles man charged with fatally shooting his 29-year-old son for being gay had repeatedly threatened to kill him over his sexual orientation, prosecutors say. Amir Issa was found shot to death just outside the family home on Tuesday.

Neighbors said gay man shot by father had troubled history

May 17, 2019 at 11:18 p.m.

Friends and neighbors of a man who has been charged with killing his son because he was gay said Saturday that the young man had a troubled history and was...

Police and jail records show Michael Smith, left, who plays Bubbles on "Trailer Park Boys," was arrested in Hollywood on Friday.

‘Trailer Park Boys’ actor arrested on suspicion of domestic battery at Hollywood hotel

March 27, 2019 at 8:07 p.m.

Michael Smith, a star of the TV series "Trailer Park Boys," was arrested on suspicion of domestic battery following an incident in Hollywood early Friday morning, police said. Authorities responded...

Man tipped police to California jail escapee parked outside Whole Foods

June 23, 2019 at 12:51 p.m.

The two Orange County jail escapees who remained at large after a daring escape eight days ago were arrested in San Francisco after a citizen noticed a van matching the...

Ugly sight awaits flooded cars’ owners at UCLA stadium lot

June 23, 2019 at 6:33 a.m.

They came in all makes and models — old and new, red, black and phantom gray. They had names: "Zippy," "the Philly Mobile." And they carried memories — of trips...

UCLA flood: Roughly 900 cars marooned in underground garage

March 29, 2019 at 8:39 a.m.

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power on Wednesday doubled the estimated amount of water lost in a massive main break that flooded UCLA to 20 million gallons. The...

$425M Powerball winner cites ‘luck of the Jedi’

June 21, 2019 at 4:38 a.m.

A Northern Californian invoked the "luck of the Jedi" on Tuesday when he came forward to claim the $425.3-million Powerball jackpot he won after playing the lottery for 20 years....

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