10 March 2010, 12:00 am
'Bring cops . . . a lot of them!' he pleads during a home invasion. Authorities were hailing a 7-year-old Norwalk boy as a hero Tuesday after he hid in a bathroom and called 911 as three armed attackers burst ... Read More »
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
'He's a monster,' one juror said of the man who killed a 12-year-old girl and four women. It took an Orange County jury about one hour Tuesday to vote for the death penalty for convicted serial killer Rodney J... Read More »
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
A decision is postponed after a man tearfully recalls how his father died of a heart attack and amid confusion about how the plan to save $20 million would affect response times. Facing a shrinking number of o... Read More »
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
A 2000 probation report on John Albert Gardner III depicts an erratic and violent young man. He is now charged with killing 17-year-old Chelsea King of Poway. The 13-year-old girl wanted to ditch school to avo... Read More »
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
The focus of the Education Department probe will be the district's services for students learning English. The federal government has singled out the Los Angeles Unified School District for its first major in... Read More »
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
The interest rate swaps, involving $316.8 million in debt incurred by a program to repair or replace sewer lines and treatment plants, have increased the city's cost of borrowing, officials say. Prodded by a n... Read More »
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
City employee group questions use of ever-changing numbers Art Sweatman has trimmed trees for the city of Los Angeles for 13 years, and sometimes he hauls them away after they've fallen on cars or blocked road... Read More »
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
A meat thermometer was plunged into the victim's neck during a screening of 'Shutter Island.' An L.A. County sheriff's spokesman called it a 'vicious and cowardly attack.' A dispute at a Lancaster movie theate... Read More »
10 March 2010, 12:00 am
The state's nonpartisan legislative analyst's office says the losses could occur in the short term. State Sen. David Cogdill uses the report to criticize climate regulation. Debate over the economic effects of... Read More »
9 March 2010, 7:40 pm
Thefts that depend on role playing and charm point to a single burglar being the likely suspect in heists of jewelry and cash from sports teams, a salsa band and a sugar baron in town for the Oscars. For the "... Read More »