Dr. Talks About First-of-a-Kind Surgery to Extract Woman's "Evil Twin"
It was the first surgery of its kind in the history of medical science. A tumor that might or might not be the remains of an undeveloped sibling attached to a patient since before birth was recently...
View ArticleRoommate's Body Stuffed in a Closet After Murder, LAPD Says
So your roommate comes home at all hours, plays loud music and has even louder sex? Consider yourself lucky. Cops allege that a North Hills man was in the process of evicting a roommate when things...
View ArticleState Justice Official Arrested as Part of a Strange Group of Alleged Fake Cops
A deputy director of community affairs at the California Department of Justice was part of a group of suspected fake cops arrested late last month by the L.A. Sheriff's Department. Los Angeles resident...
View ArticleEven the Masons Are Baffled by Kamala Harris Staffer's Fake Masonic Police Force
Van Hibler is the grandmaster of a Masonic lodge based in South L.A. About 150 men belong to the group, which collects dues, makes charitable contributions, and performs community service. A while ago,...
View ArticleUSC Has a Selfie Class
USC is one of the top 25 universities in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. It also has a "selfie class," or, as the school puts it, a #SelfieClass. The obvious response to this...
View ArticleSerial Hit-&-Run Psycho Caused Crashes, Assaulted Drivers, Authorities Say
The L.A. area's hit-and-run epidemic is bad enough. The typical perpetrator is drunk, here illegally, or simply afraid of the consequences. But prosecutors say that 43-year-old Donald James Kleven was...
View ArticleL.A.'s Parking Ticket Agency Fleeced Taxpayers With Outlandish Overtime Pay
One Los Angeles Department of Transportation supervisor nearly tripled his salary by claiming $155,319 in overtime one year. Another department employee claimed 261 hours of work during a two-week...
View ArticleCampus Foot-Kisser Sought by Police
Cops say a man who asked a student to photograph her feet went too far. Now authorities are looking for him. The suspect captured video as he kissed and licked the victim's toes, according to a...
View ArticleKKK "White America" Fliers Distributed in Latino Neighborhood
Whittier isn't the same place it was when Richard Nixon grew up there. There are still white picket fences and middle class values. The median household income is $68,522, a healthy amount more than...
View ArticleCat Put Through LAX X-Ray Machine, Shitstorm Ensues
Dear travelers: Don't put your pets through the X-ray machine at the airport, even if they have a half-dozen balloons of heroin in their little tummies. A man (or woman, see below) learned this lesson...
View ArticleState Officials Just Raised Your Utility Rates When You Weren't Looking
Friday was a federal holiday, and many of us were unplugged. The California Public Utilities Commission decided that was the right time to raise your electricity rates. Really. The good news is that...
View ArticlePro Surfer Attacked by Shark During Live Broadcast (VIDEO, PHOTOS)
Professional surfer Mick Fanning fought off a shark during the finals of the J-Bay Open in Jeffreys Bay, South Africa over the weekend. The shocking Sunday attack happened as the contest was being...
View ArticleTexting DUI Suspect Plows Into Cop Car, Authorities Say
A driver who was under the influence while possibly also texting plowed his Mercedes SUV into a black-and-white patrol car in West Hollywood over the weekend, authorities said. It happened early Friday...
View ArticleJackass' Steve-O Arrested After Climbing Crane to Protest SeaWorld (VIDEO)
Jackass star Steve-O was arrested last night after he scaled a construction crane in Hollywood as a protest against SeaWorld's treatment of captive orca whales the theme park uses for entertainment....
View ArticleWide Swaths of L.A. Could Be Off-Limits to Drones Under New Proposal
The Federal Aviation Administration is taking its sweet time coming up with drone regulations. So state legislators (Assemblyman Mike Gatto) and congressional representatives (Adam Schiff) are...
View ArticleTerry Bozzio's Massive, Tuned Drum Kit Will Blow Your Mind
Drummer Terry Bozzio has been a notable fixture in the drum and rock music worlds for four decades. After years of classical percussion training, including time at the College of Marin north of San...
View ArticleCreepy Bugs Infest Burning Man
The desert of Black Rock City, Nevada isn't exactly the Cosmopolitan on the Vegas Strip. It's a desolate, feral place that has seen floods, extreme temperatures and whiteout sand storms. This year it...
View ArticleKardashian Fireworks Stunt Faces Investigation (VIDEO)
County authorities were prepared to launch an investigation into a midnight fireworks celebration reportedly organized to celebrate the birthday of Khloe Kardashian's boyfriend, James Harden, who...
View ArticleCounty Officials Inspected Kardashian Boat Before Fireworks, Coast Guard Says
Following a private, offshore fireworks show that has some Westsiders up in arms, the finger pointing has begun. It's hard to pin down a responsible government party here, but the U.S. Coast Guard says...
View ArticleConservative Hollywood Welcomes Sarah Palin & Anti-Immigrant Author
The folks who brought Donald Trump to the Luxe Sunset Boulevard hotel in Brentwood earlier this summer hosted right-wing extremist Mark Steyn and, yes, Sarah Palin, over the weekend. We're billing...
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