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Jan 24, 2012 at 11:19 am

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Another Case Of Shocking Police Brutality [Graphic Video]?

LOS ANGELES-Police shot and killed a man armed with a crowbar outside of a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Monterey, California. Police were called to the restaurant after reports that a man was breaking windows with a crowbar.

At first, police officers tased the individual, which resulted in the unidentified man approaching a police officer with his crowbar. Then another police officer shot the man five times. When the man fell down, another

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Jan 19, 2012 at 1:01 pm

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Human Head Found Near Hollywood Sign

LOS ANGELES — An investigation unfolding near the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles is playing out like a gory movie script, as police worked to identity a man whose body was found in parts over the past two days – first a head on Tuesday, then two hands and two feet on Wednesday.

On Thursday, more than 100 police officers, some on horseback, were searching a Hollywood wilderness park along a

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Jan 13, 2012 at 8:43 am

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Hip-Hop Program Helps L.A. Kids Stay Out Of Trouble

LOS ANGELES — A community center in L.A.’s notorious Rampart area is helping teenagers stay out of trouble by giving them a creative outlet.

A program at the community center, “Sessions LA” use hip-hop and deejay culture to teach them how to make beats using digital technology.

CNN reports:

Huang eventually moved to Los Angeles, where he began to volunteer with Sessions LA, which uses hip-hop to draw kids in and keep them from

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Jan 1, 2012 at 9:05 am

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A Scorching New Year? Car Fires Continue In Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Four more car fires broke out in the Los Angeles area New Year’s Eve, leaving authorities to probe for any links to a series of arson blazes that burned dozens of cars and spread to some structures in recent days.

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In a sobering counterpoint to the typical revelry of the

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Dec 17, 2011 at 9:45 pm

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Office Shooting Rattles Los Angeles, 2 Killed Many Injured

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A man who shot four people, killing two, at a utility office east of Los Angeles before turning the gun on himself was a 48-year-old company employee from Southern California, authorities said Saturday.

Investigators identified the shooter as Andre Turner of Norco in Riverside County and ruled that his death was a suicide, Los Angeles County coroner’s Lt.

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Dec 13, 2011 at 8:49 am

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Black Music Industry Executive Dies After Being Shot By Crazy Man

LOS ANGELES-John Atterberry a music industry executive has died after being shot by the crazed guman who was randomly shooting at cars in Hollywood last week.

Atterberry had worked as a vice president for Death Row records and worked with artists Jessica Simpson, Brandy and the Spice Girls, producer Rodney Jerkins and comedian, Chris Tucker.

The Hollywood Reporter reports:

He most recently was senior partner and chief financial officer at the GridLock Group, an

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Dec 1, 2011 at 6:04 pm

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Highly Sophisticated Drug Tunnel From Tijuana To San Diego Found

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The investigation into the largest marijuana bust at a cross-border tunnel followed a familiar timeline. It began in May and ended in November.

The secret passage linking warehouses in San Diego and Tijuana – equipped with a hydraulic lift, electric rail carts and a wooden staircase – highlights an emerging seasonal trend. For three years, authorities have found sophisticated tunnels on the U.S.-Mexico border shortly before the winter

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Nov 28, 2011 at 3:26 pm

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Philly Calm But 4 Arrested In LA After Occupy Eviction Deadlines

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Wall Street protest encampments were largely intact in Los Angeles and Philadelphia on Monday, hours after deadlines for demonstrators to clear out passed without the acrimony that marked forced evictions in other cities.

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Nov 27, 2011 at 9:41 am

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Occupy LA Deadline Comes, Many Say They Won’t Go

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The protesters whose tents line the lawn of Los Angeles City Hall made it clear that they received the eviction notice issued by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. Whether they’ll heed it is much less certain.

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Nov 12, 2011 at 7:13 pm

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Ex-Porn Star Reading To LA Students Causes Stir

COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — Some parents have filed complaints with the Parent-Teacher Association after a former adult film star said she read to children in a classroom at a Los Angeles County elementary school.

Sasha Grey, a 23-year-old ex-porn actress who has appeared in mainstream shows like HBO’s “Entourage,” was a guest earlier this month at Compton’s Emerson Elementary School for Read Across America Day.

Grey tweeted Nov. 2 that she spent the

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