High-speed chase ends when suspect leaps from car, off overpass A man led California Highway Patrol officers on a late-night freeway chase Friday that at times reached speeds of 100 mph before jumping out of his moving car and off … Continue reading →

A home on Avocado Avenue was burglarized this week while the residents were upstairs. Police are asking residents to keep an eye out for a suspect who burglarized a Newport Beach home this week while the residents were upstairs. The … Continue reading →

The man believed to be the filmmaker behind the controversial anti-Muslim film that has sparked rioting in the Middle East is a twice-convicted felon who has served time in federal prison. Nakoula Basseley Nakoula of Cerritos was convicted in 1997 … Continue reading →

An acquaintance of a bank manager who told authorities she was kidnapped and strapped with explosives as part of bizarre bank robbery in East L.A. has been arrested in connection with the crime, several law enforcement sources familiar with the … Continue reading →

A 30-year-old reputed gang member was charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a woman and pushing her from a car during a chase. Juan Diego Valencia, 30, is charged with killing Selene Mayoral, 24, on Thursday and then during a police … Continue reading →

An attorney for Steve Wynn asked jurors Tuesday to award the casino mogul an additional $20 million in his slander suit against “Girls Gone Wild” founder Joe Francis. “He needs to be stopped,” Wynn’s lead lawyer, Barry Langberg, told jurors … Continue reading →

The man allegedly found hiding in the bushes of singer-actress Miley Cyrus’ Studio City home is facing criminal charges of trespassing and resisting arrest. Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich’s office filed two counts of misdemeanor trespassing and one count … Continue reading →

A Los Angeles jury on Monday awarded casino mogul Steve Wynn $20 million, after it found that he had been defamed by “Girls Gone Wild” creator Joe Francis. Wynn had sued Francis over the latter’s claims that Wynn had threatened … Continue reading →

Did the casino magnate threaten to kill the soft-core porn purveyor? That’s the question jurors are sorting through this week in a strange trial involving an only-in-Los Angeles cast of characters: Steve Wynn, Joe Francis and Quincy Jones. Wynn has … Continue reading →

Hacker group Antisec has released 1,000,001 pieces of data related to Apple’s UDID identification scheme. This data, if cross-referenced with Apple’s developer resources, could potentially identify a unique user’s geographic location and other specific information. In fact, the database does … Continue reading →