During a SWAT team standoff in Arleta Tuesday night, a young woman stole a police squad car and enjoyed a brief joy ride. Police officers and a SWAT team had barricaded an assault suspect in a home around 7pm when the woman hopped into a patrol car, which was being used by an officer guarding the perimeter of the barricade. more ›

A group of about 390 middle school students in La Mirada are being loaded onto buses bound for a nearby park after an apparently suicidal man barricaded himself in a house down the street and fired shots outside. more ›

Art is everywhere. It's in our homes, in our minds, on our sidewalks, adorning the walls of public spaces, filling the bellies of hungry museums and standing on our beaches. It's even on a barricade at Los Angeles City Hall. more ›

Happy one month anniversary, Occupy L.A.! As your gift, the City of L.A.'s Department of General Services barricaded both a fountain and a memorial sculpture to guard both figures from your grubby paws. Construction of a towering 20-foot wooden structure began today around 4am and wrapped in about six hours, shielding the Frank Putnam Flint Fountain and a firefighters' memorial from the masses. more ›

A five-hour stand-off ended early this morning when SWAT team members fired tear gas into a Reseda home, reports the Daily News. The officers were there after LAPD responded to a call at around 8:00 p.m. yesterday about a domestic disturbance. A 38-year-old man, whose name hasn't been released, barricaded himself into the home and his girlfriend fled, later being interviewed by police. more ›

After a nine-hour standoff with police, a man who barricaded himself in a Downey apartment has been arrested, reports ABC News. The incident began last night when Jeffrey Zuniga, 24, allegedly threatened his 18-year-old niece with a gun during a fight. The girl called the police, and Zuniga left the location of their argument and went to his mother's apartment on Elm Vista Drive and Bellflower Boulevard in Downey. more ›

It was a tense night inside the iconic rounded, shiny towers of Downtown's Bonaventure Hotel last night, as a man claiming to be armed barricaded himself inside a room and held Los Angeles Police Department officers in a standoff for 8 hours, according to LA Now. The suspect had been told he had to leave the hotel by security when staff discovered his credit card was not valid, notes KTLA. more ›

*UPDATE 9:16AM: "The suspect is wanted for questioning in a deadly shooting in Panorama City around 9:30 p.m. Sunday," says KTLA, adding: "It's believed the victim, who died at a hospital, was the suspect's stepson." The Los Angeles Police Department SWAT officers are assisting the Long Beach Police Department at a standoff with a suspected gunman who has barricaded himself inside a motel room since early this morning, according to KTLA. more ›

A pursuit that began in Burbank via car ended up inside The Americana at Brand mall and residences where the suspect hid in the parking structure until apprehended by police. The crime for which three suspects were sought was a liquor store robbery that took place in Burbank late this morning, according to LA Now. more ›

A possible arson suspect has barricaded himself somewhere on the 5400 block of Russell Avenue, near the intersection of Hollywood and Western, according to the LAPD. Not many details are available, but police believe he may have a weapon. A good number of police and fire have responded to the situation that is currently ongoing. more ›

It was a tense Good Friday for those in the vicinity of the 4300 block of Club Vista Drive yesterday in Palmdale when the attempt to serve an arrest warrant on a man wanted for a 2004 North Hollywood murder barricaded himself inside a home for several hours and the neighborhood went into lockdown mode. more ›

A member of the Los Angeles Police Department's elite SWAT team was shot dead in a gunbattle with a barricaded suspect in the San Fernando Valley this morning. more ›