There was a bit of scene late last night in Hollywood after a man claimed to have a bomb and was threatening to set it off. After all was said and done, however, the bomb bit was bogus, and the man was busted for making false threats. 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 ›

A young man from Simi Valley was arrested this week for allegedly making multiple threats against Las Vegas hotels and casinos. 18-year-old Zachary Jackson is accused of phoning in the threats to multiple Vegas venues between July 28th and August 8th. more ›

60-year-old Ron Hirsch, the transient suspected in an April blast that sent a 250-pound metal pipe encased in concrete crashing through a roof next to the Santa Monica Chabad House and into a home where a 12-year-old girl was sleeping, pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles federal court on Monday to four federal felony charges that could send him to prison for up to 70 years if convicted, reports the Daily News. more ›

A homeless man suspected of setting off a homemade bomb next to the Chabad House in Santa Monica last week was arrested late Monday when he was spotted in the vicinity of the Chabad House in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, according to the LA Times. 60-year-old Ron Hirsch, who sometimes goes by Israel Fisher, fled Los Angeles after the Thursday incident, and on Monday, the FBI revealed he had been seen disembarking a New York-bound Greyhound bus in Denver, Colorado. more ›

A crude, homemade dry-ice bomb -- a device that uses water, a bottle and dry ice, or frozen carbon dioxide -- exploded in an alley near the 91 Artesia Freeway on Sunday slightly injuring a Long Beach police officer, reports the Daily Breeze. more ›

Our local psycho series of attacks on ex-girlfriends continues with a Ventura man being arrested today after setting off two dry ice bombs outside the home of his former girlfriend. Responding to a report of a single gunshot in an apartment complex, police arrived on 700 block of S. Hill Road to find, instead, dry ice bombs exploding on resident Anna Gibson's front porch, reports KABC. more ›

An inbound flight at Los Angeles International Airport was thought to have a bomb on board after a threat was found in the lavatory, reports The Daily Breeze. more ›

It took several hours yesterday for the Los Angeles Police Department's bomb squad to safely remove two live military devices from a home in Glassell Park, according to LA Now. more ›

Apparently, a suspicious package was reported in Venice yesterday, prompting the LAPD to shut down the area around Market Street, reports neighborhood blog Yo! Venice. "As you can see in the pictures, it appears they diffused a skateboard by blowing it up. Better safe than sorry we assume, so thanks for 'lookin’ out,' LAPD." In the end, it was a false alarm and no one was hurt. A robot took the package to Ocean Front Walk before destroying it. According to a forum discussion, it was a package full of skateboard parts. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's office at city hall yesterday morning was swept for a bomb after a threat was phoned in. “No evidence of a bomb or any sort of destructive device was located, nor has evidence been found lending credibility to this threat," mayoral spokesperson Sarah Hamilton said. And in Santa Clarita today, a bomb threat was called in to the Providence Holy Cross medical in the Valencia neighborhood. Both incidents come days after a car bomb attempt in New York City. more ›

It was December 1999 when Ahmed Ressam was caught trying to smuggle explosives over the Canadian border with plans to detonate them at LAX on New Year's Eve. He was eventually sentenced to 22 years in prison by a Seattle judge, but that today was overturned by the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. The panel of judges said it was so lenient that it constituted as a procedural error and failure by the Seattle judge to adequately protect the public, according to the LA Times. The resentencing will be done by a different judge. more ›

A 55-year-old mother and her two sons are in trouble after a series of events that led police to find a home used for child care was also used for nefarious activities. On Wednesday evening, after 23-year-old Benjamin Kuzelka's hand was injured by a bomb, he went to the hospital saying it was a gunshot wound, according to the LA Times. Doctors said the injury was inconsistent with a gun shot and notified police, who in turn responded to Kuzelka's home, finding bomb making materials and marijuana plants. Both the mother, Rebbeca Kuzelka and brother, 21-year-old Grey Kuzelka were arrested. more ›

A large amount of a explosive component (TATP, or acetone peroxide) used in the 2007 London bombings and suspected in the current Zazi alleged terrorism case was found in the Riverside County home after a man reportedly blew off his hand making a bomb last night. The investigation is in its infancy, but one police source tells the LA Times that links to skinhead groups are being investigated. more ›

At approximately 7:24 p.m., a suspicious package outside the CNN building at Sunset and Vine was reported to the LAPD prompting the closure of surrounding streets and nearby stores such as Amoeba Records. Sunset was shut down between Wilcox and Ivar and Cahunega from Selma to De Longpre. Word spread on Twitter that the incident was a "bomb threat," but officials with LAPD Media Relations emphasized it was a suspicious package and no threat had been made. more ›

"We all jumped him. He was struggling hardcore. I was holding down his arm. Somebody had a foot on his head. Everyone was holding down a different body part. He was going nuts. I was telling him to chill because he's not going anyplace." That's Chris Llewellyn of Asher Roth's band talking to the LA Times about the mid-morning incident where a man on board claimed he had a bomb as a a Delta flight from Atlanta was landing and taxiing in Los Angeles. The Pennsylvania based band was traveling to town for an appearance on the boring "Last Call With Carson Daly." More details of the incident and a live Twitter play-by-play from LAist's earlier report can be read here. more ›

A man who apparently made a bomb threat and tried to open the back door of a Delta plane as it was landing at Los Angeles International Airport today. "The passenger is reported to have made a threat aboard the plane and was subdued by passengers," LAX officials said in a statement. "The incident is under investigation by FBI agents and Los Angeles Airport Police." more ›

Yesterday in Seattle, a judge resentenced Ahmed Ressam, the "millennium bomber" who was convicted for planning to blow up Los Angeles International Airport on New Years Eve in 1999, to 22 years. U.S. District Judge John Coughenour did not believe that Ressam had gone back to his Al Qaeda ways after working with the feds catch other terrorists, therefore he would not be a danger when released in 2019. But prosecutors say he did not live up to his deal by retracting everything he said to help the government up until 2003 when he stopped talking. Ultimately, that cost them two high-profile terrorism prosecutions, they said. more ›

Traffic got off to a slow star this afternon after some abandoned luggage left near Wilshire and Westwood Boulevards were reported to police. That prompted them to close down the area causing word to quickly spread among evacuated employees and passerbys that it was a bomb scare. But the LAPD said there were no threats and it was only luggage. "We get a lot of those," said Officer Lee. more ›

For the second time in recent years, animal activists have incorrectly targeted UCLA employees involved in animal research. more ›

For the second time in two months, the MGM Tower in Century City has been evacuated after a bomb threat. "Please be advised that MGM Tower has received a bomb threat. Building Management and the Los Angeles Police Department have been notified," an 11:35 a.m. MGM e-mail obtained by Defamer said. "As a precaution, we have decided to evacuate the building effective immediately until approximately 2:00 pm. You will be evacuated by your Floor Wardens." UPDATE: According to LAPD Media Relations, who says they are notified of all bomb threats, the only threat today came from Northeast Division. One also occurred last night in Harbor. During August's bomb threat, LAPD could not confirm that one was happening either. more ›

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Bomb Squad is en route to an overpass at Valley Circle Blvd. and the 101 Freeway in Calabasas at the Los Angeles city border. A suspicious package found on an overpass was alerted to officials. The California Highway Patrol is considering closing all lanes of the freeway on both sides pending the opinion of the bomb squad, according to Heather Hoglund of the CHP over the phone. more ›

About an hour before today's bomb scare at LAX, a man walked into the World Bank in Washington D.C. and went up to a security guard with a suspicious package claiming it was a bomb. The incident prompted nearby streets to close and people inside the bank were not allowed to leave. An hour later, a man walked up to an LA World Airports police officer and said he had a bomb in his backpack, which prompted the roads around LAX's terminal's to close. It was later found, like the incident in DC, that the bag did not have a bomb. more ›

Today's bomb threat at LAX played out smoothly with no harm to anyone except for heavily clogged traffic and airline customers experiencing some delayed or missed flights. Shortly before 11 a.m., a man approached airport police who were in the midst of a routine traffic stop and told them he was a "terrorist" and that he had a bomb in his backpack. He was detained immediately as officials shut down traffic and waited for LAPD's bomb squad to arrive. Upon searching the bag (some reports say it may have been detonated), police found that it only contained "junk" and operations at the airport began to go back to normal. Throughout the incident, travelers seemed to remain in high spirits. more ›

Bradley International Terminal and claimed he was a terrorist with a bomb in his bag, according to ABC7. He was immediately arrested and a bomb squad was dispatched to the airport. more ›

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Just after 6:00 this morning parts of Terminal 2 at LAX were evacuated following reports of bomb in the building. more ›

Update 8:25am, 3/7: "Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles, said an individual was questioned there about the letters to Congress and "there is no evidence linking the letters, which contained no threat, to the bombing," according to ABC7.

It may look like your average, everyday taco truck, but the Shabazz Good Foods truck is not slinging the usual carnitas. Every Sunday, you can find their truck parked on 43rd and Crenshaw at Leimert Plaza Park. They sell not only the infamous bean pies, but blueberry cream pies, pineapple cream pies, and a few soulful lunches. more ›

There are two movies that are being scandalously left off the year-end best lists. The first, is pure, guilty goodness. more ›