A woman in her 20s apparently committed suicide by jumping from a radio transmission tower in the unincorporated Rancho Dominguez area near Compton. Her body was found at the base of the structure Monday afternoon. more ›

A former California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer collapsed in court today as she was found guilty of first-degree murder. Tomiekia Johnson, 32, was accused of intentionally shooting her 31-year-old husband, Marcus Lavar Lemons, to death on a Compton street on February 21, 2009. more ›

Statistics released by local law enforcement agencies show that crime in Los Angeles and the county is on the decline — paralleling the nationwide declines in crime. more ›

"2011: The Adult Industry in Photos" is a candid look back at the past twelve months at a business that is headquartered in the San Fernando Valley. more ›

If you've ever strolled through certain parts of Burbank, you know just how quaint it is to be walking along and happen upon an equestrian. There's no reason for that scenario to be limited to playing itself out in the city's peripheral, affluent suburbs, and that's why a group called the Compton Jr. Posse launched a program to bring horseback riding to kids living just south of Los Angeles. more ›

Officials at Emerson Elementary School are being asked to do some explaining after mortally offended parents demanded to know why former porn star Sasha Grey was allowed to commit the sin of reading to a classroom of first-graders. Grey was at the Compton school on November 2 as part of the Read Across America program. School officials at first just outright denied that she had been there... more ›

When you think of Sasha Grey, a number of things might come to mind: violent sex. Playing a prostitute for Steven Soderbergh. Going buck naked on "Entourage." But if you don't immediately conjure up an image of her reading a storybook to a group of first-graders, you will now. TMZ reports that Grey was brought in to Emerson Elementary School in Compton on November 2 as part of the Read Across America program... more ›

It was a twofer last night for a 27-year-old (i.e. grown up) woman was arrested for pointing a laser beam not only at a commercial jet landing at Los Angeles International Airport, but also at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's chopper called out to investigate the report of the former. more ›

Police today said they aren't going to arrest the rapper Game for an alleged assault at a Hollywood club early on Tuesday morning. The rapper showed up at Hollywood Police Station today to tell police that he didn't throw any punches in Tuesday night's scuffle. After interviewing witnesses and taking a look at the shaky partial footage of the incident, the police told TMZ that they bought Game's story. more ›

Rapper Game may have shedded the "the" from his moniker, but he can't seem to shed local law enforcement from his business. The native Angeleno, nee Jayceon Terrell Taylor, but also known as Charles Louboutin, was caught on tape in a fight at the Colony nightclub in Hollywood. more ›

In just under a week, The Game has gone from a prankster under criminal investigation to a champion of responsible free speech. The rapper got into hot water with the LA Sheriff's Department after he sent out a tweet with the agency's public help line but authorities agreed to drop charges after he apologized for the incident on CNN. more ›

A Compton woman was left uninjured and thanking the dog last night when an intoxicated driver crashed his SUV into her home last night. Calling for her dog Cobra, then leaving the room to chase him, the resident would have been sitting exactly where the vehicle slammed into the home had she not gotten up to go after him, reports the Daily Breeze. more ›

The man who was found naked under a child's bed in a Westminster home this weekend has been apprehended, reports the Pasadena Star-News. Edgar Antonio Lucha, 23, was "arrested Wednesday night at a Compton drug rehabilitation center," and "booked for investigation of burglary, indecent exposure and attempted lewd acts on a child." The homeowner had discovered the intruder hiding under his 10-year-old son's bed. Reports indicate Lucha allegedly "pulled on his pants and repeatedly apologized, saying he was on drugs." Investigators determined he had entered the premises by using a ladder to climb into a window. more ›

Authorities in Compton are investigating the death of 13-year-old Luis Fraire, a 7th grade student at Whaley Middle School [map]. Fraire "collapsed on Tuesday while walking toward the boys' locker room," according to abc7, and was pronounced dead at a local hospital. He had allegedly "complained of chest pains," and suffered from heart problems. more ›

Beyond the 11,000 or so affected LADWP customers in the city of Los Angeles, Southern California Edison is reporting that close to 23,000 of their customers are without power. The hardest hit area was Whittier with 2,366 outages, followed by Carson and Long Beach with 1,709 and 1,292 outages, respectively. The utility said demand for energy hit its record peak usage for the year. more ›

New numbers released by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department indicate that the region they patrol is experiencing a continuing downward decline in criminal homicides, resulting in the lowest homicide rate since 1975. more ›

*UPDATE 8:30 a.m. : LAPD have transferred Knight to their Downtown facility and placed Knight under arrest for "assault with a deadly weapon and driving with a suspended license," according to a live broadcast on KTLA. The LAPD say the assault charges stem from an incident in their Southwest Division that is under investigation. He has already been bailed out of jail. more ›

$10,000 rewards for tips leading to the arrest of suspects involved in two separate shootings that left a 10-year-old girl and an 18-month-old toddler earlier this month were approved by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors today. Erika Miranda, 10, was shot three times on March 2 when an unknown male suspect opened fired on a crowd playing basketball on the 1800 block of East San Luis Street. The toddler, Linsey Baquedano, was struck by a bullet on March 7th when standing with her mother in front of their apartment complex on the 800 block of 137th Street. The suspect pulled up in a car and shot a gun into a crowd. In both cases, different cars were used. Both victims are in critical but stable condition. more ›

A 40-year-old man was killed yesterday morning when a van struck and dragged him several feet in Compton, according to KTLA. Immediately after, the driver got out, checked what happened and got back into his vehicle, possibly a grey or silver 1990s Ford Aerostar van, fleeing the scene as witnesses and a surveillance camera saw what happened. Those witnesses also said the driver, described as an African American male, possibly 7-feet tall, was on his cellphone when he ran a red light at Compton Blvd. and Dwight Ave. The cyclist, said to be a father of five, was said to be crossing Compton on a green light. more ›

Some 3,400 LADWP customers scattered throughout the city are currently without service, about half of the number earlier this afternoon. However, the number of Southern California Edison customers across the region without service has increased by around 8,000. The hardest hit areas include Lake Arrowhead (3,142), Orange (1,805), Huntington Beach (1,571), Baldwin Park (1,253), Altadena (1,125) and Compton (870). "SCE is continuing to prioritize repairs so that customers who have been without power the longest will have service restored first," the utility said in a statement. more ›

An 18-year-old man was eating at the Louisiana Fried Chicken on Rosecrans Avenue in Compton shortly before 10 p.m. Sunday when he was shot and killed, cbs2 reports. The restaurant is part of a chain of fried chicken fast food joints, known locally not just for their eats, but their distinct "decor." more ›

Authorities are investigating what led up to a California Highway Patrol officer fatally shooting her husband last night at their home in Compton. The unnamed CHP officer has not been arrested or charged as of yet, according to abc7.com, and "Sheriff's officials say it will be up to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office to charge the officer in her husband's death." The officer was reportedly off-duty when the incident occurred, and authorities believe the shooting came following a domestic dispute between she and her spouse, 31-year-old Marcus Lavar Lemons. Lemons "was pronounced dead at the scene after being shot once in the chest." Early reports indicate the officer may have acted in self-defense. more ›

Here's a very strange incident that took place at a house in the Compton area during the Fall of 1976. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department's Chief Bill Bratton has announced that crime is down compared to this time last year. According to abc7.com, "The most dramatic drop was seen in murders involving gang members. Bratton said those homicides have dropped 26.6 percent. Overall, homicide is down 8.7 percent. The number of rapes committed saw a 14 percent drop, and overall violent crime is down nearly 5 percent." Just last week a record number of Compton residents opted to trade in their guns for gift cards, signaling perhaps less of a trend in holiday conviviality and more that the economy is in the toilet; most of the almost 1,000 $100 gift cards selected were for Ralphs supermarket. more ›

Two men in their twenties died when a gunman drove up to the Metro Blue Line station at 275 Willowbrook Ave. after 6:30 p.m. last night and fired an automatic weapon into the crowd. Two other women and a man were also wounded. more ›

California Attorney General Jerry Brown is all about crime fighting. The former Governor (and possible future Governor again) is in Los Angeles today after 30 plus search and arrest warrants were executed in South Los Angeles locations as part of an ongoing gang enforcement operation in the City of Compton. Why is the state getting involved in a local matter? "State agents crack down on local gang operations when the violence reaches a level that makes local containment difficult, if not impossible," a press release announcing this afternoon's press conference explains. more ›

Three separate shooting incidents since Thursday have left four dead. The most recent took place yesterday around 1:30 p.m. when a man in a car drove up to a church and shot a man in a wheelchair and the man pushing him. The vehicle used was later found abandoned. more ›