Officials in Orange County are wondering just how in the heck marijuana with an estimated street value of at least $3 million got left floating in the Pacific about 13 miles off the coast of Dana Point. more ›

Actor Nick Stahl, who may be best known for his role as John Connor in Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, is missing. Stahl's wife, Rose, filed a missing person report with the Los Angeles Police Department Monday. more ›

Authorities in West Hollywood went into a locked car Sunday to rescue a dog stuck inside, and ended up discovering a pile of cash and a bunch of marijuana. more ›

UC San Diego senior Daniel Chong, detained in a drug bust April 21, says he was left alone in his tiny federal holding cell for five days, forgotten by the agents who put him there. During his confinement he drank his own urine, and inadvertently ate shards of glass and methamphetamine discarded in the cell. more ›

Nearly three tons of a key ingredient of methamphetamine packed in 80 plastic bags en route from China to Mexico were seized by federal agents at LAX. Officials announced the bust Tuesday, noting that two shipments of methylamine chloride, a controlled substance used in the manufacture of pesticides, solvents and pharmaceutical products, were accurately labeled but lacked the required federal Drug Enforcement Administration paperwork. more ›

Courtney Wagner, the 38-year-old daughter of actor Robert Wagner and the late Natalie Wood, was arrested recently in Malibu on suspicion of drug possession. The arrest took place following a noisy spat at Wagner's home that included gunfire. more ›

An ocean pursuit off the coast of Malibu late Tuesday night ended in the arrest of three suspected drug smugglers. The action began when Los Angeles County lifeguards notified the sheriff's Malibu/Lost Hills at about 10:30 p.m. they had spotted a suspicious boat with possible contraband aboard about 50 feet off Latigo Beach. more ›

Your hit of Whit was listed as available--temporarily--at 45 Cap Elite Herbal Center, according to the Huffington Post, who found the strain included on the venue's page on WeedMaps.com. more ›

An old man was arrested on suspicion of dealing coke in a Burbank parking lot yesterday morning. Police reported seeing a hand-to-hand deal go down in a parking lot on Riverside Drive. more ›

Musician-songwriter-author Mike Doughty, grew up in a dysfunctional military family in West Point, NY. In his early 20s, he joined another “family” with plenty of their own issues: the now-defunct slacker-jazz outfit, Soul Coughing. His time with the band found him with a big cult following and critical success—along with a nasty heroin and alcohol habit. more ›

A parolee who broke into a Westminster home and hid naked under a child's bed has been sentenced to four years in prison following a guilty plea in response to charges of burglary and street terrorism. more ›

Following the arrest of three suspects and seizure of over five pounds of heroin, authorities in Simi Valley are now saying they have successfully shout down a drug pipeline that was supplying their city. more ›

Arson pros are calling this a "suspicious" blaze: A fire broke out at a Long Beach residence shortly after three men were arrested there on drug charges. Inside the house, officers serving a search warrant found drugs of all kinds, as well as a menagerie of exotic pets. more ›

It wasn't a huge surprise that cocaine ultimately lead to Houston's demise since she had struggled with it for years. The only real mystery was why there wasn't any coke found in the Beverly Hills hotel room where Houston died, especially since the coroner said that there was evidence she had used it shortly before she died. more ›

80s R&B star Eldra "El" DeBarge was arrested earlier this week in Encino on suspicion of being involved in a drug transaction, however today city prosecutors say they will decline to file a case against the singer, citing insufficient evidence. more ›

Law enforcement sources say drug addicts and other thieves are turning to an unexpected source for quick money: the laundry aisle of grocery and drug stores. Just last month a man a man in Mission Viejo, apparently high on meth, was caught on tape piling 9 bottles of liquid Tide detergent in his grocery cart and rolling out without paying. more ›

A teenager in Ventura stripped down to his socks, rummaged through his neighbors' cars and tried to hide behind some trash when police came after him early Saturday morning. Police got a call about the naked 15-year-old boy breaking into cars around 2:35 am. more ›

A man suspected of being pretty high fled the custody of the CHP last night. A taser couldn't stop him: he broke through the glass door of the CHP station in Altadena and ended up hijacking the car of a family that drove by. more ›

Because if you did, some people are looking for you. Specifically authorities with the U.S Customs and Border Protection agency, who seized the 64 pounds of cocaine from a refrigerated container at the L.A./Long Beach seaport, according to City News Service. more ›

A producer for "Amazing Race" Jeff Rice was found dead in his Uganda hotel room with production assistant Catherine Fuller. The pair were found with large quantities of cocaine in their stomachs, raising questions about whether they were involved in a botched drug deal or poisoned. Ugandan police maintain the pair simply overdosed. more ›

One Orange County cocaine distribution network has lost 88 pounds of its inventory following a discovery by officials this weekend. The cocaine, with an estimated street value of $4 million, was found early Saturday morning in a Lake Forest house "that narcotics investigators believe was used as a stash house to hide and distribute the drug throughout the country." more ›

The Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force (or L.A. IMPACT) ended up seizing 130 gallons of PCP, chemicals for making 500 more gallons, semi-automatic weapons and $389,000 in cash as a part of this local operation. more ›

Not sure where you're going to find your next weed hook-up, and how much green it's going to set you back? A global mapping app can help you in your plight, though if you are in Los Angeles, your options (so far) are pretty limited. more ›

A small aircraft violated the no-fly zone restriction around Los Angeles International Airport today as President Barack Obama was in the area aboard Marine One, reports NBC News. The single-engine aircraft, a Cessna 172, was surrounded by NORAD fighter jets and escorted down to Long Beach Airport. more ›

Anyone lose track of $500,000 worth of marijuana, bundled in 35 bales and left to float near the Marina del Rey harbor? "The bales were found floating in the water by members of the Los Angeles County sheriff's marine operations shortly after noon Wednesday." more ›

It was the last medical marijuana dispensary standing. While a ban of all medical marijuana dispensaries operating in the City of Los Angeles is in the works, the LAPD continues to crack down and wrapped their storefront sweep in Chatsworth Monday afternoon. more ›

Federal government officials seized over 1,000 pounds of marijuana from a Mexican panga boat beached at Malibu's Pirate's Cove on Friday night. Three male suspects were arrested, and sheriff's deputies are on the hunt for a fourth possible smuggler. more ›

Demi Moore's "people" want us to think the actress was suffering from exhaustion when her friend called 9-1-1 Monday, and now TMZ reports that Los Angeles City Attorney Carmen Trutanich is requesting any drug references be redacted from the audio recording of the call when it is released to the public. more ›

Call it the "Kutcher effect," but Demi Moore's recent trip to the ER is being blamed on a drug best associated with bored kids from the 'burbs: whip-its. A friend of Moore reportedly called 9-1-1 after the actress inhaled so much nitrous oxide that she began to have a seizure. more ›