If you're going to a rave, and you're going to take Ecstasy, should the Public Health Department help you know how to take the drug safely? A flier intended to be distributed at rave events that was produced by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has come under scrutiny, particularly by Supervisor Michael D. Anotonvich, who has ordered the distribution of the fliers halted. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have announced the apprehension of two "well-known, prolific taggers," following a series of morning raids conducted yesterday in Norwalk, South Gate, and Long Beach. Known for their "ALDOE" and "RUSIA" tags, Aldo and Francisco Montoya are part of a larger tagging crew called On the Run, or OTR. more ›

The family of teenager Sasha Rodriguez have filed a $5 million claim against the management of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, alleging the venue's operators were negligent in permitting the Electric Daisy Carnival to happen on public property, according to the LA Times. more ›

An 18-year-old University of Southern California freshman was seriously injured early Monday morning after he fell from his sixth floor dorm room window, according to LA Now. more ›

15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez died of an ecstasy overdose, came the official ruling from the Los Angeles County coroner's office yesterday, according to the AP. The teenager had been at the Electric Daisy Carnival during the last weekend in June this summer when she collapsed amidst the crowd. When she fell, Rodriguez hit her head, and while her friends tried to shield her from being trampled, the crowd overwhelmed them. more ›

15-year-old Sasha Rodriguez of Atwater was one of the over 100 people transported out of the Electric Daisy Carnival at the Coliseum this weekend to an area hospital. The teen was in respiratory arrest when she arrived, lapsed into a coma, and experienced organ failure. Sasha "died shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday," according to the LA Times. Her parents had to decide whether to remove her from life support. more ›

On Sunday evening, an interagency drug task force following an alleged trafficker made an arrest subsequently finding over a million dollars worth of ecstasy in his car. Police observed Ramandeep Singh Sandhu, a 25-year-old resident of Fremont, at the corner of Lincoln Boulevard and Broadway Avenue sitting in his car doing unknown things consistent with illegal activity. The LAX-ICE task force, a group comprised of federal and local policing agencies around ports of entry dedicated to the interdiction of drugs into the country, arrested Sandhu on the spot. "It was believed this subject was involved in the transport of ecaasy from Canada into the United States," Sgt. Robert Almada of the Santa Monica Police Department explained over the phone. "We know he made numerous trips to Canada." Police recovered around 40 pounds, some 51,000 tablets, of ecstasy. more ›

SDSU may as well stand for Sold Drugs to Some Undercover after 18 students were arrested today on drug charges. Nearly 100 people -- including 75 students -- have been stung in Operation Sudden Fall, a five-month DEA investigation on the San Diego campus.

Agents were involved in more than 130 drug purchases and seizures over five months, the DEA said. Among the drugs seized were 4 pounds of cocaine, 50 pounds of marijuana, 48 marijuana plants and 350 ecstasy pills. Police also confiscated one shotgun, three semi-automatic pistols, three sets of brass knuckles and $60,000. -- Bloomberg