Entries from LAist tagged with 'gardena'
September 24, 2008
A Gardena City Councilman introduced a motion to making wearing baggy pants illegal, allowing police to hand out citations for such a violation. "Councilman Steve Bradford introduced the measure, arguing wearing pants that hang below the waist, exposing skin or underwear, amounts to indecent exposure," the Daily Breeze reported but Bradford told KCAL9 he introduced this as a way to start the conversation among residents. Last night, the council was to possibly vote on the......
Continue Reading "Fashion Police Cannot Ticket for Baggy Pants Yet"August 17, 2008
Three different news stories are making the rounds today, all of which involve cars and crimes, and all of which are best defined as "things that make you go hmm?" (Are we still allowed to say that?) First, a fiery car crash was the dramatic conclusion to a police chase that ended up in Rosemead last night, resulting in the death of the driver. But what alerted the police's suspicions and led to the chase......
Continue Reading "Cars & Crimes Times Three"January 5, 2008
Post-holiday shopping took a gruesome turn in the parking lot of the Target store in Gardena last month when three women robbed another woman of her earrings and slashed her face. According to CBS2.com: The victim had returned to her vehicle after shopping at the Target in the 2100 block of West Redondo Beach Boulevard at 2:27 p.m. Dec. 27th when a woman reached through the driver's door window and yanked a three-inch gold hoop......
Continue Reading "Three Women Sought in Violent Gardena Snatch-and-Slash"