Forget the file in the cake trick, how about getting drugs into the jail in a tasty rolled-up Mexican food staple: Heroin in a burrito. One Los Angeles County Sheriff's Deputy, "assigned to provide courthouse security," surrendered Wednesday for having willingly smuggled the drugs into the courthouse jail in a 2010 incident. more ›

Griffen Kramer, the 18-year-old Thousand Oaks High School quarterback found dead in October at a buddy's house, died of a heroin overdose, according to toxicology reports released by the L.A. County coroner's office. more ›

Erik Kramer was found dead at the home of his friend David Nernberg in Agoura Hills, but if authorities' suspicions are right, Nernberg might not have been such a pal. more ›

A Los Angeles Fire Department fire captain was busted last week for buying heroin during a sting operation conducted by Los Angeles Police Department Narcotics officers. Captain Matthew Phillpsen, 52, was arrested at around noon on Wednesday, November 9 in the Highland Park area. more ›

An attorney visiting his client in jail could be facing time himself after a drug-sniffing dog caught him trying to sneak in 26 balloons full of heroin, meth, pot and syringes to the jail. more ›

Youth, they say, is wasted on the young, and in Newport Beach, it seems an alarming number of the young are wasted on heroin. Authorities there are cautioning locals that there has been in increase in arrests in conjunction with heroin use and sales, according to the OC Register. more ›

Redmond O'Neal, the 26-year-old son of actors Ryan O'Neal and the late Farrah Fawcett, was arrested last night in Santa Monica after he allegedly ran a red light. Officers say a search of his car uncovered heroin, according to KTLA. This is not the first time the young Mister O'Neal has found himself in a tangle of substance abuse and the law. more ›

Officers in San Bernardino scored what has gone down at the biggest drug seizure in the department's history following a brief standoff with an armed man Monday. Authorities were sent to a home to investigate a report of a man shooting a gun in the yard, according to KTLA. more ›

Authorities in the Santa Clarita Valley have arrested 31-year-old Beatriz Flores on suspicion of drug dealing and for using her teenage son as a heroin mule. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department explain that the arrest was made following a traffic stop, during which Flores and her two sons, ages 14 and 11, were present in the vehicle. Flores "admitted that she had [her 14-year-old son] put the drugs in his pants to conceal it." more ›

What happens when you escape from a Michigan prison, flee to California, reject your criminal ways in order to settle into a nice home life, and are then rearrested 30 years later? You get a book deal, of course! This is America. And that's exactly what happened to one Marie Walsh, née Susan LeFevre, who fled the Detroit House of Corrections in 1976 after serving 13 months of a ten-year sentence for a heroin deal. more ›

A Beverly Hills-based attorney pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he brought heroin to the Criminal Courts Building in downtown. 48-year-old Michael Inman was allegedly caught with the substance last month when a drug-sniffing dog alerted authorities to him while in a secure area "to visit two defendants he was representing in a a burglary and receiving stolen property case," according to the Beverly Hills Courier. He apparently had 14.25 grams of heroin on him. If found guilty, he could face up to five years in jail. more ›

An investigation launched last fall into an East Los Angeles drug operation netted 48 arrests of gang members during raids yesterday morning conducted at 38 different locations, the Press-Telegram is reporting. The raid, according to Sheriff Lee Baca "put a heroin ring out of business." more ›

Andre Young Jr, the 20-year-old son of rap icon Dr. Dre, was found dead in the family's Woodland Hills home this past August. He'd been out with friends the night before, but was unresponsive when his mother, Jenita Porter, tried to rouse him that morning, and was pronounced dead by paramedics. According to People, The Los Angeles County Coroner announced yesterday after months of waiting for the toxicology report that the cause of Young's death was "from an overdose of heroin and morphine," and that the case was both closed and ruled as accidental. more ›

26-year-old skateboarder and photographer Lee Grivas was found dead in his apartment by a neighbor in Hollywood on July 1. There were no signs of physical trauma and it appears to be from a heroin overdose. Applegate and Grivas dated on and off but his drug problem was a factor that often split them up. Right now, there is no official cause of death and is currently being ruled as an accident or suicide pending a the toxicology report. more ›

A man suspected of a DUI (influence of heroin that is) was driving on the 100 block of Washington Blvd. last night where officers on patrol witnessed him hit up to ten parked cars near the intersection of Strongs Drive. When officers approached the vehicle, the man resisted attempts by the officers to take him out of the van by allegedly poking them both with a syringe, according to KCBS. The officers then subdued the man by using a taser twice on his back. more ›

Although her official cause of death remains uncertain, it is known that Elias took in a combination of heroin and morphine, along with other drugs, but Los Angeles County Coroner Capt. Ed Winter has stated it is also not known what method of use she employed. more ›

Monday Will Beall presents L.A. Rex 7pm @ Book Soup Robert Alter & Jonathan Kirsch discuss The Book of Psalms with David Ulin 7pm @ Central Library Mark Schapiro signs Exposed 7pm @ Dutton's Richard King presents Spirituality in the Workplace 7pm @ Vroman's Alan Alda presents Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself 7pm @ Borders, Westwood Tuesday Bill Clinton presents Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World 2pm @ Vroman's... more ›

A tip of the hat to Anne Thompson at Variety for directing us to this first look at the trailer for the upcoming Coen Bros. film, No Country For Old Men. Perhaps returning to their roots in Blood Simple, the Coens have crafted a crime-thriller about a hunter who stumbles upon dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande. The film will hit American theaters in... more ›

People talk shit about our local paper. Sometimes we're the ones talking shit. But every day there's gotta be ten things that you can learn from the Times. Right? more ›

Whether you're sneaking out of rehab, snorting coke off a Noguchi coffee table or just lounging around looking sexily tousled while smoking a post-shag fag with your heroin-addicted rocker boyfriend, Kate Moss has designed the quintessential clothing line for the glamorously emaciated rocker chick within us all. It makes perfect sense. Models wear clothes. Why shouldn’t they also design them? Seriously, with all the celebrities designing eponymous fashion lines (read: famous people approving or... more ›

Kurt Cobain died thirteen years ago today. He had a crazy wife, insane parents, and a terrible stomach that he ended up trying to cure with heroin. No one has come close to his greatness. Enjoy this genius SNL performance.... more ›

Valentines Day is in just mere hours and for those of us who want to celebrate the holiday in true love fashion here is a short list of love or anti-love movies, perfect or the occasion. No Meg Ryan and Julia Roberts here. more ›

Tongue and Groove, a monthly spoken word/music happening around town, took place tonight at The Hotel Cafe in Hollywood. Coordinated by Conrad Romo, who LA Weekly called "a friend to creatures both great and small", this event included readings from both unknown LA writers, and those who've been around the block, namely Mike the Poet, who has done over one hundred readings in and around LA this past year. He loves Los Angeles and isn't afraid to say it. more ›

Seriously, folks -- friends don't let friends sit through State of the Union addresses sober. In fact this year, we fear that the more SOBER you are, the more sick you might get. Here are a few SOTU drinking games to help keep it real. Play one or play them all. DrinkingGames.us: The State of the Union Drinking Game 2007 Notes: This long guide is very easy to reference but will undoubtedly require a... more ›

- California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has surgery on his broken femur that got busted during a ski trip in Idaho. No word if he had any other work done while under the knife - ABC News - Angels give $6.5 mil to Shea Hillenbrand to play first base. Shea was the fella who wrote "the ship is sinking" on the Blue Jay blackboard before he was traded - ESPN - LA's richies give more... more ›

Asher Garber was born and mostly raised in the Valley. He saw "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" during its first weekend run at the Pacific 4 in the Sherman Oaks Galleria. An alum of Oakwood High in NoHo and UCSB, Asher eventually moved to Austin, TX where he owns and operates Room 710, one of the original Red River rock clubs, all while desperately trying hard to actually finish his first real live, no-shit-I’ve-got-one,... more ›

Always a step behind her former bff, Nicole Richie was arrested this morning for driving the wrong way down the 134 in Burbank while allegedly under the influence. Although some bloggers are asking why she wasn't busted for tooling down the freeway the wrong way -- possibly in the car pool lane (did she think she was playing a video game?) -- and some are talking about how she claimed to be white when... more ›

Former Jane's Addiction guitarist and current Panic Channel heart-throb Dave Navarro has had a crazy year. His split from Carmen Electra was public and messy, the TV show that he co-hosted with Brooke Burke was highly-rated and messy, but all along he has been one of LA's most reliable celebrity bloggers, giving guys like Wil Wheaton a run for Most Popular LA Celeb Blogger. A mix between updating his fans on his tour schedule... more ›

Every week in Living in Sin, Jen Sincero provides advice to LA's sexually confounded. Sign up for her newsletter and have it sent to you every week. Ask Jen your questions: all are posted anonymously. more ›

This is the greatest show that NBC hasn't canceled yet. If you don't know what this show is about, and you even missed the recap marathon this past Sunday, then what good are you exactly? The show just keeps building and building, and creating new mysteries. Is it going to live up to our expectations with each week that passes? I sure hope so. Last night's episode was out of control, it had some... more ›