An apparent loud family birthday party in Pacoima drew a large police response in the early hours of Sunday morning, which was partially caught on video. Uploaded to YouTube, the description explains that officers were responding to loud noise complaints. Here's what they say happened before the video begins: more ›

Not even 24 hours after uploading a video of his encounter with an LAPD officer caught on video, police have launched an investigation. The video depicts an officer telling local photographer Shawn Nee he can't take a photo of him from the sidewalk without his permission. Nee rejects the notion, citing the law, but the officer said he didn't care what the law was. more ›

Thanks to video captured Friday night, some of LAPD's Hollywood Area bike unit officers are under scrutiny by LAPD internal affairs following complaints raised by bicyclists participating in a group ride organized in protest of the BP oil spill. The bicyclists are questioning the officers' use of excessive force during the ride, and the LAPD has announced via a statement that they are pursuing the matter internally. more ›

Last night two off-duty LAPD officers were arrested in Whittier and booked "on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon," according to KFWB. The officers, whose names cannot by law be released, were allegedly drinking when they became engaged in a fight outside the Panera Bread Bakery Cafe at the Whittwood Town Center. more ›

For the sixth year in a row, complaints of racial profiling towards LAPD officers have all been dismissed, according to the LA Times who reviewed documents from the police department's Internal Affairs Group. In 2007, all 320 cases that allege that officers stopped, questioned or confronted someone because of race, were closed, 80% of them as "unfounded." more ›

Pay a visit to MOCA today, as the place will be swarming with activity. At 3:00 PM, see a screening of Two Generators, Rodney Graham's 1984 piece "documenting the night-time illumination of a river" at MOCA at California Plaza. The screening is free with musuem admission. more ›