Three suspects pleaded not guilty on Thursday to felony charges in a series of robberies believed to be linked to the shotgun slayings of Gabriel Aron Ben-Meir, the 30-year-old MTV music coordinator gunned down by his home near Miracle Mile last month, and Marcelo Aragon who was killed in a residential area in the 2700 block of West 12th Street in April. more ›

29-year-old LA resident Destiny Young, arrested Wednesday in connection with a string of armed robberies, was charged Friday in the shotgun killing of 30-year-old Gabriel Aron Ben-Meir, the MTV music coordinator shot in the back of the head near his mid-city home. She was also charged in the shooting of Marcelo Aragon who was struck by shotgun blast and robbed on April 30, reports LA Now. more ›

An arrest has been made in the shooting death of MTV music coordinator Gabriel Ben-Meir, reports KCBS. Two individuals, Jabaar Vincent Thomas, 26, and Destiny Young, 29, were arrested on Wednesday in connection to nine other robberies involving a shotgun in the Mid-City, Wilshire and Southwest L.A. areas. more ›

About 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, a man walking his dog found the body of 30-year-old Gabriel Aron Benmeir on the sidewalk on Packard Street between Stanley and Spaulding avenues, according to Los Angeles police, reports LA Now. more ›

Despite some Mid-Wilshire restaurants facing a financial loss when "designer food trucks" appear nearby during lunch, Baja Fresh, who neighbors the suffering businesses, tells the LA Times they have no complaints: "Patricio Palacios, manager of Baja Fresh in the 5700 block of Wilshire, said he had no complaints because his business was thriving despite the presence of mobile food vendors. 'If you come here now, you will see there's no free table,' Palacios said." That seems to be what commenters on LAist were saying last week. "It's modern-day 'survival of the fittest,'" noted Jessie. And reader msmerymac put it bluntly: "It's a TACO TRUCK. And you're whining that your food can't possibly compare? With a full kitchen and varied menu at your disposal?" more ›

The popular lunch truck row in Mid-Wilshire has the scores of office workers in the area thrilled. Echoing the sentiments of Michael Schneider who calls the area a "vast wasteland of lunchtime eateries," the lack of diverse choices has workers bored or worse yet, some places just seem like horrid choices to them. But since the food truck craze has hit Los Angeles, the lunch time options have changed. more ›

"As an officer who has responded to many murders over the years, this is amongst the most horrific," Deputy Chief Sergio Diaz said to the LA Times of last night's murder where a homeless man was allegedly doused with two buckets of gasoline and lit on fire. "This is one of cruelest crimes you can imagine." At about 9:40 p.m. last night, police responded to a call on 3rd Street between Berendo Street and New Hampshire Avenue (near Vermont) in the Mid-Wilshire area. Unconfirmed reports from anonymous witnesses tell the Times that they saw men in their 20s pull up in a car before dousing the man, who residents of the area know as "Grimley" and say he is a 20 year resident on the streets in the area. more ›