Score another one for modern technology and crime solving: The Los Angeles Police Department have announced an arrest made for a "cold case" murder that took place on L.A.'s Westside in 1978. Detectives in Delaware, Ohio, took 62-year-old Walter Randolph Peartree into custody at his home earlier this morning on a warrant obtained by the LAPD. more ›

Lisette Lee, 29, was coordinating flights on her parents' private jet since 2009 until she was arrested by DEA agents in Columbus in June 2010 after landing in a private jet chartered from Van Nuys with three friends and over 500 pounds of marijuana stuffed into 13 suitcases. She has been in federal custody since her arrested and pleaded guilty last February to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana. more ›

When Taco Bell thinks outside the bun, it sometimes involves adding in a beloved junk food staple. You know, because it's not bad enough you're eating junk from Taco Bell, but you need to have it enhanced with junk made by Frito-Lay, who are part of PepsiCo, who happen to be Taco Bell's parent company. more ›

A homeless man suspected of setting off a homemade bomb next to the Chabad House in Santa Monica last week was arrested late Monday when he was spotted in the vicinity of the Chabad House in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, according to the LA Times. 60-year-old Ron Hirsch, who sometimes goes by Israel Fisher, fled Los Angeles after the Thursday incident, and on Monday, the FBI revealed he had been seen disembarking a New York-bound Greyhound bus in Denver, Colorado. more ›

Lisette Lee, the Beverly Hills socialite and actress who left on a private jet from Van Nuys airport in June and was subsequently arrested in Columbus, Ohio for smuggling more than 500 pounds of marijuana inside 13 suitcases, has pleaded guilty. At the time of the arrest, authorities also confiscated cocaine, marijuana, drug paraphernalia, three cell phones and suspected drug ledgers from Lee's bag. more ›

Ted Williams, the recently un-homeless Ohio man turned internet sensation with a golden-toned radio voice was "briefly detained" by Los Angeles police during an argument with a woman identified as his daughter at the Renaissance Hotel in Hollywood Monday night. According to officers, the argument occurred around 9:00 p.m. and led to a disturbance report. more ›

The restless sonic explorer RJD2 is near impossible to pin down. Nothing seems to really fit. Hip hop producer? Multi-instrumentalist songwriter? DJ? At this point it all of these labels seem inconsequential. RJ (Ramble John) Krohn has been making interesting, multifaceted albums for a decade now and just seems to be hitting his stride. We caught up with RJD2 to talk about his fourth album, The Collosus, newly released on his record label Electrical Productions, which is a near indefinable, genre-hopping frenzy. more ›

Abram Bynum, 35, was killed by Columbus Police officers yesterday in Ohio at the end of a high-speed chase on Interstate 70. Before moving to Columbus, Bynum lived in the Antelope Valley and is accused of five rapes that happened between 2004 and 2007, according to the LA Times. more ›

Here in Los Angeles week two of the college football season meant a week of calm between UCLA’s Rose Bowl upset victory over the Tennessee Volunteers on Labor Day and USC’s showdown with Ohio State at the Coliseum. more ›

*Update 12:03 p.m.: Hillary Clinton is now the declared winner in Texas according to the LA Times. They also have a complete breakdown, state by state, for all the state primaries including yesterday