The refurbished grounds of Los Angeles' City Hall are expected to re-open in May, and already the City Council is working to clarify and adjust the park rules, which many believe is aimed at keeping Occupy LA protesters at bay. more ›

A former city commissioner, who at one point discussed running for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council, has been indicted by a federal grand jury on kiddie porn charges. Albert Abrams, 63, the former head of the neighborhood city commission, surrendered to FBI agents this morning after being named in an 8-count indictment. more ›

Authorities cracked an alleged international smuggling ring over the weekend, yielding the seizure of a rather eclectic mix of goods, including rhino horns, diamonds, gold bars and Rolex watches. Among the several arrests made, three alleged traffickers were arrested in SoCal. more ›

Officials in San Bernardino County are cracking down on the illegal sport of cockfighting. Sunday's raid resulted in dozens of arrests along with the seizure of nearly 100 live roosters and $21,000 in gambling funds. more ›

A journalist with City News Service was among the nearly 300 people arrested in the wee hours of November 30, when the Los Angeles Police Department raided the Occupy LA encampment at City Hall. Now video showing the arrest as it happened seems to contradict the LAPD's version of what went down, and an internal affairs investigation has been launched. more ›

One of the 292 people arrested the night of the Occupy L.A. raid has taken to his personal blog to recount the night's events, providing a face to the large pool of arrestees and painting a less than lauding picture of the LAPD. more ›

On the heels of the Occupy L.A. raid, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa released the following statement on Wednesday regarding the closure of City Hall Park. He continues to laud the LAPD for their restrained efforts and suggests that the "Occupy LA movement can now amplify their calls for social justice and economic opportunity." more ›

Four protesters - all part of the group Sovereign Nation - remained in and on top of a makeshift tree house at City Hall Park early this morning until the dreaded cherry picker plucked them from their perches. A fifth furry occupier was also discovered inside - a dog named Lucky. more ›

The LAPD raided Occupy L.A. tonight. We've been liveblogging since 10:00pm. more ›

Occupy LA has filed a complaint in pursuit of an injunction to block their eviction from the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall. The complaint focuses on the Occupiers' First Amendment rights. more ›

Renee Strauss' fancy wedding dresses and star-treatment customer service may have landed her a TLC reality show, but her failure to pay the amount she owes in a lawsuit judgment has landed her a raid and seizure of her merchandise. more ›

Occupy LA was launched in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street in New York's Zuccotti Park, and late last night, while the New York Police Department conducted a raid on the encampment, Occupy LA's protesters took to the streets here to show their support. more ›

A cockfighting raid at a home just north of Lancaster on Wednesday resulted in the arrests of six people and the seizure of approximately 100 cocks. Four men and two women were detained in the rooster raid. more ›

There's nothing like sitting and enjoying your morning coffee, only to suddenly be disrupted by four police officers standing outside your house with guns raised and aimed in your direction. That's how one Alameda couple started the day yesterday, when officials mistakenly raided their home when they meant to raid the one across the street, according to the Daily Breeze. more ›

Long Beach police raided 37 locations in Los Angeles and Orange counties on Wednesday night, resulting in 17 arrests of suspected rival gang members, reports KABC. The Asian gang members, mostly Cambodians, were allegedly uniting gangster forces to steal "firearms, marijuana, Ecstacy, Rolex watches and computers, among other items." more ›

Wednesday night's Riverside gang sweep, Operation Tampa Bay, apprehended 20 suspects, reports KABC. By mid-morning, members of the 1200 Blocc Crips, one of Riverside's most dangerous street gangs, were behind bars. more ›

Yesterday's Rawesome raid was caught on tape, and local supporters of the Venice health market are not happy. Witnesses comment on the events, expressing disapproval, and fire questions at authorities. more ›

An international online "members only" child pornography network called "Dreamboard" has been raided by federal authorities, and of the more than 600 of the users targeted, 72 have been charged and 52 arrested, including 6 men from Southern California. more ›

Authorities from multiple agencies banded together to bust 28 suspects thought to be affiliated with a prolific South Bay Tagging Crew. Those suspects are thought to be involved in ASC, or "Art Sex Crime," a crew tied to about $100,000 in damage to the Metro Green Line and local school property, according to the Daily Breeze. At least nine arrests have been made, and more are expected. more ›

The Ventura County Sheriff's Department announced this morning they have busted up a large marijuana growing operation set up in the Los Padres National Forest, north of Ojai. The raid netted 68,488 pot plants, with an estimated street value of $205,464,000, making this the largest single cultivation in Ventura County's history. more ›

No better day for a tour of beachfront dispensaries than April 20th, or 4/20, the date/time a bunch of stoners once decided to use as code for smoking the pot. But to walk into a marijuana dispensary, one must have a medical marijuana ID card administered by a county health official (thanks to, yep -- CA Senate Bill 420). But for at least one store on the Venice boardwalk, the day began with an uninvited visit by card-carriers of the authoritative kind -- the ones dressed in blue. more ›

Federal agents and local authorities conducted raids yesterday on two medical marijuana dispensaries located in West Hollywood. Both of the shops, Alternative Herbal Health Services and Zen Healing Collective, are "among four that the city has authorized to operate," notes LA Now. more ›

27 people affiliated with the Lennox 13 gang have been arrested in an operation employing nearly 500 law enforcement personnel. A raid was conducted this morning as the culmination of an 18-month probe by a joint federal-state team, according to the Department of Justice. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department have announced the apprehension of two "well-known, prolific taggers," following a series of morning raids conducted yesterday in Norwalk, South Gate, and Long Beach. Known for their "ALDOE" and "RUSIA" tags, Aldo and Francisco Montoya are part of a larger tagging crew called On the Run, or OTR. more ›

As part of a multi-agency effort, 16 marijuana facilities in four counties were raided this week, according to LA Now. more ›

For many, the crux of the raw foods debate has to do with the politics of eating. Should the government tell us what we cannot eat? more ›

This week the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a three-day dragnet in California aimed at "finding, arresting and removing at-large criminal aliens and immigration fugitives who have ignored court-ordered deportation," reports the Daily News. more ›

The Bush era of ICE raids are over. That, however, does not mean ICE is on the fritz. In what the New York Times calls "a showcase for the Obama administration’s effort to reduce illegal immigration," companies are being forced to "to dismiss unauthorized workers." more ›