Two days after the revolutionary Black Riders Liberation Party took a leading role in Tuesday’s May Day activities, the home of one of the organization’s leaders was targeted by Los Angeles police and parole officers in what the group is calling retaliatory raid. more ›

A food truck worker was shot in the foot Monday night in South L.A. when someone involved in a dispute opened fire a half a block away with an assault weapon. Sgt. Alex Baez of the LAPD's Newton Station told City News Service the gunfire erupted around 11:30pm and was not aimed at the food truck, stationed in a parking lot near the corner of East 62nd and South Main streets. more ›

22-month-old Joshua Montes was in his uncle's arms when the two were fatally struck by gunfire in South Los Angeles on May 23, 2011. Neither the boy or the man, Josefat Conchola, were the intended targets of what investigators determined was a drive-by shooting gone awry. Now a pink bicycle may prove to be what links the suspect to the crime. more ›

A man suspected of stealing a car at knifepoint (and later using that same knife to slice his own neck for unknown reasons) was hospitalized after leading police on a chase through South Los Angeles into the Mid-City area. more ›

A family member of the woman who tried to drown her two daughters in South Los Angeles yesterday told reporters that the 32-year-old mother tried to seek professional help but was turned away because of her immigration status. Luis Padillas told KTLA that Lorna Valle, who is from Guatemala, was "very depressed" and was taken to a hospital. more ›

In the wake of the news that Miramonte Elementary School in South Los Angeles will be replacing its entire staff after two teachers were accused of sexually abusing students comes another allegation that a third teacher aided and abetted the crimes, reports KTLA. more ›

A fire in a South L.A. furniture store destroyed nearly 70 percent of the business' inventory, reports NBC Los Angeles. The store, C and L Furniture, is located at 6245 S. Manhattan Place. more ›

Like most great discoveries Murk Avenue blogger Donovan Strain started with a simple question: just which date inspired Ice Cube's "It Was a Good Day"? more ›

Back when we were seventh graders, we battled our enemies with clever name-calling, by stomping our feet on the ground and in rare cases, maybe a little hair-pulling. Students at Samuel Gompers Middle School in South L.A. have lowered their brawls to a darker level, resorting to knives and guns as weapons. more ›

An elderly woman was stabbed to death in South L.A. today, and the suspect may be her grandson. Authorities were summoned to the 900 block of West 41st Street and transported the 89-year-old victim to a local hospital at 2:10pm. She died shortly after arriving at the hospital. more ›

Christopher T. "Big Curious" Smith - an alleged Blood gang member - was arrested Tuesday night in South L.A. Big Curious, 20, was wanted for murder and robbery in Little Rock, Arkansas. After the May shooting and murder of two people during a robbery, the gang member fled to hide out with other Bloods in L.A. more ›

One man is in critical condition after suspects opened fire on a group of bicyclists in South Los Angeles last night. The shooting happened at around 11:15 p.m. near the intersection of East 43rd Street and Long Beach Avenue, according to ABC 7. more ›

A man dressed as a smurf got shot in the leg as he tried to defend his girlfriend and smurfette for the eve at a Halloween party in South Los Angeles. The suspect punched the smurfette in the face, and then shot the 25-year-old man in the leg when he tried to defend her. more ›

A woman was fatally shot in the head last night for no apparent reason as she was walking out of laundromat in South Los Angeles, according to LAPD detectives. Around 10 p.m. last night Mayela Valdes Garcia, 41, left the Coin Laundry Lavanderia to empty some trash. A man walked up to her, shot her in the head and fled. more ›

Last nice, violence erupted at a party in South Los Angeles. One man went on a shooting rampage that killed one and left nine people wounded. One guest described the shooting: "It was sudden, out of nowhere. He started shooting. People were panicking, running, dropping to the floor, including myself. All the fences were toppled. It was chaos." more ›

Think you may have contracted a bacterial STD recently? Soon, you'll be able to scoot on down to South Los Angeles and pick up a home testing kit to find out for sure. According to CBS News, L.A. county health officials are setting up about eight kiosks in the area that will offer the take-home tests at a lower charge than what a person might pay at a clinic. The effort is intended to combat the fact that our county has the highest rates of chlamydia infections in the country, and the second highest rates of gonorrhea infections. more ›

Sheriff's deputies are looking for suspects who rolled up to a backyard barbecue in a dark vehicle and fired off a rifle that killed two men and injured two others. more ›

Police are asking for the public's help in finding a 23-year-old woman who went missing over the weekend along with her 4-week-old daughter. According to a statement issued this morning by the LAPD, Kathy Nicole Leath and her daughter, Genesis True Leath, were last seen by her uncle Cortez Leath at the Ralph's on San Vicente and Pico at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. more ›

A woman escaped relatively unharmed after crashing her car into a South L.A. restaurant this morning, reports ABC 7. Witnesses say that the woman, whose name hasn't been released, was driving near the intersection of West Gage Avenue and South Main Street when her car suddenly cut across several lanes... more ›

An LAPD officer was shot at multiple times in South Los Angeles this afternoon while making a pedestrian stop, according to ABC 7. The shooting happened this afternoon in South Los Angeles around 2:45 p.m. near Western Avenue and W. 70th Street. more ›

Authorities are asking for the public's help in finding nine suspects involved in the beating and shooting death of a 24-year-old man in South Los Angeles. According to a statement released by the LAPD, Miguel Casteneda was confronted by a Hispanic man in his mid-20's at around 9:30 p.m. on Sunday, while walking near Southwest Drive and 5th Avenue. more ›

A front yard family gathering turned ugly last night in South Los Angeles, when a 12-year-old girl using a sparkler to celebrate the 4th of July was impaled in the eye with a "firecracker -like device" discharged by someone else in the area. Both the sparkler and the firecracker are illegal in Los Angeles, note the Los Angeles Fire Department, who responded to the incident. more ›

By a unanimous vote, today the Los Angeles City Council approved a $75,000 reward offer for information leading to the arrest of a suspect or suspects in the fatal shooting of a South Los Angeles toddler. A special motion introduced by City Councilwoman Jan Perry put forth the reward. more ›

Shots rang out last night around 8:30 p.m. in a South Los Angeles neighborhood, striking a man, and fatally striking his two-year-old nephew, who he held in his arms. The man and child were "not the intended targets," the Los Angeles Police Department told ABC7. more ›

Seven people were shot at a single family home on Holmes Avenue in South Los Angeles on Saturday when gunmen allegedly opened fire at a benefit party sometime around 1:00 a.m., reports KTLA. The party was reportedly a fundraiser arranged to "offset funeral costs for a 22-year-old man that was recently murdered," according a partygoer who said she and others were dancing when the incident occurred... more ›

A charmless, desolate block-long traffic median in South Los Angeles is about to become the neighborhood's newest "pocket park" thanks to the efforts of Heal the Bay, some local school kids, and an infusion of grant funding from California State Parks. Located at the intersection of McKinley Avenue and E. 87th Street, this "dead" space is about to become the WAYS Literacy and Fitness Park, a green space that promotes sustainability and health by using water recycling and other eco-friendly practices and giving locals a new place to play and exercise. more ›

Sometimes a man just wants a little peace and quiet when he's in his home. Perhaps that's what prompted a South Los Angeles resident to threaten his neighbor with a knife for being too noisy in the wee Monday hours, as reported by ABC7. When the cops showed up, the angry neighbor barricaded himself in his home, and a standoff followed. The police tried to take him down with a Taser, but they missed. Ultimately, they got him out at around 6:15 in the morning, and took him into custody. Wonder if the other neighbors appreciated all that ruckus he caused? more ›

The victim of what was likely a gang-related shooting last night in South Los Angeles managed to drive himself several blocks with a wound in the face, according to the Daily Breeze. The man, whose identity has not been released, drove his vehicle to the border of Inglewood, where he met paramedics and the police. He was then treated for "injuries that were not considered life- threatening" at an area hospital. The LAPD's 77th Street Station is handling the case. more ›

Police are searching for two male suspects who fatally shot a woman in her 30s as she exited a vehicle around 10:30 p.m. on Christmas night at the intersection of 85th Street and Western Avenue in South Los Angeles. Her 3-year-old daughter was in the back seat of the car and was not injured. The suspects drove a dark blue vehicle and fired at least nine shots, hitting the woman in the head. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The motive for the attack is unknown and police are asking anyone with information to come forward. more ›