Actor John Travolta is wondering where his vintage 1970 Mercedes Benz 280-SL went, after it was reportedly stolen outside a car dealership in Santa Monica yesterday. Travolta says he left his vehicle on a residential street when he went in to the Jaguar dealership for about ten minutes. more ›

A special, three-wheel bicycle belonging to a 14-year-old boy with Down syndrome was stolen from his home in Santa Ana, reports the OC Register. The bike was taken from the father's pickup truck overnight Wednesday as it was parked at their home. more ›

Seven baby barn owls stolen from their nest in a old rocket-testing bunker in the Santa Ana River wash have been returned to their mother after being found in a bucket in the back of a car during a routine traffic stop on Monday, reports the SB Sun. more ›

A $10,000 reward was offered Tuesday by the the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for information leading to the arrest and conviction of individuals responsible for five bronze headstones that were stolen from Downey Cemetery. Police believe the items may have been taken to recycle for cash, reports the Daily Breeze. more ›

Sherry Townsend's husband was in the front yard of their E. 106th Street home when a man threatened him with a gun and then took two puppies on Wednesday night. The purebred bulldogs are worth about $3,000 each, according to ABC7. If you see a couple bulldog pups that appear to be freshly stolen, call LAPD Southeast Station at (213) 972-7828. more ›

Well, it didn't take long before someone ruined the Banksy fun. LAist reader Wicks Walker said a portion where the security guard with the Jeff Koons dog was is gone. As in someone took a whole chunk of the wall. Compare the above photo to this photo here. more ›

What a crazy story! Via the LA Times: "When U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Port of Los Angeles opened a shipping container bound for the Netherlands, they discovered a 1965 Volkswagen bus stolen in Washington state 35 years ago." more ›

Although his paintings were allegedly stolen fro his westside home last month, Richard L. Weisman waived the $25 million he could have gotten under his insurance policy, reports the Los Angeles Times. more ›

A woman pulled up to a Boyle Heights gas station in a Long Beach police cruiser early this morning. Suspicious as why a civilian clad woman was rummaging through the cruiser for money to purchase a lighter, the gas station attendants called police who responded and arrested her around 3:30 a.m., according to the LA Times. It is unknown how the cruiser was stolen, but the LAPD has transfered her into Long Beach's custody. more ›

According to Lee Joseph, publicist for La Luz de Jesus art gallery in the back of Wacko on Sunset, two paintings were stolen from the gallery today. The works by Lauren Gardiner are worth $1750 total and were already sold to patrons. more ›

Jesus Sanchez caught Echo Park and LA City Councilman Eric Garcetti last night at a community meeting. While talking about crime statistics, he said "I had a wallet stolen from my car. I think it was Tweaker Tom. We actually saw three people with flash lights going down the street." more ›

Three different news stories are making the rounds today, all of which involve cars and crimes, and all of which are best defined as "things that make you go hmm?" (Are we still allowed to say that?) more ›

To help balance Los Angeles' massive budget for the next Fiscal Year, parking fines are to be increased $5 across the board. The move begins July and will raise an additional $6.6 million towards filling the $406 million gap in the budget, according to the Daily News. Originally, City Council looked into increasing the fines $10 to $15, raising up to $20 million extra, but had worries it would lead to voter anger and violence against parking enforcement officers. more ›