Angelenos, if you are at a total loss as to what to get your momma for Mother's Day (hint: it's this Sunday) and you happen to own a gun you don't want to keep around, you could trade it in Saturday for a $100 or $200 gift card at the city's annual gun buyback event. more ›

A search party is headed to the Calabasas Landfill in Agoura Hills this morning, on a mission to retrieve the weapon used to kill Winnetka teen Francisco "Pancho" Rodriguez. The 17-year-old El Camino Real High School student and soccer player was gunned down outside his home on January 11. more ›

Charges were filed yesterday against an 18-year-old reputed gang member in the shooting death of Juan David Vasquez Loma, a 25-year-old restaurant worker gunned down behind the wheel in Silver Lake earlier this month. more ›

This Saturday's annual Los Angeles Police Department gun buyback event netted the authorities 2,062 weapons surrendered in exchange for Ralphs and Visa gift cards, according to L.A. Now. Among the weapons dropped off were "a black Uzi machine pistol with a massive silencer," as well as "Tommy guns [and] vintage WWII rifles." more ›

It's become an annual tradition for the Los Angeles Police Department and other city officials: One day a year, they will trade you your unloaded gun(s) for a gift card. The 2011 Gun Buyback day is taking place tomorrow, Saturday May 7th, at six locations set up around the city. more ›

A 17-year-old boy managed to not only bring a gun into Gardena High School last week, but allegedly accidentally discharge it from inside his backpack, wounding two 15-year-old classmates. Now the mother of Trendell Gholar, one of the victims, has sought counsel and says she will sue the Los Angeles Unified School District, reports KTLA. more ›

Adult film worker and sometimes actor Stephen Hill, aka "Steve Driver," remains a wanted man by the LAPD. Yesterday charges were filed against Hill for the murder of Herbert Hin Wong and the attempted murder of two other Ultima Entertainment employees as part of a stabbing incident that took place at the adult industry company's Van Nuys facility on Tuesday, reports abc7. more ›

Yesterday Mayor Villaraigosa, in partnership with the LAPD and several faith-based community groups, hosted a Gun Buyback program that offered gift cards in exchange for the voluntary surrender of firearms. The event is being lauded as a success, with about 2,000 guns swapped out for $100 or $200 gift cards from Visa and Ralphs grocery stores. more ›

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the LAPD, and faith-based community organizations are teaming up for the second time to run a citywide Gun Buyback on Saturday. more ›

[Update: The death has been ruled a homicide. Read more here] more ›

The LAPD is calling this an 'Accidental Discharge," which could be taken to a whole new level when out of context. Well, anyway... more ›