Did you catch this one on Facebook? There's a serial killer on the loose in the South Bay and he's targeting women! Don't panic, say local authorities, because it turns out that's just an online rumor, and it's totally false. Where's the dislike button?! more ›

A confrontation between a "screaming man" and Los Angeles Police officers last night at a Wilmington hotel has left one officer stabbed and the suspect dead, according to L.A. Now. more ›

Clearly, someone did not get the memo about the purpose of the "Summer Night Lights" program, which is meant to encourage safe, summertime evening park use in order to reduce gang violence. Shots rang out in Wilmington last night, interrupting the exodus of about 30 people from a "SNL" gathering at Wilmington Recreation Center, leaving two wounded. more ›

The woman whose body was discovered among the trash at heavily-used Wilmington facility has been identified as 24-year-old Latrecia Lavrea Hill of Long Beach, according to the Daily Breeze. Hill's body was found by workers at the trash sorting venue Friday evening, however it is not yet known from which truck the body was delivered. The coroner says the cause of death will remain deferred until they have the results of toxicology studies. The investigation into Hill's death continues. more ›

LAPD Detectives are investigating the discovery of a woman’s body found by workers at a trash sorting facility in the 900 block of East E Street in Wilmington on May 20 at around 6:15p.m., according to a police department press release. more ›

These days the pain at the pump is felt by the motorists, but on Sunday, one gas station owner in Wilmington had a "computer glitch" to blame for his pump-prompted pain. Kenny Nguyen, proprietor of a Valero station, unwittingly charged customers $1.10 per gallon for Premium Unleaded gasoline for four hours--when the price should have been around $4.29, according to the Daily Breeze. more ›

At least 80 arrests were made today in the Harbor Gateway and Wilmington area this morning by a combined force of Los Angeles Police Department officers and agents from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and other federal agencies. It was called "Operation Pirate Town," and the targets were gang members belonging to Rancho San Pedro,or "RSP," according to LA Now. more ›

The Los Angeles Police Department's Crime Task Force/Driving Under the Influence Enforcement Detail have their sights set on the Harbor area tonight, and will be running a sobriety and license checkpoint to further the goal of educating the public and getting intoxicated drivers off the road. more ›

LAPD this summer is aggressively trying to rid the roads of drunk drivers by holding a mixture of announced and unannounced checkpoints every weekend. Tonight, they tip their hats to one of them going going on between 6 p.m. and 1 a.m. near USC's campus and Exposition Park at Figueroa Street and 41st Street. "Our message is simple: if we catch you driving drunk, you will be arrested," says the LAPD. more ›

More details are coming out about Ervin Lupoe, who is suspected of killing himself after shooting his five children and wife at their Wilmington neighborhood home. He was at least one month behind in mortgage payments, owed the IRS $15,000 and had thousands of dollars out on credit, reports the Associated Press. more ›

The heartbreaking incident yesterday that left a family of seven dead began in the public eye when KABC received the below fax: more ›

More details have come out regarding the fax the now-identified Ervin Antonio Lupoe allegedly sent before killing his family and committing suicide. "The letter faxed to KABC indicated, for example, that there was agreement between husband and wife that killing the family was the best course of action, suggesting the possibility that both adults planned the slayings in advance," the LA Times reported. more ›

ABC7 this morning received a telephone call and a fax from the a man saying he was going to kill his family and himself. The news station in turn called police who later found seven people--five children under the age of ten, the mother and the suspected shooter, the father. more ›

At 8:25 a.m. this morning, LAPD Harbor Division officers responded to a shooting call on the 1000 block of McFarland Ave. in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Wilmington. "At this point, it is looking like a possible murder-suicide," explained Officer Ana Aguirre to LAist over the phone. "There's anywhere from five to seven family members that were discovered in the home." more ›

Karlheinz Stockhausen, the dude who stands between Lenny Bruce and W.C. Fields on the Sgt. Pepper album cover, would have turned 80 this summer. But while London and New York and even Omaha, Nebraska have thrown events celebrating the life and music of this pioneer composer, "the father of electronic music," Los Angeles has yet to plug in, tune up, and tone out in his honor. more ›

Earlier this week, the LAPD announced one sobriety checkpoint taking place tonight in the Valley. This morning, they announced two more, one in Harbor area and another on the Westside. From 6:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., they will be on Avalon Boulevard between Opp Street and I Street in Wilmington and from 7:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. at Pacific Coast Highway and Temescal Canyon Road in Pacific Palisades. Stay safe out there. more ›

• There is more information about the Wilmington shooting Thursday night that left one suspect dead and another in critical condition. "He just came out and decided, 'This is what I'm going to do today,'" one of the officers said. I think someone needed a hobby.
• Are you tired of the current crop of movies at the Arclight in Sherman Oaks? Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, a Republican who has recently criticized some Bush Administration policies, aims to put your boredom on ice April 10, when he is scheduled to appear at the theater during Zocalo's public lecture series.
• Why the hell are so many people stockpiling weapons in Southern California? We told you about the Torrance man who had a ridiculous barrage of guns n ammo last week. Now a man in Anaheim has been arrested after police discovered a live artillery round in his back seat. It can't be the water.
• One man is in the hospital after he was allegedly stabbed by another man outside the Velvet Margarita Cantina in Hollywood shortly before midnight last night. The two were arguing and one pulled a knife. I blame Pres. Bush.
• OK, no more violence. Let's talk about administrative futility. Teachers and school workers continue to find fault with the new $95 million payroll system LAUSD enacted in January. One woman continued to receive her mother's checks, though the woman died in December 2006 and thousands of teachers and other workers were paid the wrong amount or not at all. It's a good thing Villaraigosa is tackling the woes of education in Los Angeles and not campaigning for Hillary Clinton.
• Enjoy sipping that St. Patrick's Day green gin and juice, but beware: DUI stings are set for this weekend throughout the southland. Checkpoints are planned in a number of communities, including Los Angeles, Pasadena, Covina, Glendale, Hawthorne, Irwindale and Monterey Park. more ›

The LAPD did not draw weapons not once last night, but twice at the same spot in Wilmington, a neighborhood just north of San Pedro. A difference of thirty yards and three hours, details for the second shooting, which left the assailant wounded, are not out yet. The Daily Breeze has info on the first on that happened around 9 p.m. last night with a man on a bicycle: more ›

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The Don is an iconic sign atop a building in the downtown area of Wilmington. more ›