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Edward and Melissa Garcia (LAPD) During an emotional press conference today, the LAPD's Newton Division and family members of murder victim Herbert White shared details about the crime and their lost loved one, according to a live report on KTLA. The LAPD provided photos of the suspects in White's murder, Edward Garcia, Jr., 36, and his wife, Melissa Hope Garcia, 25, who may be on their way to their home state of Pennsylvania. They...

Sometimes you just have to act the part to get the job done. At least that's what seems to have happened at the Haven gastropub in the city of Orange yesterday, when a couple of guys dressed as maintenance men strolled in and helped themselves to the venue's ATM, according to ABC7. Using a dolly, the duo took the full-sized machine right before the customers' eyes. "Who are we to question them or ask...

Crowds turned out in 2008 to see the Dodgers play a rare game at the LA Coliseum (Photo by benchristen via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) The University of Southern California is hoping to become the landlord of some historic Los Angeles property, according to the LA Times. The prestigious private university is "in negotiations with the state to buy the land on which the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and Sport Arena...

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Photo by Joe in DC via Flickr Authorities in Pasadena have arrested three more men in conjunction with a melee in the Rose Bowl parking lot that preceded Saturday night's USC versus UCLA football game, according to LA Now. The three suspects, Arthur Cisneros, 25; Anthony Cisneros, 22; and Akira Cisneros, 24, all of Winnetka, were brought in Monday night on "suspicion of attempted murder." The three men's father, Arutro Cisneros, was arrested at...

Elizabeth Edwards, the former wife of onetime Democratic presidential hopeful John Edwards has lost her six-year-long battle with cancer, according to WRAL. Yesterday her family shared the news that Edwards, 61, had returned to her North Carolina home and was stopping treatment, after learning her cancer had spread to her liver, and that further treatment would be futile. Edwards died at her Chapel Hill home. She had first been diagnosed with breast cancer as...

Photo by Caveman 92223 via Flickr As of the start of the new year, medical marijuana dispensaries will be banned in unincorporated Los Angeles County, according to the Daily Breeze. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to approve the ban by 4-1; their "formal adoption of the ordinance barring the outlets was expected, given a 4-1 vote in favor of the ban two weeks ago." A ban has been in the...

Photo by Adrian Miles © via Flickr Authorities are turning to the public to help nab a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run that happened last week in the Rampart area. The LAPD are looking for the driver of a red Honda Civic or Prelude that struck a man who was walking southbound in the east crosswalk of Carondelet Street at about 8:35 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30th. The victim, 32-year-old Felix Gonzalez, was struck...

Photo by denisetaylor☼ via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr Not that the University of California wants to scare the crap out of us or anything but they'd like us to know this: "Foreign pests are eating their way through our national forests, destroying majestic scenery and costing taxpayers millions of dollars." Before you grab your rifle and head to the US-Mexico border, know that these "foreign pests" are insects, of which there...

The Beverly Hills Police Department. Officials say there's no violent crime trend in the area that the Chasen crime belongs to. (Photo by Chris_Lott via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) When it comes to the mystery shrouding the shooting death of Ronni Chasen, sometimes what seems like a rumor is in fact a rumor. Yesterday The Daily Beast published a piece based on an exclusively-obtained email and unconfirmed reports that detailed crimes...

There will soon be two new ways to get yourself a scoop or two of the delicious artisanal ice cream made by Carmela. The small local company is poised to open a storefront in Pasadena, and are launching a cool retro ice cream truck.

Who shot Jeffrey Tidus? It's the Rolling Hills Estates' contemporary whoodunit akin to TV's "Who shot JR?" plotline. One year after lawyer Jeffrey Tidus was shot and killed in his own driveway, the case continues to confound detectives, according to the Daily Breeze. Tidus was shot in the head the morning of December 7th, 2009, as he retrieved his laptop from his car. He was ambushed by an assailant hiding in the early morning darkness. " Nobody, from family members to investigators, knows why."