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Ron Hirsch (AP Photo/Santa Monica Police Department, File) 60-year-old Ron Hirsch, the transient suspected in an April blast that sent a 250-pound metal pipe encased in concrete crashing through a roof next to the Santa Monica Chabad House and into a home where a 12-year-old girl was sleeping, pleaded not guilty in Los Angeles federal court on Monday to four federal felony charges that could send him to prison for up to 70 years...

53-year-old Carol Markin, the Los Angeles woman suing the dating website Match.com after an alleged rape, will be in court Monday. Markin wants the site to stop accepting new subscribers until a screening system for sex offenders can be implemented. Alan Paul Wurtzel, the 67-year-old accused of the attack, allegedly raped Markin at her home on their second date. After the assault, Markin claims she discovered online that Wurtzel previously had been convicted of...

More than140 local law enforcement agencies and the CHP are on high seat belt alert with a statewide, zero tolerance, "Click It or Ticket" Memorial Day weekend crack down that begins today, notes an LASD news release. For adults, the fine for not wearing a seatbelt is $142. For a child younger than 16, the fine jumps to $445 for first time offenders. Enforcement of this year’s "Click It or Ticket" mobilization is scheduled...

(U.S. Customs and Border Protection ) U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 1.5 tons of marijuana from a truck shipping lettuce from Mexico on Wednesday, authorities announced, reports KTLA. The 27-year-old Mexican driver was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and his border crossing card was cancelled. The drugs, worth an estimated $1.8 million, were found by a narcotic detecting dog when the driver was required to pull into the Otay Mesa...

This artist sketch provided by the Los Angeles Police Department shows the two suspects wanted in the attack on the Giants fan at Dodger Stadium that took place during the longtime rival team's game Friday April 1, 2011. The attack left the victim in critical but stable condition as authorities asked any possible witnesses Friday for help in identifying the assailants. (AP Photo/Los Angeles Police Department) Early Sunday morning, around 7:00 a.m., one of...

Today in (and around) LA! Step out with the Big Parade LA in a community climb, get the whole world in your hands at Worldfest, and Walk Like a Venetian with the art set.

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From the ist-a-verse: Shack Shake in DC, Rahm time in Chicago, IMF DSK in NYC, camping out with Harold Camping in SF, men-only McDonald's discounts in Shanghai and more.

This undated image by John Stow shows Bryan Stow holding his son and daughter. Bryan Stow, A Giants fan beaten at the Dodger home opener, has sustained brain damage as a result and remains in critical condition. (AP Photo/John Stow) Police in the Sunday morning SWAT apprehension of one of the two men suspected in the brutal beating of Giants fan Bryan Stow were led to the individual on a tip from a parole...

(Photo by ashraful kadir via Flickr) A 58-year-old man Hispanic man was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder with a wooden cane after an vicious attack on a 63-year-old man in San Diego, say authorities, reports KTLA. Two San Diego Police officers were conducting routine patrols near 16th Street and Island Avenue in the Sherman Heights area of San Diego when they came across the attack in progress at around 12:30 a.m. Sunday morning....

Photo by GarySe7en via LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr 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. The facility receives trash and recyclable items from "all over Southern California including San Juan Capistrano to areas north of Los Angeles," notes...