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Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 08:31 PM EDT

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Los Angeles Times

L.A. County deputies allege department hid FBI informant

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:42 AM EDT

A suit by two deputies alleges they were retaliated against for reporting misconduct. They also say the department moved an inmate working as a federal informant to a different jail under an alias. Two Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies say the department hid an inmate working as a federal informant from the FBI, according to a lawsuit they filed this week.        

20-foot boat that drifted to California is tsunami debris

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:34 AM EDT

Barnacle-covered craft, which was discovered in Crescent City on April 7, is from a Japanese town and the first confirmed 2011 tsunami debris to reach California. The barnacle-covered boat with Japanese lettering spent 758 days at sea before it drifted onto a Northern California beach.        

L.A. Unified fight focuses on breakfast program

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:34 AM EDT

Supt. John Deasy is leaving key funding decisions up to the board, the most controversial being the fate of morning meals in the classroom. Los Angeles Unified will eliminate a classroom breakfast program serving nearly 200,000 children, reject more school police, cut administrators and scale back new construction projects unless the school board votes to approve them, according to Supt. John ...

California's medical board backs some prescription-drug-abuse reforms

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:27 AM EDT

But the panel balks at a proposal to shift its authority to investigate physician misconduct to the state attorney general's office. The Medical Board of California on Friday embraced a host of reforms aimed at combating prescription drug abuse and reducing overdose deaths but balked at a proposal to strip it of its authority to investigate physician misconduct.        

UCLA professor to stand trial in death of assistant in lab fire

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:27 AM EDT

Professor Patrick Harran is ordered to stand trial on felony charges stemming from a fire that killed staff research assistant Sheharbano Sangji more than four years ago. UCLA chemistry professor Patrick Harran was ordered Friday to stand trial on felony charges stemming from a laboratory fire that killed staff research assistant Sheharbano "Sheri" Sangji more than four years ago.        


Los Angeles Daily News

Photos: Oscar winner Jane Fonda adds prints next to dad's at Chinese Theatre

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 04:03 PM EDT

Jane Fonda placed her hand and footprints next to Henry Fonda's in the concrete shrine to celebrity outside Hollywood's Chinese Theatre. | Photo Gallery: Osacr winner Jane Fonda at Chinese Theatre

Granada Hills Charter wins third consecutive national academic decathalon

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 03:01 PM EDT

Granada Hills Charter High School is bringing home the U.S. Academic Decathlon Nationals trophy for its third consecutive year.

Assemblyman's bill would open carpool lanes on 134, 210 freeways to single-occupancy drivers

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:16 AM EDT

You're sitting in freeway traffic on a Saturday and all the lanes are jammed. Well, almost all. You notice the carpool lane sits empty but you don't dare take advantage and risk a $341 fine.

High school choir groups join for massive choir at Disney Hall

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:05 AM EDT

High energy emanated from the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday as more than 900 high school students united in song for a free community concert in Downtown L.A. Photo gallery: 24th Annual Los Angeles Master Chorale High School Choir Festival at Walt Disney Concert Hall

El Camino Real edges out Granada Hills in Academic Decathlon's Super Quiz

Friday, Apr 26, 2013 10:30 PM EDT

El Camino Real Charter High won the Super Quiz portion of the national Academic Decathlon on Friday, edging out defending U.S. champ - and local rival - Granada Hills Charter.


CBS 2 Los Angeles

Young Runners Hold Moving Tribute For Slain Coach

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 06:30 PM EDT

A group of young runners, many not even yet teenagers, are preparing for a race that was one of their coach’s favorites.

Single-Engine Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Tujunga Wash

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 05:02 PM EDT

A single-engine plane made an emergency landing Saturday in the Tujunga wash in Pacoima, authorities reported.

Man Reportedly Stabbed To Death In Hawthorne

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 03:36 PM EDT

Authorities say they found a man fatally stabbed early Saturday in Hawthorne.

Fundraiser Brings Attention To Children Whose Lives Were Lost To Violence

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 02:30 PM EDT

An advocacy group held a fundraiser Saturday for children whose lives have been robbed by violent crimes.

OC Man Sentenced For Impregnating 11-Year-Old Relative, Years Of Sexual Abuse

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 01:48 PM EDT

An Orange County man who got a relative pregnant when she was 11 has been sentenced to 61 years to life in prison for rape and other sex crimes.


NBC Los Angeles

"Spider-Man" Wanted in Hollywood Street Robbery

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 05:57 PM EDT

Police are on the hunt for Spider-Man after the masked web-slinger snatched a paper bag filled with $6,000 in cash and credit card information from an employee of the Starlines Tour Bus company.

Car Crashes Into Cemetery

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 05:12 PM EDT

A suspected drunk driver crashed his car into a San Diego cemetery on Friday night, according to police.

Deputies Allege Inmate Abuse Coverup

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 10:57 AM EDT

Two deputies who were part of a jail gang intelligence unit have sued the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, claiming they were harassed, retaliated against and maliciously prosecuted after they...

Suspected Drunk Driver Arrested After Crashing into Bar

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 08:12 AM EDT

The crash totaled the driver's car and caused major damage to the bar in Inglewood.

Taxi Video Sheds Light on Vegas Strip Shooting

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 02:57 AM EDT

Authorities say it may have been a case of mistaken identity that led to a deadly shooting and firey crash on the Vegas strip in February that killed three people.


KABC-TV Los Angeles

Hawthorne stabbing investigation under way

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 07:40 PM EDT

An investigation is under way after a man was found stabbed to death in a stairwell at an apartment in Hawthorne.

Fake Disneyland tickets seller surrenders to police

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 07:40 PM EDT

A man accused of selling fake Disneyland tickets surrendered to police, but not before a local woman lost a lot of money.

Oxnard vandal arrested for 1,705 counts of graffiti

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 07:33 PM EDT

A 20-year-old man has been arrested in connection with more than $300,000 of damage on a wide swath of streets in Oxnard.

SF police rescue 4 people after boat fire

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 05:33 PM EDT

Police rescued four people after their boat caught on fire due to an engine leak in San Francisco Bay.

Man injured in Dorner manhunt seeking settlement with Torrance police

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 05:10 PM EDT

A man injured by police during the Chris Dorner search is seeking a settlement with Torrance and its police department.


KTLA-TV Los Angeles

Mississippi Karate Instructor Arrested in Ricin Case

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 03:05 PM EDT

TUPELO, Mississippi (CNN) — A Mississippi man has been arrested in connection with the investigation into ricin-tainted letters sent to President Barack Obama and other officials, federal and local officials said. FBI agents arrested James Everett Dutschke of Tupelo at …

Dog Walks and Plays Again After Getting Four Prosthetic Paws

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 01:05 PM EDT

Colorado Springs, Colo. – Life just got a whole lot better for a mixed-breed dog that lost all four paws to frostbite. Someone abandoned the cute canine named Naki’o at a foreclosed home in Nebraska when he was a puppy.…

Firefighters Preparing for Early Fire Season in Southern California

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:35 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) — The summer fire season is still two months away, but Cal Fire is already gearing up for what they fear could be the largest number of fires they’ve seen in years. Fire officials are increasing …

KTLA Weather: Liberte Chan’s Saturday Forecast

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:20 PM EDT

Expect a picture perfect day on the weather front. Liberte Chan has all the details. …

SoCal Group Honors Boston Bombing Victims at Pancake Breakfast

Saturday, Apr 27, 2013 12:05 PM EDT

CARSON, Calif. (KTLA) — A local group called Justice For Murdered Children is paying tribute to crime victims, including those killed in the Boston Marathon Bombings. The non-profit organization held a roundtable pancake breakfast and fundraiser Saturday in Carson, where …


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