Christopher Darden, who two decades ago helped prosecute O.J. Simpson on murder charges in the “trial of the century,” has just stepped into another high-profile celebrity homicide case. This time, he’s the defense attorney, representing the man charged with killing rapper Nipsey Hussle. Eric Holder,…
LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump is scheduled to make a planned six-hour visit to the Los Angeles area Friday for a fundraising dinner for his re-election campaign. Tickets are $15,000 for dinner, $50,000 for the opportunity to take a picture with Trump and $150,000 to participate in a roundtable discussion during the event, according…
The controversy over the shocking number of horse deaths at Santa Anita racetrack this season veered onto political turf this week. Talk about treacherous footing. When U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday called on the California Horse Racing Board to halt racing at Santa Anita pending further investigation of 23 fatal injuries to thoroughbreds there…
By DAN SEWELL and DON BABWIN CINCINNATI — A day of false hope has given way to questions about why a man would claim to be an Illinois boy who disappeared eight years ago. The FBI declared the man’s story a hoax Thursday one day after he identified himself to authorities as Timmothy Pitzen, who…
By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON — Attorney General William Barr is defending his handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation, saying the confidential document contains sensitive grand jury material that prevented it from being immediately released to the public. The statement Thursday came as Barr confronts concerns that his four-page letter summarizing…
As storm after storm dumped rain on Los Angeles, the streets grew quiet. Like most everyone else, criminals retreated indoors. This spring, with the end of the plentiful rains, violence bloomed along with the wildflowers. The famed rapper Nipsey Hussle was just one of many casualties as Angelenos…
Kaya Buckley is a fan of Nipsey Hussle’s music. Her friends at Crenshaw High School shop at the clothing store where he was shot and killed Sunday, less than a mile from campus. But the 17-year-old knew Hussle and identified with him most as a fellow community activist. She first met him at a Hyde…
Since taking office in December, Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has faced criticism over his decision to reinstate Caren Carl Mandoyan, a deputy fired over allegations of domestic violence and lying to internal investigators. He and the L.A. County Board of Supervisors are now locked…
In an effort to obtain scientific data on crash injuries, the UCLA Institute of Transportation and Traffic and the National Safety Council set up a head-on collision between two school buses.
Preparing for a bombing mission against the Japanese in January 1944, Staff Sgt. Vincent Rogers wrote to his parents with his usual candor: He wanted to go home. Five days later, Jan. 22, Rogers’ B-24J bomber crashed shortly after take-off, killing him and six others. His body remained in an unmarked coffin in the central Pacific…
