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A man was struck and killed by a driver about 9 p.m. in the 10800 block of Beverly Boulevard on Tuesday night.
County Merges Rural Fire Districts
The San Diego County Board of Supervisors Wednesday gave final approval to a $15.5 million plan to merge a dozen rural fire districts, the first step in an oft-stated goal of unifying county firefighting ...
Ex-Marine charged in deaths of 2 in Hollywood police...
A motorist charged with two counts of murder for allegedly striking and killing two pedestrians as police pursued him along Hollywood Boulevard was a former Marine, a relative said.
ENCINITAS: No evacuations expected in Leucadia brush fire
A brush fire burning on a hillside in Leucadia has not caused any homes to be evacuated and is not expected to cause any evacuations Monday night, fire marshal Bob Scott said.
Report questions funding plan for science academy
A business plan for the proposed Magnolia Science Academy leaves serious questions whether the proponent can raise the funds to build the charter school on city-owned land, according to a Foster City staff ...
Known as a "dance democracy," members of Body City (foreground)...
Oui , the People Known as a "dance democracy," members of Body City perform to the sounds of musical group Glasser at the 2008 Bastille Day Festival.
Mid-Wilshire man accused of killing brother before standoff
A man was booked on suspicion of murder today after allegedly fatally shooting his brother outside a residence in the Mid-Wilshire area and barricading himself inside for six hours before surrendering to a SWAT ...
Fire in Placer County controlled
Firefighters responded to and controlled a fire in Placer County near Loomis shortly after noon today.
Mom, two toddlers apparent homocide victims
About 3:45p.m. Wednesday Oroville police found a woman and her two toddlers dead in an apartment on Mono Avenue on the west side of Table Mountain Boulevard.
UC Riverside Professor Found Murdered
An autopsy was pending today on the death of a popular and highly respected UC Riverside English professor whose slain body was found in his Long Beach home over the weekend, authorities said.
California mountain towns clean up mud flows
Bulldozers worked Tuesday to reopen roads and clear tons of mud left by flash floods after thunderstorms unleashed downpours on mountain slopes burned bare by California wildfires.
That's not a Bluetooth headset
The first time someone snatched the speech processor from behind her son's ear, Hilda Giron got it back.
'Black Widows' to be sentenced in deaths
Two women are scheduled to be sentenced today for taking out insurance polices on two homeless men, then arranging to have them killed in hit-and-run accidents in Los Angeles alleys.
Brothers accused in violent Asian gang spree arrested
Two brothers from an Asian gang accused in a series of murders in one of the largest death penalty cases in state history have been arrested in the Phillipines and are awaiting extradition, police announced ...
FBI, Police Searching for 'Scuzzy Bandit'
The FBI said Friday said a man believed to have robbed a bank in Poway and two in the Clairemont area over the past three weeks was still at large.
Dead sea lion had bullet-like holesA rugged stretch of coast near...
A rugged stretch of coast near John Daly Boulevard in Daly City became a marine mammal mortuary Tuesday, littered with a harbor porpoise corpse and what appeared to be the bullet-riddled body of a sea lion.
From The Record archive: Teen pleads guilty to assault in I-5 rock attack
A 16-year-old boy accused of hurling a chunk of concrete at a truck from a highway overpass, leaving the truck driver permanently comatose, has pleaded guilty to assault and faces a 12-year prison sentence.
Construction Worker Crushed by Forklift
A 34-year-old construction worker was killed today when a forklift bucket that was being loaded with debris tipped forward and struck him, a fire official said.
Lawsuit claims LAPD shot, killed man because he was black
A Woodland Hills woman has filed a lawsuit against the city, saying Los Angeles police officers shot her husband to death because he was black.
Office of the California Attorney Gen...
Brown Announces Major Compton Gang Crackdown, Arrest of Killer Mail Carrier
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday July 8, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. Contact: Gareth Lacy, California Department of Justice, 324-5500 or Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department Deputy Bill Braudberger, 267-4813 ...