Crime & Safety

$1 Billion Listing Sells For $100K | Cop Shot In Ambush: LA Today

Band-Aid MacGyver Tire Fix Lands Driver In Jail | Obscure Local Restaurant Named World's Best | Home Sales Drop 12% In OC Slump:LA Today

The Mountain hit the market in July 2018 with a record-breaking $1 billion asking price. It sold this month for $100,000.
The Mountain hit the market in July 2018 with a record-breaking $1 billion asking price. It sold this month for $100,000. (YouTube screengrab)

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$1 Billion Listing Sells For $100,000 In Beverly Hills

"The Mountain" was once the most expensive listing in the history of L.A. County. Was the mountainous price its ultimate demise?

LA Sheriff's Deputy Wounded In Ambush, Shooter at Large

Several deputies were fired on outside the Lancaster sheriff's station, and the shooter is believed to have run into an apartment complex.

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Band-Aid MacGyver Tire Fix Lands Driver With DUI: Cops

Macgyver he was not, this Mission Viejo driver discovered. It takes a little more than gauze and first aid supplies to patch a tire.

Obscure Westside Restaurant Named Among World's Best Eateries

The meals "unfold like poetry." The experience is "utterly profound," and you can expect tables to be hard to come by after this honor.

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Orange County Home Sales Drop 12% In OC Slump

Buyers are staying away from the real estate market in Orange County, after the lowest number of home sales in almost a decade.

Controversial Emoji House For Sale In Manhattan Beach

The listing says the Manhattan Beach duplex has gone through "various upgrades" within the last year, but that doesn't include the emojis.

Hotel Worker Arrested For Alleged Threat Of Mass Shooting

The Long Beach Marriott employee from Huntington Beach was allegedly upset over an H.R. dispute and threatened a mass shooting at the hotel.

Nazi Salute Video, Death Threats Made At Pacifica High School

The video of Pacifica High School students conducting the salute and singing a Nazi-era song re-surfaced on social media Tuesday

DUI/Driver License Checkpoint Coming Up In Santa Monica

SMPD supports the Office of Traffic Safety, which aims to educate drivers that "DUI Doesn't Just Mean Booze."

American Airlines Flight Out Of LAX Makes Emergency Landing

The Airbus A321 was forced to land in Texas instead of its original destination — John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

Mayor Seeks To Shut Down Homeless Encampments That Pose Fire Risk

After the Skirball and Sepulveda Basin fires that started in homeless encampments, city leaders are looking for a measure of protection.

Palos Verdes Inspector Pleads To Secret Bathroom Recordings

A former Rancho Palos Verdes city building inspector allegedly secretly recorded people in the City Hall restroom and at local businesses.

Police Shrink Convicted Of Child Molestation Denied Appeal

The former LASD psychologist was convicted in August 2017 on charges involving two young family members in La Canada Flintridge.

Leah Basile To Leave Lake Forest City Council

Lake Forest Councilwoman Leah Basile announced at the recent city council meeting that she would step down from her seat.

Son Charged With Murder In Mother's Brutal Death: DA

A Laguna Beach man is accused of fatally stabbing his mother in the mobile home they shared, in the Terrace Park mobile home community.

SigAlert: Big Rig Crash Shuts Down The 170

The crash jammed up northbound traffic in the North Hollywood area.

Firefighters Battle House Fire In Pacific Palisades

The flames quickly engulfed the laundry room of a home North Toyopa Drive.

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