Big Joe Meets “The Maestro of Love”
This weekend as we play love songs in honor of Valentine’s Day, I can’t help but think of an incredible dinner I had with "The Maestro" Barry White
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New Jersey man who killed Los Angeles TSA agent faces life sentence
An unemployed motorcycle mechanic who gunned down airport screening officers at Los Angeles International Airport in a 2013 attack that sent passengers running for their lives pleaded guilty Tuesday to murder and 10 other charges.
New Jersey man pleads guilty to LAX shooting
A gunman who killed a federal airport screener and wounded three others during a shooting rampage at Los Angeles International Airport three years ago has agreed to plead guilty.
Colleagues remember UCLA shooting victim as ‘gentle soul’
The victim of a murder-suicide that locked down the UCLA campus for hours Wednesday was a mechanical engineering professor who was married with two children, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation.
2 people shot and killed on UCLA campus, police say
Two people were shot and killed on the UCLA campus Wednesday morning, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman.
Affordable Model 3 is Tesla’s biggest test yet
Tesla unveiled the Model 3 on Thursday night at its Los Angeles design studio. It doesn't go on sale until late 2017, but in the first 24 hours that order banks were open, Tesla said it had more than 115,000 reservations.
Flight attendant accused of trying to smuggle much cocaine
A JetBlue flight attendant accused of using her credentials to attempt to get 70 pounds of cocaine through airport security in Los Angeles before flinging off her heels and fleeing, has been arrested in New York, authorities said.
Defense to target DNA in ‘Grim Sleeper’ serial killing trial
The attorney for a man charged with killing nine women and a 15-year-old girl in the "Grim Sleeper" case in Los Angeles seeks to cast doubt in the minds of jurors Monday by focusing on DNA evidence found on the victims.
Opening statements set in long-awaited ‘Grim Sleeper’ trial
More than 30 years since the bodies of young women started turning up in alleyways and garbage bins in south Los Angeles, attorneys are set to give opening statements in the long-awaited "Grim Sleeper" trial on Tuesday.
Massive gas leak plugged; residents seek return to normal
The massive gas leak that spewed uncontrollably for nearly four months drove thousands of Los Angeles residents to pack up and leave their homes, while others rode it out. Vicky Walker did both, turning her life upside down shuttling between hotels and home every few days, where she lived like a shut-in and stopped walking her dog to avoid the foul stench of gas.