Deputies use phony contest in La Mirada to make arrests

Pasadena Star-News - Sat Nov 28

Eight people who showed up at the Holiday Inn in La Mirada Saturday expecting to claim prizes won in a holiday giveaway left disappointed - and in handcuffs.

Holiday Heat Gives Way to Cold, Rain and Snow

KNX-AM Los Angeles - Sat Nov 28

A cold Pacific storm swept across Southern California a day after the region basked in a summerlike Thanksgiving with highs in the 80s.

Drive-by shooting reported in Duarte, no one injured

San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Sat Nov 28

No one was injured late Friday when apparent gang-members opened fire on a Duarte home, authorities said.

Mexican Mafia boss arrested on extortion charges

Sacramento Bee - Fri Nov 27

A Mexican Mafia prison gang member has pleaded not guilty to orchestrating a large extortion scheme.

Schwarzenegger's office blames $79,000 tax lien on 'paperwork' snafu

San Jose Mercury News - Fri Nov 27

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger was having a feel-good Thanksgiving week, passing out turkeys in East Los Angeles and giving thanks for "the blessings of freedom and democracy." But then came the heartburn.

Pine Mountain House Burns to Ground

The Mountain Enterprise - Fri Nov 27

This 2,000 square foot house at St. Anton and Target in Pine Mountain was destroyed in a two-alarm fire that was fully involved by 2:50 a.m. on Saturday, Nov.

Sharing the Black Friday gravy with all

San Gabriel Valley Tribune - Thu Nov 26

Black Friday shoppers got up early today and hit the stores for a lot of different reasons.

L.A. Unified school choices are a confusing maze

Los Angeles Times - Thu Nov 26

Pamela Krys, who moved to Woodland Hills a year ago, made a confession during a school fair this month at Sutter Middle School in Canoga Park.

UC Regents Vote to Reopen Troubled L.A. Hospital

L.A. Watts Times - Thu Nov 26

California's public university system on Nov. 19 agreed to fully reopen a troubled South Los Angeles hospital that was partially closed in 2007 after deadly lapses in care.

Wind-driven California blaze mostly contained

Auburn News - Wed Nov 25

Santa Ana winds fanned a fire across 80 acres of Southern California hills before firefighters reduced it Wednesday to a smoldering - but still dangerous - black scar.