Chris Tucker is coming to the BET family. The network announced that Rush Hour star Chris Tucker will host the BET Awards 2013, joining the ranks of past…
There’s a new coach in Laker Land, and his name isn’t Phil Jackson. Since the Zen Master was apparently “asking for the moon,” according to Mike Bresnahan, the Los Angeles Lakers went in another direction and hired Mike D’Antoni. Lakers fans let the organization know who they wanted during Friday night’s game against Golden State […]
The Lakers announced Friday that Mike Brown has been fired as head coach in the wake of the mega-team’s 1-4 start. “This was a difficult and painful decision to make,” said general manager Mitch Kupchak in a statement. “Mike was very hard-working and dedicated, but we felt it was in the best interest of the […]
The Rodney King beating set off a spark within Los Angeles’ black community, and when the four officers charged with assaulting him were acquitted, that spark exploded into the worst riots our country had seen in decades, or possibly ever. Bob Tur and Marika Gerrard, a former husband and wife news reporting power duo, caught […]
In every state across the country, white men and women are outliving blacks, in some cases by a margin as wide as eight years, says a new life-expectancy study from theUniversity of California, Los Angeles. In America, a white male born today has a life expectancy of 74.8 years, while black males are expected to […]
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LOS ANGELES-Police shot and killed a man armed with a crowbar outside of a Carl’s Jr. restaurant in Monterey, California. Police were called to the restaurant after reports that a man was breaking windows with a crowbar. At first, police officers tased the individual, which resulted in the unidentified man approaching a police officer with […]
LOS ANGELES — An investigation unfolding near the iconic Hollywood sign in Los Angeles is playing out like a gory movie script, as police worked to identity a man whose body was found in parts over the past two days – first a head on Tuesday, then two hands and two feet on Wednesday.
LOS ANGELES-A community center in L.A.’s notorious Rampart area is helping teenagers stay out of trouble by giving them a creative outlet.
http://www.entertainmentwise.com/news/64628/Has-Justin-Bieber-Got-A-Three-Month-Old-Baby LOS ANGELES – Development execs at MTV might be scrambling to create a “Celebrity Teen Dad” series if an explosive new lawsuit is to be believed. Teen idol Justin Bieber allegedly lost his virginity–and impregnated a young woman–during a 30-second tryst in Los Angeles late last year. Star magazine reports via RadarOnline.com that […]
LOS ANGELES-LAPD Homicide Detective Sal LaBarbera who is an active Twitter user is drawing heat for recently posting a picture of a homicide victim with the caption “guess where i’m at? …it never ends.” Labarbera has 1,400 followers on Twitter under the name LAMurderCop. 21 Machine Guns Stolen From LAPD SWAT Team Naked, Unarmed Man […]
Call them riots or civil insurrections, when a disenfranchised population is triggered by an event that symbolizes their shared grievances, the consequences can be the unleashing of years of suppressed frustration and rage. While it is common for governments to blame the rioters, a detailed look at the causes show that the law and law […]