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Brush fire breaks out near Universal City off the 101 Freeway [Updated]
A brush fire is threatening homes along the Cahuenga Pass. The fire broke out around 2:30 p.m. Thursday near Universal City off the 101 Freeway. [Updated 4:30 p.m.: Los Angeles firefighters put out a brush fire that for a time threatened homes... -
Universal Studios fire out at site of closed Terminator 2 ride
A two-alarm blaze reported at the closed Terminator 2: 3D ride at Universal Studios Hollywood has been mostly extinguished, park officials said. The fire was reported about 1:15 p.m. Several dozen firefighters responded to the fire to help protect other...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Los Angeles Times, Fires
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Federal grand jury still probing Burbank Police Department, records show
A federal grand jury is continuing to examine evidence as part of a years-long investigation into alleged civil rights violations by Burbank police officers, according to court documents and sources familiar with the investigation. Officials with the U....
Tags: Justice System, FBI, Crime, Law and Justice, Judges, Los Angeles Times
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Alaska Airlines pilot's death is a mystery
Alaska Airlines released a statement Wednesday saying the company was “deeply saddened” by the death of a 55-year-old veteran pilot who was found dead along an off-ramp of the 5 Freeway in Burbank. The man, Lee Morris of Richland, Wash.,...
Tags: Kate Mather, Bob Hope, Los Angeles Times, Shootings
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Man found dead along 5 Freeway in Burbank was Alaska Airlines pilot
A 55-year-old man found dead along an off-ramp of the 5 Freeway in Burbank was an Alaska Airlines pilot, sources said Wednesday. A passerby spotted the body along a fence at the Scott Road off-ramp about 6 p.m. Tuesday and called authorities, said...Tags: Kate Mather, Los Angeles Times
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Alaska Airlines says dead pilot found near I-5 in Burbank 'highly respected' and in 'good health'
Alaska Airlines released a statement Wednesday saying the company was “deeply saddened” by the death of a 55-year-old veteran pilot who was found dead along an off-ramp of the 5 Freeway in Burbank. The man, Lee Clifford Morris of Richland,...
Tags: Kate Mather, Bob Hope, Los Angeles Times, Google+, Shootings
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North Hollywood man accused of killing his parents
Prosecutors charged a North Hollywood man with capital murder Tuesday in connection with the slaying of his parents. Jonathan Mercado, 25, was charged by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office with two counts of murder with the special...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Justice System, Murder, Crime, Law and Justice
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Michael Hastings dies at 33; his article led general to resign
Michael Hastings, an aggressive and iconoclastic journalist whose reporting exposed the vagaries of the war in Iraq and helped bring down the top U.S. general in Afghanistan, died early Tuesday in a car crash in Los Angeles, according to two of his...Tags: Stanley A. McChrystal, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Army, Los Angeles Times, International Military Interventions
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'Night Stalker' Richard Ramirez dies
It was 1985 and the Southland was in the grip of fear as a series of grisly killings committed by a man police called "the Night Stalker" continued to scar the calendar, setting the region on edge. Among Richard Ramirez's victims were a traffic...
Tags: Google Inc., Kate Mather, Sex Crimes, Murder, Social Media
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CHP arrests motorcyclist who punched cars during pursuit through tri-city area
A motorcyclist was arrested Wednesday afternoon following a bizarre high-speed chase in which the suspect punched several vehicles and eventually ended up off-road in a freeway construction zone in Sun Valley. The pursuit of the orange motorcycle...Tags: Highway Transportation
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Dorner: Women mistakenly shot by LAPD could get more money
L.A. NOWTwo women whose truck was riddled by police gunfire during the pursuit of fugitive ex-cop Christopher Dorner will a receive $40,000 cash settlement to replace their vehicle, but it remains to be determined how much additional compensation they will... -
Motive still a mystery in slaying of movie executive Gavin Smith
L.A. NOWAfter months of speculation, Los Angeles County sheriff’s investigators confirmed Thursday they believed missing Fox movie executive Gavin Smith was murdered and publicly named a convicted drug dealer a person of interest in the case. The revelation...
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