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Gang Map Study Shows Crime Happens Along Borders Between Sets in L.A.
June 27, 2012 in The Informer
Kevin Dean/ L.A. Weekly Flickr PoolIf you don't like being shot here in the city of L.A., the gang capital of the nation, the places to avoid are the boundaries...
Nora Ephron, Writer of 'Sleepless in Seattle,' Dead at 71
June 26, 2012 in The Informer
Drug War Leads to More HIV?
June 26, 2012 in The Informer
Sarah Tressler, Nude Dancer Fired From Journalism Job, on USA 'Stripping Tour' (PHOTOS)
June 26, 2012 in The Informer
Sex Trafficking Sweep Rescues 79 Children Nationwide, 5 in L.A.
June 26, 2012 in The Informer
Pedro Trujillo: Coach Smoked Marijuana With Students En Route to Dodger Game?
June 26, 2012 in The Informer
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Rodney King Compared LAPD Beating to Abuse Suffered by Slaves
June 26, 2012 in The Informer
Associated Press / YouTubeRodney King.Updated at the bottom with complete audio of the show. First posted at 12:53 a.m. KPFK (90.7 FM) says it probably has the last interview given to...
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Courtney Scaramella Sues O'Hara's Westwood Bar Over Alleged Schoolgirl Skirt Requirement
June 26, 2012 in The Informer
Courtney Scaramella / PinterestA 23-year-old waitress named Courtney Scaramella is suing a Westwood bar for allegedly making her and other female employees wear short, school-girl-style plaid skirts at work. The suit,...
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Los Globos After-Hours Club Stabbing in Silver Lake Sees Victim in Critical Condition
June 25, 2012 in The Informer
See a correction at the bottom. A lot of nightlife denizens have welcomed the reinvigorated nightspot Los Globos to the scene: Despite being a metropolis with global import, L.A. is not...
Matthew See: 'Spice' Marijuana Causes Man to Flip Out, Attack Elderly Couple
June 25, 2012 in The Informer
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Whose Silicon Beach Is It? San Diego Used the Term 2 Decades Before Google Came to Venice
June 22, 2012 in The Informer
A~Updated at the bottom: One tech czar says maybe all of Southern California's tech-biz scene should be called "Silicon Beach." First posted at 8:07 a.m. We get mad at New York...
Interstate 15 to Vegas All But Shut Down
June 22, 2012 in The Informer
Party People Beware: DUI Checkpoints Across L.A., So Here's Your Cheat Sheet
June 22, 2012 in The Informer
Rita Aleksanyan Arrested: Business Owners Tried to Bribe Housing Official -- LAPD
June 22, 2012 in The Informer
Woman in Shower Raped in Mar Vista; Person of Interest Captured on Video
June 22, 2012 in The Informer
Government Marijuana to Combat Cocaine Use? It Could Happen (in Uruguay)
June 22, 2012 in The Informer
Centinela Shooting Kills 2
June 22, 2012 in The Informer
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'No Panty Day' Is Today, L.A.
June 22, 2012 in The Informer
Some geniuses -- oh, lets just call them ... guys -- have come up with the idea that the smarter sex go bottomless today. They're calling it "No Panty Day," and...
'Puto' Is Faggot in Spanish: Why Does the Word Air Regularly on TV?
June 21, 2012 in The Informer
Marijuana Toking by Teens Does Not Increase Because Medical Weed Is Legal -- Study
June 21, 2012 in The Informer
Marijuana Plants Discovered by LAPD, Returned to Owners
June 21, 2012 in The Informer
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Carlos Ivan Rodas' Bloody Malibu Death? All Natural
June 21, 2012 in The Informer
guidosmalibu.comIt was a grizzly scene: Carlos Ivan Rodas, a 32-year-old dishwasher at Guido's restaurant in Malibu, was bloodied as he took his last steps to the front of the eatery...
California Bullet Train's Promise of Jobs is Overstated, Says UCLA
June 20, 2012 in The Informer
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Marijuana Raids at Green Joy, Green Magic Dispensaries in Woodland Hills ... at 4:20 p.m.
June 20, 2012 in The Informer
Green Joy being raided yesterday.Updated at the bottom with three arrests and more details including that the raids happened at ... 4:20 p.m! First posted at 8:04 a.m. Cops raided a...
California Immigrants Do the Jobs You Don't Want to
June 20, 2012 in The Informer
