Ladera Heights News

Prosecutors said Friday that the motorist charged with murder in the death of a pedestrian during a police chase in Woodland Hills might enter an insanity plea.

Police on Monday re-released the identity of the the man who allegedly mowed down a pedestrian in Woodland Hills during a vehicle pursuit this weekend.

Fishlips Sushi is experiencing technical difficulty and is thus off the road for a couple of days, but Marked5 follows up lunch in West L.A. with a long stint on Abbot-Kinney, and Kogi disperses its fleet to Downtown, Ladera Heights, and Torrance today.

A man with a lengthy criminal record that includes two prior convictions for bank robberies has been sentenced to 16 years in federal prison for committing a series of bank robberies that earned him the moniker the "Goofy Hat Bandit." William Vance Turner, 58, who was residing in Ladera Heights when he was arrested by the FBI in 2007, was sentenced ...

Share + Aug 10, 2009 7:48 pm US/Pacific LOS ANGELES 1 of 1 The robber earned his nickname by wearing hats during his robberies, including various colors of fishing hats, fedoras and baseball caps.

Share + Aug 10, 2009 7:48 pm US/Pacific LOS ANGELES 1 of 1 The robber earned his nickname by wearing hats during his robberies, including various colors of fishing hats, fedoras and baseball caps.

Ladera Heights: Ventress McCallum, owner of Venni Mac's M&M Soul Food across the street from Home Depot Center in Carson, was robbed and shot April 14, 2004, as he got out of his car outside his home in the 6600 block of Radlock Avenue.

"On the night of August 23-24, 1944, as we prepared to enter combat, we suddenly realized that this was no training exercise: an enemy patrol might be lurking behind the next culvert or house, or the deafening roar of a firearm might be the next and last sound that we heard.

If the state's persistent budget crisis has stirred anti-incumbent sentiment among voters, you'd be hard pressed to see much evidence of it in Tuesday's special election to fill the vacant seat in the Los Angeles-area's 26th state Senate district.

Compton City Councilwoman Yvonne Arceneaux and West Basin Municipal Water District Director Gloria D. Gray were seated Tuesday as the newest members of the Metropolitan Water District board.