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D.A. Steve Cooley Calls On John Noguez To Resign; Defense Attorneys Warn Against Trying Case In The Media

D.A. Steve Cooley goes public District Attorney Steve Cooley took his “pay to play” case against Assessor John Noguez to the public on Wednesday, calling on Noguez to resign in numerous TV, radio and print interviews. Cooley’s round of publicity was unusual in that no charges have been filed against Noguez, and no charges are [...]

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Mayweather vs. Pacquiao: The Gay Rights Fight

Mayweather We never thought we’d see the day when an A-list rapper like Jay-Z would defend gay rights, let alone a champion fighter. But following our reports on L.A.-based Manny Pacquiao’s anti-gay statements, future Hall of Fame boxer Floyd Mayweather, Jr. begged to differ. He took to Twitter today and said this: We think the [...]

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Could Fracking in Los Angeles Cause an Earthquake?

Tessa Stuart Tuesday’s event at Kenneth Hahn Soccer Fields, adjacent to the Inglewood Oilfield. Conversations about fracking, the controversial technique for natural gas extraction (alternately known as “that thing that turns your tap water flammable”) are typically confined to Pennsylvania, where the critically acclaimed documentary Gasland was set, or the state of New York, currently [...]

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Damian Frausto, El Sereno Dad, Murdered in Possible Road-Rage Shooting on Mother’s Day

ABC7 Katrina Frausto’s husband was gunned down on Mother’s Day. The timing of 41-year-old Damian Frausto‘s cold-blooded murder on Mother’s Day could not have been more tragic. He was reportedly parking his car at his home around 7:25 p.m., his wife Katrina in the passenger’s seat and his 5-year-old daughter in the back, when an [...]

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Manny Pacquiao Says Gay Men Should Be ‘Put to Death’

Kevin Scanlon See also: Manny Pacquiao: The Fight of His Life. Manny Pacquiao, who lives and trains in Los Angeles, is probably in deep shit in this liberal city of brotherly love. That’s because the boxing champion said that gay men “must be put to death.” Really. In a recent interview with the National Conservative [...]

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Manny Pacquiao Barred From ‘Extra’ Interview at the Grove After Bashing Gay Marriage

MTV Mario Lopez, right, is a longtime friend of Manny’s. Update, 8:30 p.m.: Pacquiao is “not welcome at The Grove and will not be interviewed here now or in the future.” Full statement after the jump. Update, 6:50 p.m.: “We’re canceling the event,” says Grove spokesman Bill Reich. “Manny Pacquiao is not coming to the [...]

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VIDEO: Laurel Canyon Residents ‘Mad as Hell’ at Hillside House-Flipper, Department of Building and Safety

The fuming neighbors along Grand View Drive should really give the rest of L.A.’s neighborhood activists a lesson in how to sway the city to your cause. They just put together this super-impressive YouTube saga, titled “We’re Mad As Hell,” to demonstrate what they consider to be an egregious lack of oversight by Department of [...]

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John Anthony Borell III, ‘Anonymous’ Hacker Charged With Police Leaks in Utah, Also Suspected of Posting L.A. Cops’ Info, Nude Pics

Borell’s alleged Twitter avatar. Some young hacktivist in Ohio apparently gives a damn about police accountability in far-off Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles Times, the FBI suspects 21-year-old Ohio resident John Anthony Borell III — who’s already facing 10 years in prison and a quarter-million-dollar fine for allegedly hacking into two police [...]

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Staples Center’s Perfect Storm of Lakers, Clippers, Kings Games This Weekend

zerega For those who oppose building a stadium downtown because, they argue, we just can’t handle the traffic, this weekend could be the ultimate test: It’s being called the perfect storm of sports events: The Lakers, Clippers and Kings are all playing in playoffs at Staples Center this weekend. And a bike race, with road [...]

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‘Grand Theft Auto’ Comes to Life at LAPD Gun Buyback: Dude Turns in Military Rocket Launcher

Officer-involved shooting, 2.0. Confronting the cops via rocket launcher isn’t just for gamers anymore. At the annual LAPD Gun Buyback over the weekend, someone actually turned in a military “anti-tank” rocket launcher, reports City News Service. The buyback allows civilians to turn in their firearms — no questions asked — in exchange for Ralphs or [...]

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Confirmed: Google Will Take Over Gold’s Gym in Venice, Plus 170,000 Square Feet of Surrounding Real Estate

Google Maps Make way for geeks. Last week, the former owner of Gold’s Gym in Venice leaked to Muscle Week that Google would be taking over the iconic old bodybuilder haven — just one step in turning that whole area into a Mountain View-style Google compound. And today, the owner of the Gold’s Gym building [...]

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‘Sons of Anarchy’ Producer Pisses off L.A. Street Artists by Painting Over New Downtown Mural

@Saber via Twitter She was a beauty. Someone just painted over a mural that went up at Willow and Santa Fe in downtown Los Angeles only one-and-a-half months ago. It was painted by street artists Zes, Push and UGLAR on the side of a building adjacent to the graffiti-themed LALA Gallery, apparently in celebration of [...]

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