It’s been eleven months since California cannabis officials told Weedmaps, the popular online directory that helps consumers find marijuana shops, to stop listing stores that aren’t licensed. It’s also been about eleven months since Weedmaps essentially told the state to pound sand; that it would continue taking ads from all comers. And the ongoing difference of…
By KEVIN FREKING, MATTHEW DALY and CATHERINE LUCEY WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said he is postponing his State of the Union address until the partial government shutdown ends, yielding after a weeklong showdown with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Following a high-stakes game of dare and double-dare, Trump conceded Wednesday night that “no venue that…
To combat a surge in violent crime, the Los Angeles Police Department doubled the size of its elite Metropolitan Division in 2015, creating special units to swarm crime hot spots. Metro officers in unmarked, dark-gray SUVs began pulling over drivers to search cars for guns or drugs. By 2018, the…
In the best actor category, Oscar got it wrong on Tuesday. It snubbed a man who should have topped the list of nominees. A man who routinely delivers polished performances at red carpet events across L.A.’s celebrity-studded universe, showing up nattily attired and cleverly passing himself off…
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As Texas and other states pass laws making it harder for women to obtain abortions, patients increasingly rely on doctors who travel from other states. Many of those doctors come from California.
At the end of our phone call for a story about drug overdoses, my source told me that she probably wouldn’t be free for any follow-up questions the next day because she would be on a plane to Kansas. She explained that for the last two years, she had been flying there monthly to perform…
RIVERSIDE — Eight employees of an Inland Empire physicians group that contracted with the state to perform services for people with workers’ compensation insurance claims are under indictment for allegedly defrauding the system in a $123 million scam that involved filling exorbitantly priced prescriptions that were not required to treat patients, prosecutors said Wednesday. Rancho…
LSD laced potato and corn chips send sickens 27 at 1970 Marina del Rey party.
Costa Mesa Police investigate after a man was shot in an alley on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 in the 1900 block of Wallace Ave. The victim was transported to a local hospital. (OnScene.TV) Costa Mesa Police investigate after a man was shot in an alley on Wednesday, January 23, 2019 in the 1900 block of…
