Underworld Turns

Elderly woman seriously hurt after being hit by juvenile on e-bike: Seal Beach police

An elderly woman was hospitalized with serious injuries after being struck by a juvenile on an electric bike in Orange County, police said. The collision happened Thursday afternoon near Main Street and Ocean Avenue at the entrance to Seal Beach’s Old Town area. “The collision involved a juvenile riding a Surron electric bicycle and an […]
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Irate about homelessness in L.A., man, 23, was driven to murder, DA says

A 23-year-old man charged with murder in what appears to be a random attack in Sylmar last year may have been motivated by anger about homelessness, according to a search warrant affidavit obtained by the Los Angeles Times. Investigators say that on the morning of Aug. 5, 2025, Vincent Wolf, a construction worker who lived in a Sylmar apartment complex with his mother […]
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4 of 6 crew aboard US KC-135 refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq confirmed dead, military says

The U.S. Central Command, which oversees the Middle East, said the crash followed an unspecified incident involving two aircraft in “friendly airspace,” and that the other plane landed safely. It said the circumstances of the crash are under investigation but that the loss of the aircraft was “not due to hostile or friendly fire.”
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LAPD helicopter shooter convicted in less than an hour of jury deliberations

A 62-year-old South Los Angeles was convicted for shooting a police helicopter in an incident that prosecutors said could have ended in tragedy. The incident occurred in August 2025 when officers with the L.A. Police Department responded to a residence in the 1800 block of West 35th Street after receiving multiple reports of shots fired, the Los Angeles Times reported. When […]
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Suspect arrested after $6 million worth of stolen luxury handbags, watches discovered in Riverside County

A burglary suspect was arrested in Riverside County after police discovered over $6 million worth of stolen luxury goods. El Segundo police began investigating the case on Jan. 10 after a residential burglary near California Street and East Sycamore Avenue in El Segundo. The suspect broke into the victim’s home and stole over $600,000 worth […]
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4 Mexican Mafia associates from Pomona get life sentence for prison murder

Four Pomona gang members connected to the Mexican Mafia were sentenced Thursday to life in federal prison for racketeering crimes, including the 2020 murder of a federal inmate in Los Angeles, authorities said. Prosecutors said the killing happened inside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles after the victim failed to pay drug debts […]
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