Underworld Turns

Woman escapes kidnapper, hides in gas station bathroom, sheriff says

A woman kidnapped outside her Northern California home managed to escape her assailant by hiding in the bathroom of a gas station last week, authorities said. The frightening April 23 incident unfolded just after 3:30 a.m., according to a news release from the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators said the department’s emergency communications center received […]
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Iconic Hollywood Arby’s neon sign re-emerges in Southern California desert

It was an iconic and beloved sign along Hollywood’s Sunset Boulevard for nearly six decades before it quietly vanished last year. Now, Arby’s neon 10-gallon cowboy hat sign has reemerged in the rugged desert grounds of the Stagecoach Country Music Festival in the Coachella Valley. The sign towered over 5920 W. Sunset Blvd., several blocks […]
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Latest update: What we know about White House Correspondents’ Dinner gunman

Investigators have released new details about 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, the armed gunman who attempted to rush past security Secret Service at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, D.C. Saturday night. The Los Angeles area resident is a highly educated engineer and part-time tutor with no criminal history, authorities said. According to Allen’s LinkedIn […]
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AI crime cameras surveilling San Fernando Valley amid spike in home break-ins

While police continue to investigate a series of more than six recent burglaries in the San Fernando Valley, a mobile surveillance unit that uses artificial intelligence to track potential suspects has been deployed in a high-traffic area of Studio City. At the request of the Los Angeles Police Department, ACS Security placed its mobile unit […]
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