Month: April 2018

Two Inglewood women whose South Los Angeles company offered substance abuse treatment programs have been arrested. Their charges include more than two-dozen federal charges involving defrauding Medi-Cal by billing $2 million for ineligible services.Mesbel Mohamoud,...

Two LAPD officers were cleared this week by the city's Board of Police Commissioners. They shot a man named Eric Rivera, 20, who was holding a toy gun before running him over with their squad car. Upon approaching Rivera, the officer driving the squad car jumped out...

Film director James Toback has been accused of potentially violating state laws including sexual battery and indecent exposure. Four women accused him of attacking them between 1978 and 2008 but the statute of limitations has expired. Toback had denied any wrongdoing...

16-year-old athlete Jesse Esphorst Jr. was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Torrance last year. He was a varsity shortstop at South High School in Torrance and was a star athlete. Jesse was killed on his way home from dinner after a successful game against the...