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Whitney Houston's death certificate reveals little about cause

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, February 16, 2012 - 3:46pm

LOS ANGELES -- Whitney Houston's death certificate reveals little about what caused the pop star's death.

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Doctors told to provide drug records in Whitney Houston case

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 8:55pm

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County coroner's office said Wednesday that investigators have made contact with "a number" of doctors as they try to determine how Whitney Houston died.

Authorities collected several bottles of drugs from Houston's suite at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, where she was found dead Saturday. But officials have said the amounts of drugs did not seem unusually large, leaving it unclear whether the medications had anything to do with the singer's death.

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In this Oct. 28, 2006, file photo, singer Whitney Houston arrives at the 17th Carousel of Hope Ball benefiting the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes in Beverly Hills, Calif. Houston died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, she was 48. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Whitney Houston death probe focuses on drugs found in her room

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - 12:28pm

LOS ANGELES -- The investigation into the death of Whitney Houston is shifting to a new phase, with officials focusing on the prescription drugs found in her hotel room and who prescribed them to her.

Investigations are expected in the next few days to serve subpoenas on the doctors and pharmacies where Whitney Houston obtained the prescriptions as they try to determine her cause of death, according to a source with knowledge of the case.

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Second LA teacher charged with lewd acts on a child

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Tuesday, February 7, 2012 - 6:42pm

LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles County district attorney's office announced Tuesday that Miramonte Elementary School teacher Martin Bernard Springer will face charges after his arrest last week for allegedly fondling two girls at the school.

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In this undated police booking photo released by the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department shows former Los Angeles teacher Mark Berndt, 61, who was arrested for felony molestation of 23 kids after photos surfaced. Berndt been charged with committing lewd acts with 23 boys and girls ages 7 to 10. AP Photo/ Los Angeles Sheriff's Department)

Teacher accused of outrageous lewd acts was previously investigated

Howard Blume, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 6:15pm

LOS ANGELES -- A veteran Los Angeles teacher charged this week with lewd acts on 23 children was also investigated in 1994 after a girl reported that he tried to fondle her, sheriff's officials said.

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Demi Moore suffered convulsions after 'smoking something'

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, January 27, 2012 - 5:14pm

LOS ANGELES -- A woman who called 911 from Demi Moore's home Monday night told officials the movie star was suffering convulsions and was semi-conscious after "smoking something."

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FILE - In this Oct. 17, 2011 file photo, actress Demi Moore attends the premiere of "Margin Call" in New York. A spokeswoman for Moore on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 said the actress is seeking professional help to treat her exhaustion and improve her health. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer, File)

Paramedics rush to Demi Moore's home

Andrew Blankstein, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, January 25, 2012 - 11:15am

LOS ANGELES -- Actress Demi Moore was receiving medical treatment Tuesday after paramedics rushed to her home near Benedict Canyon in the Los Angeles area on Monday night.

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Detectives find no evidence of foul play in Natalie Wood's death

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 10:15am

LOS ANGELES -- Nearly two months after they began a controversial new investigation into the death of Natalie Wood, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives have uncovered no evidence to suggest the star's death was anything but an accident.

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Occupy protesters to target Rose Parade

Catherine Saillant, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 4:05pm

LOS ANGELES -- The Rose Parade has long been a magnet for protesters looking for global attention for their causes and grievances.

Native Americans once threw a balloon filled with red paint onto the parade route to represent the spilling of Indian blood. AIDS activists interrupted the parade by staging a sit-in. One year, a Pasadena mayor wore a "Tournament of Racists" T-shirt to protest what he saw as the parade's lack of ethnic diversity.

But this year, Tournament of Roses organizers and Pasadena police are gearing up for something different as Occupy protesters, fresh from their encampments across the country, plan to converge on Pasadena. Like activists in the past, they are hoping to widen their impact with an estimated domestic TV audience of 50 million people and about 700,000 people along the route.

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3 dead, 2 injured in shooting rampage at California utility

Angel Jennings, Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Saturday, December 17, 2011 - 9:56am

LOS ANGELES -- An employee went on a shooting rampage at Southern California Edison offices in Irwindale on Friday, killing two co-workers and critically wounding two others before taking his own life.

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Lindsay Lohan tells Playboy she's learned from her mistakes

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, December 12, 2011 - 3:42pm

LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan told Playboy magazine in an interview released Monday that she has learned from her mistakes and is trying to be more accountable for her actions.

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With Playboy release looming, Lindsay Lohan continues with community service

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, December 8, 2011 - 4:22pm

LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan is making headlines for her coming Playboy centerfold. But law enforcement sources said she's been quietly putting in her required hours of community service at the L.A. County coroner's office and is now ahead of schedule for completing the court-ordered service.

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Lindsay Lohan avoids jail time for now

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 1:18pm

LOS ANGELES -- Lindsay Lohan won a reprieve Wednesday from serving a long jail sentence on jewelry theft and drunken-driving convictions but must follow a strict schedule of community service and psychotherapy sessions, a judge said.

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Lindsay Lohan spends Halloween at county morgue

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Monday, October 31, 2011 - 5:21pm

LOS ANGELES -- As she awaits a possible jail sentence for violating probation, actress Lindsay Lohan spent Halloween surrounded by the dead at one of Los Angeles' most spooky haunts: the county morgue.

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Street murals becoming ads

Richard Winton Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, October 27, 2011 - 1:55pm

LOS ANGELES -- From the aging homages to Chicano history on the Eastside to Shepard Fairey's towering "Peace Goddess" watching over downtown, Los Angeles has earned a reputation as the street mural capital of the world.

But for nearly a decade, much of this artwork has been done illicitly.

City ordinances make it illegal to create murals on the vast majority of private properties. Officials estimate that more than 300 murals have been painted over in the last several years, a fact that has frustrated artists as well as property owners who commission the murals.

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