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Eight hurt when truck plows into high school crowd

Last updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 - 7:26am

HEMET, Calif. - A Hemet High student in a pickup truck plowed into other students in a crowded crosswalk Wednesday afternoon, sending people scrambling for safety and leaving at least eight people injured, according to the school principal.

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Streets are closed in downtown Long Beach surrounding the federal building on Ocean Boulevard after an ICE agent shot and injured another agent and was then killed by a third colleague in a federal building in Long Beach according to the FBI. FBI Special Agent Steven Martinez says the shooting occurred at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. (AP Photo/Brittany Murray, Long Beach Press Telegram)

Dispute leads to shootout between federal agents

Andrew Blankstein, Robert J. Lopez, Ruben Vives Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, February 17, 2012 - 10:34am

LOS ANGELES — A confrontation between federal law enforcement agents erupted in gunfire Thursday evening in Long Beach, leaving one dead and another seriously injured, authorities said.

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Police arrest two costumed action figures in Hollywood.

Costumed action figures brawl on Hollywood street

Andrew Blankstein, Robert J. Lopez Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, February 3, 2012 - 11:12am

LOS ANGELES -- A brawl between several people dressed as action figures erupted in front of the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday evening, resulting in a Jack Sparrow character being pepper-sprayed by an attacker, police said.

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ILE - In this June 12, 2009 file photo, Heather Locklear arrives at the Women in Film Crystal Lucy Awards in Los Angeles. Paramedics responded to Locklear’s home 35 miles northwest of Los Angeles for a medical emergency and transported a woman matching the actress’ description as a precautionary measure, authorities said Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Heather Locklear 'under evaluation' at hospital

Robert J. Lopez Los Angeles Times

Last updated Friday, January 13, 2012 - 4:58pm

LOS ANGELES -- Actress Heather Locklear remained at a hospital in Ventura County northwest of Los Angeles on Friday and is being evaluated by doctors, the hospital said.

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Actress Reese Witherspoon, seen here in a photo taken Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, in Toronto, was hit by a car Wed. Sept., 7, 2011, in Santa Monica, Calif. Witherspoon was treated for minor injuries at a local hospital. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Reese Witherspoon hit by car

Robert J. Lopez Los Angeles Times

Last updated Thursday, September 8, 2011 - 9:25am

LOS ANGELES -- Actress Reese Witherspoon was struck by a car Wednesday morning while jogging in Santa Monica and suffered minor injuries, authorities said.

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Evacuees walk along Broadway, a few blocks away from the Chabad House where an early morning explosion created fears of a pipe bomb and possible attack, Thursday, April 7, 2011, in Santa Monica, California. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Suspect in synagogue bombing arrested

Los Angeles Times, Robert J. Lopez

Last updated Tuesday, April 12, 2011 - 9:51am

LOS ANGELES -- A man believed to be the suspect in the bombing of a Santa Monica, Calif., synagogue has been arrested in Ohio, police said Monday night.

Ron Hirsch, 60, who was wanted in connection with Thursday's bombing at the Chabad House, was apprehended in Cleveland Heights, the Santa Monica Police Department said.

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Police consider graffiti about killing Jerry Brown a 'terrorist threat'

Los Angeles Times, Robert J. Lopez

Last updated Friday, January 21, 2011 - 3:28pm

LOS ANGELES -- Police in the Orange County city of Santa Ana and California Gov. Jerry Brown's security detail were trying find out Friday who wrote graffiti on two walls threatening to kill the new governor on Valentine's Day.

The graffiti, which threatened the governor and included a Nazi swastika, was discovered Thursday and is considered a "terrorist threat." Authorities are also investigating any links to earlier graffiti in the area threatening to kill Catholics.

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American singer Eddie Fisher is seen at the Savoy in London, England in this Aug. 17, 1954 file photo. Fisher, whose huge fame as a pop singer was overshadowed by scandals ending his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor, died Wednesday night Sept. 22, 2010 of complications from hip surgery at a hospital in Berkeley. He was 82.

Eddie Fisher, popular singer known for high-profile marriages, dies at 82

Los Angeles Times, McClatchy Newspapers, Robert J. Lopez

Last updated Friday, September 24, 2010 - 11:42am

LOS ANGELES -- Eddie Fisher, one of the most popular singers of the 1950s who made headlines with marriages to -- and divorces from -- some of the most famous Hollywood starlets of that era, has died. He was 82.

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