Posts Tagged ‘Los Angeles Times’
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope still playing for Lakers while serving jail time
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope will continue to play for the Lakers while serving his 25-day jail sentence at a Southern County Jail. Caldwell-Pope, 24, has been granted work release while serving his sentence to practice with the team and play with Los Angeles during in-state games. Earlier this month, he pleaded guilty to violating his probation back in March…
Read MoreJay-Z and Beyoncé reportedly paying how much for mortgage?
Jay-Z and Beyonce have a $52.8M mortgage on their new $88M, which could see them pay back around $252,000 a month over the next 30 years. The power couple — who is worth more than $1 billion between them — are forking out the huge sum on their new Bel-Air mansion which comes complete with…
Read MoreChris Brown’s graffiti murals force neighbors to complain
Chris Brown has used his artistic ability with a spray can to raise money for charity but more recently his art isn’t appreciated by his neighbors. Above Karrueche Tran is sitting on Brown’s Porsche displaying monsters the star painted himself. Check out more pictures of the artwork Brown has displayed at his home. Do you think…
Read MoreSource: Officers wounded in hunt for Christopher Dorner
Los Angeles (CNN) — The renegade ex-cop bent on carrying out “unconventional and asymmetrical warfare” possibly was involved in a robbery in the Big Bear area on Tuesday, law enforcement sources involved in the investigation told CNN. The robbery involved the theft of a vehicle, the sources said. San Bernardino Sheriff’s deputies were responding to the…
Read MoreLAPD Asking Public to Help Identify Serial Killer’s Victims
Top brass from the Los Angeles Police Department held a community meeting at Bethel A.M.E. Church in South Los Angeles on Nov. 2 to renew their call for help from the public in identifying possible victims of alleged serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. Detectives currently believe the total number of women Franklin killed is 16. Dubbed “the…
Read MoreA Prescription Drug Death Every 14 Minutes, Surpassing Traffic Fatalities In U.S.
An increase in prescription narcotic overdoses has caused legal drug deaths in America to outnumber traffic fatalities, a Los Angeles Times analysis of government data has found. Legal drugs killed at least 37,485 people nationwide in 2009, surpassing motor vehicle accidents as a cause of death, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
Read MoreBlack R&B Singer Selling His Iconic L.A. Mansion (The One With 19 Naked White Men on the Lawn)
If you’ve spent any significant amount of time in Los Angeles, you’ve probably seen the ostentatious mansion on the corner of 3rd and Muirfield in Hancock Park, an exclusive neighborhood of multimillion-dollar homes with multiple luxury cars in the driveways and perpetually manicured, pristine landscaping. The impossible-to-ignore home dubbed Youngwood Court by its flamboyant owner Norwood…
Read MoreNicki Minaj Says Lil Wayne ‘Teaches Me How to Command a Crowd’
After ending her stint on Lil Wayne’s “I Am Still Music Tour,” last month, Hip-Hop’s current it girl, Nicki Minaj, has now begun her highly anticipated joint “Femme Fatale” tour with pop idol Britney Spears. Now, in her first interview since the tour started, Nicki is opening up about sharing the stage with both Spears…
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