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Dolla Family Rips Claim of Self-Defense

Rep denies rapper ran in gang; suspect pleads not guilty

(Newser) - Self-defense played no role in the killing of 21-year-old rap artist Dolla, who was not a gang member, his family tells MTV. Aubrey Berry, 23, pleaded not guilty yesterday to murder and assault charges, saying he shot Roderick Burton in self-defense Monday in Los Angeles. His claim "is very...

Hollywood Bends to Yogi's Rocking Style

LA's elite get tough love, NY accent from former drug addict

(Newser) - Vinnie Marino is as likely as yoga teacher as Led Zeppelin is meditation music. Yet the recovering drug addict stretches some of Hollywood’s most elite muscles—Heather Graham and Adrien Brody among them—to his own tune. Marino, 50, has a cult of followers who live for his rocking,...

Killing Dolla Was Self Defense: Suspect

(Newser) - The man accused of killing rapper Dolla claims the shooting was self defense, reports the Los Angeles Times. Police arrested Aubrey Louis Berry, 23, for shooting the rapper in the head at an Los Angeles shopping center Monday. The suspect's attorney said Dolla and friends had recently attacked Berry outside...

Dolla Shooting Suspect Held on $1M Bail

Cops questioning 2 persons of interest in rapper's LA slaying

(Newser) - Los Angeles police have charged 23-year-old Aubrey Louis Berry with the murder of Roderick Anthony Burton II, better known as up-and-coming rapper Dolla, E! reports. Berry is being held on $1 million bail. Police have questioned two other persons of interest as well, a man and a woman, but neither...

Rapper Dolla Shot Dead at LA Mall

Man arrested at airport after Atlanta-based star gunned down

(Newser) - Up-and-coming Atlanta-based rapper Dolla was shot dead in the parking garage of LA's Beverly Center mall yesterday, the Los Angeles Times reports. The 21-year-old musician, shot in the head, had arrived in the city earlier that day. A suspect fled the scene in a silver Mercedes and was later arrested,...

Los Angeles May Privatize Parking

(Newser) - The mayor of Los Angeles wants the city to follow Chicago’s lead and privatize parking meters and garages to stem the city's budget crisis, the LA Times reports. Antonio Villaraigosa says LA can pull in at least $80 million by leasing meters and six city garages to private companies....

Gunmen Grab Toddler From Calif. Home

Cops stumped for motive by gunmen who invaded San Bernardino

(Newser) - A 3-year-old boy was abducted from his California home yesterday after two gunmen bound his mother and four siblings, reports AP. "We have no idea why they took the child," said a police spokesman. "They were strangers to the whole family." The gunmen burst into the...

Accusations Rarely Fell LA's Tenured Teachers
Accusations Rarely Fell
LA's Tenured Teachers
INVESTIGATION
May 3, 2009 3:59 PM CDT

Accusations Rarely Fell LA's Tenured Teachers

Review hearings costly, unreliable: principals

(Newser) - One Los Angeles high school teacher allegedly ridiculed a student for failing to commit suicide. Another kept a trove of pornography, marijuana, and cocaine at school. A third drank alcohol in front of students. None was fired, the Los Angeles Times reports in an investigation of a school district afraid...

LA Cops Arrest Suspected Serial Killer From '70s, '80s

72-year-old may have killed 30 women

(Newser) - Los Angeles police say a 72-year-old insurance claims adjuster may in fact be the city's "most prolific serial killer," the Los Angeles Times reports. The suspect, John Floyd Thomas, may have killed up to 30 older women and raped scores more during two separate rampages in the 1970s...

Supporters Battle to Save 'West Coast White House'

'West Coast White House' added to list of America's most endangered buildings

(Newser) - Fans of 20th-century architecture are rallying to save an LA landmark from the wrecking ball, reports the Los Angeles Times. Developers want to raze the '60s-modernist Century Plaza hotel—once known as the West Coast White House due to its appeal among politicians and celebs—but supporters have persuaded the...

Hospital Lets Out Dehydrated Leno

(Newser) - A Los Angeles-area hospital released funnyman Jay Leno today after observing him overnight for apparent dehydration, People reports. "We are happy to say that Jay Leno is feeling much better," NBC said in a statment. Leno plans to resume taping Monday after The Tonight Show was canceled today...

Leno Hospitalized; Tonight Show Canceled

(Newser) - Tonight Show host Jay Leno was hospitalized today, KTLA-TV reports, forcing the cancellation of this evening’s gabfest. Leno, who was feeling poorly, checked himself into the hospital, but his ailment is not serious—a spokeswoman said he was in “good spirits” and penning jests from his bed—and...

Jurors' Rapport Swung Spector Conviction: Lawyers
Jurors' Rapport Swung Spector Conviction: Lawyers
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Apr 15, 2009 10:20 AM CDT

Jurors' Rapport Swung Spector Conviction: Lawyers

Lack of 'persnickety' people helped retrial avoid second deadlock

(Newser) - Twelve agreeable jurors made all the difference between Phil Spector's two murder trials, lawyers from both sides tell the Los Angeles Times. The jurors who this week voted unanimously to convict heard the same evidence as the jury that deadlocked in 2007, prosecutors and the music legend's lawyer say, but...

LA's Film, TV Shoots Hit Record Low

Commercial production falls; local TV shoots up after strike

(Newser) - Hit hard by the recession and amped-up incentives to shoot elsewhere, on-location filming in Los Angeles has plummeted 56% in the first quarter to a record low, says the group that processes shooting permits. Commercial production, meanwhile, dropped 34%, the Los Angeles Times reports. TV shooting has surged, but that’...

New Galpal Says Chris Brown's a 'Gentleman'

Girlicious siren shops for tattoos with accused girlfriend-beater

(Newser) - Chris Brown's new lady friend Natalie Mejia says the alleged girlfriend-beater is a complete “gentlemen" so far, Radar reports. The pair was spotted at a Los Angeles tattoo parlor this weekend, but Mejia refused to dish on details. “Things are going well between us but I really...

Spector Guilty of 2nd-Degree Murder

(Newser) - A Los Angeles jury today convicted eccentric music producer Phil Spector of second-degree murder in the death of actress Lana Clarkson, the Los Angeles Times reports. Spector, 69, faces at least 18 years in prison for killing 40-year-old Clarkson, who was found with a gunshot wound to the mouth in...

Brown Pleads Not Guilty to Beating Rihanna

(Newser) - Boyish pop star Chris Brown pleaded not guilty in a Los Angeles court today to pummeling his girlfriend Rihanna, People reports. Solemn and dressed in black, Brown murmured "not guilty" on two felony counts—making criminal threats and assault—while his mother Joyce Hawkins sat in the front...

Ronson Locks LiLo Out
 Ronson Locks LiLo Out 
Apr 6, 2009 4:19 PM CDT

Ronson Locks LiLo Out

(Newser) - Samantha Ronson has replaced the locks on the Los Angeles home she and perhaps-former-girlfriend Lindsay Lohan shared for the past 6 months, Us reports. The move comes after LiLo tangled with bouncers ordered to keep her out of a Friday event Ronson hosted for her sister in West Hollywood. “...

Cancer Spreads, But Fawcett Not at Death's Door: Sources

(Newser) - Farrah Fawcett’s anal cancer spread to her liver in 2007, indicating that the malady is worse than previously thought, the AP reports. Her ongoing stay at a Los Angeles hospital is the result of treatment she underwent in Germany, but not directly related to her cancer, her doctor said....

Outlaw Tagger Goes Corporate

(Newser) - With clients like Universal Studios, and Nike, Mister Cartoon still has street cred. In fact, that’s what makes the 39-year-old graffiti artist, tattoo artist, fashion designer, and car customizer such a sought-after corporate image maker, the Los Angeles Times reports. Cartoon’s designs—which mix Chicano gang culture and...

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