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Bear Moves Into LA &#39;Burbs
 Bear Moves Into LA 'Burbs 
Apr 11, 2012 12:29 AM CDT

Bear Moves Into LA 'Burbs

Oblivious texter nearly walks into new neighbor

(Newser) - There goes the neighborhood. A black bear apparently sick of roughing it in the wilds of California decided to check out a suburb 10 miles north of Los Angeles in the Verdugo Mountains area. The bear was spotted lounging on a lawn before investigating several backyards, shooting him to the...

Cops: Woman Killed Herself With Chainsaw

Valerie Nash, 47, was discovered yesterday in Palms neighborhood

(Newser) - A Los Angeles woman was found dead yesterday after apparently committing suicide with a chainsaw. Police say Valerie Nash, 47, was discovered inside her home in Palms by her sister, "with a chainsaw wound on her neck," reports CBS Los Angeles . An LAPD sergeant says, “At this...

LA Porn Condom Law Starts Today
LA Porn Condom
Law Starts Today
Mar 5, 2012 5:15 AM CST

LA Porn Condom Law Starts Today

First-of-its-kind mandate kicks off today

(Newser) - Today's the day Los Angeles porn stars are supposed to start covering up. A new city law goes into effect, requiring that condoms are used during porn film shoots. Film licensing fees will fund enforcement of the law, which was fought by porn production companies, who are threatening to...

Porn Industry Threatens to Ditch LA

Producers aren't happy with new law requiring condoms

(Newser) - Next stop, New Hampshire? A Los Angeles law requiring porn actors to wear condoms when filming on location takes effect next month and angry producers are threatening to pull up stakes and take away an industry that provides up to 20,000 jobs. The law is "a nuisance more...

LA Cops Make Huge Drug Bust: $100M of PCP

Raid nets 130 gallons, $400K in cash, and two suspects

(Newser) - They'd been tipped off by the DEA, but Los Angeles cops weren't expecting the drug bust to be this big: Police seized $100 million worth of PCP in various locations, reports the Los Angeles Times . That translates to 130 gallons, an amount "I can't even get...

Fighters Intercept Pot Plane in Obama Airspace

Cessna strays too close as Obama heads to LAX

(Newser) - What were they smoking? A four-seater Cessna plane hauling marijuana yesterday strayed into restricted airspace designed to protect President Obama, who was flying on Marine One; the small plane was intercepted by fighter jets. The incident occurred as the president was traveling in the helicopter from Orange County to Los...

DJs Suspended for Whitney Diss

LA's John & Ken called her a 'crack ho'

(Newser) - Dissing Whitney Houston has earned Los Angeles radio hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou a week-and-a-half in the penalty box. KFI suspended the popular duo after they poked fun at Houston's drug problems. "At some point you're just sick of it all, and so is everybody else...

Now Illegal on LA Beaches: Frisbees

 Frisbees Are OK 
 on LA Beaches 
UPDATED
Feb 9, 2012 5:04 PM CST

Frisbees Are OK on LA Beaches

As are footballs; just try to use a little common sense

(Newser) - After a media flurry, the LA county supervisor would like to clarify: It's fine to toss around a Frisbee or a football on local beaches—"as long as you do it responsibly." Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky writes at his blog that county officials were "baffled" that an...

3rd Miramonte Teacher Escorted Schoolgirls to Molester: Lawyer
3rd Miramonte Teacher Escorted Girls to Molester
says lawyer
Feb 8, 2012 3:55 AM CST

3rd Miramonte Teacher Escorted Girls to Molester

Female teacher allegedly led girls to classroom for abuse

(Newser) - A third teacher has been implicated in the burgeoning child sex scandal at Miramonte Elementary School in Los Angeles. A lawyer said two victims were regularly escorted by a female teacher to the classroom of Mark Berndt, 61, who has been charged with 23 counts of lewd conduct, reports the...

LA School Replacing Entire Staff After Sex Raps

Drastic change needed to restore confidence, officials at Miramonte say

(Newser) - The entire staff of a Los Angeles-area elementary school will be replaced while sexual abuse charges against two teachers are investigated. No one else at Miramonte Elementary School—which has been closed for two days —is suspected of abusing children, but a drastic change was needed in order to...

School Closing for 2 Days Over Sex Assault Arrests

Mark Berndt and Martin Springer arrested within days of each other

(Newser) - Miramonte Elementary School students won't be going to class tomorrow or the next day, after two longtime teachers were arrested last week on suspicion of sexually abusing students as young as six. Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent John Deasy is meeting with parents at a local high school...

Second Teacher Arrested for Lewd Acts at LA School

Martin Springer allegedly fondled girls

(Newser) - More bad news from a Los Angeles-area elementary school: Only days after prosecutors accused a teacher of spoon-feeding semen to children , police arrested another teacher for allegedly fondling his students. Miramonte Elementary School teacher Martin Bernard Springer, 49, is said to have fondled two seven-year-old girls over the last three...

Veteran LA Teacher Charged With Molesting 23 Kids

Mark Berndt played disgusting 'game' with youngsters: cops

(Newser) - A veteran Los Angeles third-grade teacher, telling his students they were playing a "tasting game," blindfolded them and spoon-fed them his semen, police say. Mark Berndt, 61, was arrested and charged with 23 counts of committing lewd acts on children after a photo lab worker alerted police to...

LA Passes Porn Condom Law
 LA Passes Porn Condom Law 
Jan 18, 2012 4:31 AM CST

LA Passes Porn Condom Law

No condom, no film permit under new ordinance

(Newser) - Los Angeles has defied the porn industry's threat to quit the city and passed a law requiring porn actors to wear condoms during filming. The City Council voted 9-1 for final approval of the ordinance, which is set to go into effect in 90 days, the Los Angeles Times...

Man Shot Stopping LA Robbery
 Man Shot Stopping LA Robbery 
Jan 17, 2012 4:00 AM CST

Man Shot Stopping LA Robbery

Robber kept firing after being stabbed in neck

(Newser) - A restaurant worker who tried to foil an armed robbery at a Los Angeles meat market is clinging to life after being shot in the head. After a cashier at the market fled to the restaurant next door, two workers confronted the robber. One dodged a bullet and stabbed the...

LA Council Backs Law Requiring Condoms in Porn

Safe sex measure passes preliminary vote

(Newser) - No condom might equal no sex for the nation's biggest porn industry. The Los Angeles City Council has given preliminary approval to a law requiring porn actors to practice safe sex during filming, the Los Angeles Times reports. The measure, which passed 11-1, will return for final approval next...

Accused LA Arsonist Eyed in Vancouver Fires

Canada rejected Burkhart's claim for refugee status

(Newser) - Cops in Vancouver are wondering whether accused Los Angeles firebug Harry Burkhart hates Canadians as much as he hates Americans . Burkhart and his mother lived in the city before moving to LA, and Canadian police now suspect him of involvement in at least a dozen unsolved property arsons in Vancouver,...

Suspected LA Arsonist Faces Life

Harry Burkhart could serve as many as 341 years ... or more

(Newser) - Suspected arsonist Harry Burkhart reportedly proclaimed "I hate America," when Los Angeles police apprehended him—and it looks like America, or, at least, its prosecutors, aren't too keen on him, either. Burkhart faces 37 felony counts of arson; if convicted on all counts, that could translate into...

LA Bishop With Secret Family Resigns

Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala has two teenage children

(Newser) - A Los Angeles bishop has resigned after he revealed to his superiors that he has a secret family. Mexican-born Auxiliary Bishop Gabino Zavala, 60, is the father of two teenage children who live with their mother in another state, reports the BBC . LA Archbishop Jose Gomez said the archdiocese is...

LA Arson Suspect: I Hate America

State Department tip led cops to angry Harry Burkhart

(Newser) - The 24-year-old German man arrested on suspicion of setting more than 50 houses and building on fire in Los Angeles said "I hate America" after cops pulled him out of his car, LA Weekly reports. Harry Burkhart was apparently furious over his mother's pending deportation, say police, who...

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