http://la.rawsignal.com/ We rank the latest and greatest news about los angeles en-us 6/20/2013 4:13:24 AM © 2013 Raw Signal. All rights reserved. 60 RawSignalLahttp://feedburner.google.com http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124424388&aId=21159872&d=130619 Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. 6/18/2013 9:57:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124424388&aId=21159872&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124385878&aId=21159841&d=130619 Los Angeles is on the verge of becoming the largest city in the United States to ban plastic grocery bags. The City Council approved the ordinance in an 11-1 vote on Tuesday. The ordinance, once signed into law by the mayor, would ban single-use plastic bags in any store that sells groceries and mandate that retailers charge 10 cents per paper bag if customers don't bring their own reusable totes. Either outgoing Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa or Mayor-Elect Eric Garcetti, who takes office July 1, Anna Almendrala 6/18/2013 9:40:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124385878&aId=21159841&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124409854&aId=21159904&d=130619 A surfer who was shot at by police during the manhunt for rogue ex-cop Christopher Dorner has filed a lawsuit against a Los Angeles suburb and its police department. 6/18/2013 4:00:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124409854&aId=21159904&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124373631&aId=21155560&d=130619 Pop singer Justin Bieber is speaking out on Twitter Tuesday after an incident involving his Ferrari outside the Laugh Factory in Hollywood on Monday night. Joseph Serna 6/18/2013 6:52:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124373631&aId=21155560&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124416305&aId=21159902&d=130619 Outgoing mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Tuesday that he wants to run for governor, but didn’t reveal when he plans to make that happen. 6/18/2013 9:57:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124416305&aId=21159902&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124377678&aId=21159883&d=130619 SANTA ANA, Calif. -- A California grand jury has indicted a Florida man on charges he strangled his ex-wife and tossed her off a cruise ship in Italy. Lonnie Kocontes, 55, who used to live in Southern California, was indicted by an Orange County grand jury on Friday and did not enter a plea during his Superior Court arraignment Monday, the Orange County Register (http://bit.ly/1bP1wIl) reported. Kocontes remained jailed Tuesday. He is charged with murder for financial gain, which carrie 6/18/2013 4:00:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124377678&aId=21159883&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124320435&aId=21138339&d=130619 Prosecutors won't be filing vandalism charges against "Curb Your Enthusiasm" actor Jeff Garlin after he was accused of smashing a car window in a dispute over a parking space last weekend. 6/17/2013 10:24:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124320435&aId=21138339&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124409859&aId=21155520&d=130619 A Mississippi couple suspected of killing their adopted toddler may be hiding out in Maywood, the U.S. Marshals Service said.Photo Credit: U.S. Marshals Service 6/18/2013 4:00:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124409859&aId=21155520&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124207362&aId=21155572&d=130619 State officials are investigating the death of an Ontario dairy worker crushed while moving cattle over the weekend. Kate Mather 6/17/2013 12:43:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124207362&aId=21155572&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124385884&aId=21155510&d=130619 Santa Monica shooter John Zawahri was laid to rest at Woodlawn Cemetery Monday alongside his first two victims: his father, Samir Zawahri, and his brother, Christopher Zawahri. A handful of family members attended the private funeral service, but neither their small numbers nor their shared grief were enough to bridge the division between the remaining Zawahri family and Randa Abdou, the shooter's mother. "She's not talking to me," said Mansour El Zawahri to CBS2 in the video above. “She did Anna Almendrala 6/18/2013 4:00:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124385884&aId=21155510&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124385848&aId=21141563&d=130619 The 911 caller who falsely reported he was robbed at gunpoint in Pasadena, which led to the fatal shooting of a college student by police, is proclaiming his innocence despite entering a guilty plea in court. 6/18/2013 2:58:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124385848&aId=21141563&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124416306&aId=21155570&d=130619 Chrysler says it has resolved its differences with the government and will recall older Jeep Grand Cherokee and Liberty SUVs that could be at risk of a fuel tank fire. 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124416306&aId=21155570&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124424386&aId=21123040&d=130619 An elementary school teacher accused of killing his estranged wife has been arrested after nearly two days on the run. 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124424386&aId=21123040&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124377630&aId=21155566&d=130619 At least five people were injured after a two vehicles overturned in a crash on the northbound Harbor (110) Freeway in the South Los Angeles area. 6/18/2013 9:57:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124377630&aId=21155566&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124356079&aId=21123043&d=130619 Two people were killed Monday morning in a Long Beach crash involving a motorcycle that was fleeing from police. 6/17/2013 10:24:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124356079&aId=21123043&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124327727&aId=21155524&d=130619 A little more than a year ago, the Miami Heat stood on the verge of elimination in the Eastern Conference Finals. The team’s heart and the ability of the Big Three were being questioned left and right ahead of Game 6 of the Conference Finals. 6/17/2013 12:43:00 PM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124327727&aId=21155524&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124416309&aId=21155554&d=130619 An unattended campfire in Mariposa County sparked a blaze that has burned about 1,600 acres, authorities concluded Tuesday. Joseph Serna 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124416309&aId=21155554&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124377675&aId=21159894&d=130619 A bidder for a lucrative media contract at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday accused a former airport commissioner of conflict of interest because of his involvement with a joint venture recommended for the work. Dan Weikel 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124377675&aId=21159894&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124337835&aId=21121356&d=130619 An LAUSD elementary school teacher accused of stabbing his wife to death outside of a San Fernando Valley home was arrested Monday after two days on the run. 6/17/2013 10:24:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124337835&aId=21121356&d=130619 http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124409852&aId=21150437&d=130619 If you ever needed a reason to dislike Russell Brand, you might be interested to learn that he dumped Katy Perry -- his wife of 14 months -- via text message. Perry is Vogue's July cover girl and she was surprisingly candid about the dissolution of her marriage. “He is a very smart man, and I was in love with him when I married him,” Perry told the magazine of her ex-husband. “Let’s just say I haven’t heard from him since he texted me saying he was divorcing me December 31, 2011.” That's go Stephanie Marcus 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM http://la.rawsignal.com/news/Story.aspx?mode=0&id=124409852&aId=21150437&d=130619