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Andrew Getty Dead At 47

HOLLYWOOD HILLS—The death of Andrew Getty is a mystery, that the Getty family is struggling to piece together, as the news broke on Tuesday, March 31 of the 47-year-old's death. Getty, heir to a billion-dollar oil empire, was the grandson of Los Angeles legend J. Paul Getty, a man many believed to be the world's richest at the time of his...

Federal Agents in Silk Road Case Charged

SAN FRANCISCO—The charges against two former federal agents were filed in a San Francisco federal court. Both agents belonged to a Baltimore-based task force that investigated the Silk Road website. Silk Road was an online black market where illegal drugs were sold. The market was built to allow users to browse anonymously with no possible tracking. On October 2, 2013 the...

SF Responds To Indiana’s Anti-LGBT Law

SAN FRANCISCO—San Francisco Mayor Edward M Lee has banned the city's employees for their work-related trips to Indiana. The decision is in response to the signing the Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law by Indiana Governor Mike Pence on March 28. Defenders of the law believe that it allows the practice of freedom of religion. Opponents are concerned that the law gives a legal...

Defendant In Audrie Pott Lawsuit Settles

CALIFORNIA—On March 20, one of three teenagers who confessed to sexually assaulting 15-year-old Audrie Pott resulting in her suicide settled a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the victim's parents. On September 4, 2012 Audrie attended a party in Saratoga at a friend’s house whose parents were out of town. Around 10 teenagers showed up and they got drunk on vodka mixed with...

Thief Returns Lupita Nyong’o’s Oscar Dress

WEST HOLLYWOOD—The white, pearl-laden dress that had been stolen from Mexican-Kenyan Academy Award-winning actress, Lupita Nyong’o’s room at The London West Hollywood Hotel was returned to the location on February 27. The “12 Years a Slave” actress wore the Calvin Klein gown at the 87th Academy Awards on February 22, and it had made headlines even before it was stolen...

UC Refuses To Expand 2015 Enrollment

CALIFORNIA—The University of California has announced that enrollment will not be expanded to in-state applicants and will place a firm limit on the enrollment of out-of-state applicants at the University of California-Berkeley and UCLA. In spite of an increase in total applications, the public university system has stated that it cannot increase enrollment without further state funding. The schools are expected...

National Attention On LA Shooting

LOS ANGELES—The officer-involved shooting on Sunday, March 1 on the 500 block of San Pedro in Los Angeles, has placed national attention upon the use of deadly force by law enforcement officers. The conflict took place on Los Angeles' famed skid row, a place where local homeless gather, pitching tents in the public space for shelter. The shooting took place after...

Lupita Nyong’o Has $150K Dress Stolen

WEST HOLLYWOOD—A dress estimated to be worth $150,000 was stolen from the hotel room of actress Lupita Nyong'o on Wednesday, February 25. Nyong'o is known for her work in the Oscar-winning film "12 Years a Slave" as well as a number of critically-acclaimed Shakespearean productions. She is currently set to a play a part in the highly anticipated "Star Wars Episode...

Mirjana Puhar Killed In Triple Homicide

CHARLOTTE, NC—Mirjana Puhar, a former "America's a Next Top Model" contestant was killed in a triple homicide in Charlotte, North Carolina on February 24. Puhar, 19, appeared on the 21st cycle of "America's Next Top Model," airing in 2014. She was eliminated by the 10th episode of the season. Puhar was gunned-down in the home of her boyfriend, Jonathan Cosme Alvarado....

Hate Crime In Chapel Hill?

SAN FRANCISCO—A San Francisco resident is demanding police in Chapel Hill, North Carolina perform a hate crime investigation in the murder of her brother and his family. Suzanne Barakat, a physician at San Francisco General Hospital, claims her brother Deah Shaddy Barakat, his wife Yusor Mohammad, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Sala were gunned-down in act of hatred against the...