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IEDs, Guns, Meth Seized In SoCal Bust On Iraqi-Mexican Drug Cartel
SAN DIEGO (CBS) — A narcotics and weapons trafficking ring involving the Southland Iraqi community and a major Mexican drug cartel is no longer in business on Friday after a raid by federal law...
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Michael Jackson’s Bodyguard Testifies In Conrad Murray Trial
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — More testimony was underway Thursday in the trial of Conrad Murray, who has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of Michael Jackson. Prosecutors are working to...
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3,000 Pounds Of Chemicals Used To Make Illegal Drugs Seized At LAX
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Inspectors at Los Angeles International Airport seized a shipment of more than 3,000 pounds of chemicals that can be used to make methamphetamine and ecstasy, authorities said...
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Feds Target CA Pot Dispensaries Over Drug Laws, Warn Of Shut Down
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal prosecutors have launched a crackdown on pot dispensaries in California, warning the stores that they must shut down in 45 days or face criminal charges and confiscation of...
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Downtown LA Doctors, 8 Others Busted For Alleged Oxycontin Trafficking
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A pair of Southland doctors is among ten people facing federal drug trafficking charges on Friday for their alleged roles in a downtown Los Angeles clinic that prosecutors say...
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Conrad Murray Housed In Jail Medical Ward For Protection
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — Dr. Conrad Murray was being housed Tuesday in a medical section of the Twin Towers Correctional Facility, where he was being kept away from the general jail population for his own...
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LA Fire Captain Allegedly Caught Buying 7 Balloons Of Heroin In Drug Bust
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A Los Angeles City Fire captain is facing drug charges Friday after being caught up in an LAPD heroin bust. Police said narcotics officers conducting a sting operation at North...
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Report: Hezbollah, Iranian Agents Linked To Cross-Border Drug Trade In Mexico
SAN DIEGO (CBS) — Has an unlikely alliance between a Islamic terrorist group and a Mexican drug cartel brought Middle East politics to California’s doorstep? The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency is...
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Irvine-Based Firm Voluntarily Recalls Sexual Enhancement Supplement
IRVINE (AP) — A Southern California firm is recalling an herbal female sexual enhancement supplement because it contains a drug not listed on the label. Irvine-based Regeneca said Saturday it will...
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Missing Mentally Ill OC Man Found, Thrown Back In Jail On Meth, Robbery Charges
SANTA ANA (CBS) — An 18-year-old mentally disturbed man is back behind bars on Thursday after he disappeared upon his release from the Orange County Jail. KNX 1070′s Mike Landa reports Matthew Hoff is...
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Plush Toy Company Owner, Workers Indicted On Money Laundering Charges
CITY OF INDUSTRY (CBS) — Federal officials said Monday a Southland toy maker has laundered millions of dollars in Mexican and Columbian drug money. KNX 1070′s Charles Feldman reports on the latest Los...
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TSA Screeners Indicted For Allegedly Taking Bribes For Drug Shipments
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — An indictment unsealed Wednesday accuses two current and two ex-security screeners at Los Angeles International Airport with taking cash payments to allow large shipments of...
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LA County Deputy Jailed On Felony Drug Charges
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — A veteran Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was behind bars Monday on felony drug and other charges. KNX 1070′s Ed Mertz reports Rafael Zelaya is the latest arrest for the...
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LA County Department Of Public Health Warns Against ‘Bath Salts’
LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Saturday issued an official warning against the usage of “bath salts.” The drug, not to be confused with actual...
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Shelter Rejects SoCal Man’s Christmas Cash Giveaway
VENTURA (AP) — A Southern California man’s tradition of handing out cash totaling $1,000 to homeless men was broken when he was turned away by a shelter on Christmas Day. Harvey Youngman said he felt...
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LASD Deputy Finds Mobile Hash Lab During Traffic Stop
LASD Deputy Finds Mobile Hash Lab During Traffic Stopview gallery LANCASTER (CBSLA.com) — A 23-year-old Lancaster man was in custody after a routine traffic stop uncovered a mobile drug lab,...
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Judge Rejects OC Fire Authority’s Effort To Recover Cost In Search For...
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com) — The Orange County Fire Authority will not be reimbursed for the cost of a search for two teenaged hikers near Trabuco Canyon, a judge ruled Friday. The Authority claimed it was...
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18 Arrested In Alleged Drug Smuggling Ring At SoCal Truck Yards
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Over a dozen people working at two Southland truck yards have been arrested in connection with three Mexican drug smuggling operations, prosecutors said Thursday. KNX 1070′s...
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Singer CeeLo Green Pleads Not Guilty To Slipping Ecstasy To Woman
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Singer CeeLo Green Monday pleaded not guilty to a charge of slipping ecstasy to a woman. Green, whose real name is Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, was charged with one felony count...
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Secret Drug Tunnel Uncovered Along U.S. Border Near San Diego
SAN DIEGO (CBSLA.com) — A sophisticated, secret drug tunnel has been uncovered along the San Diego-Tijuana border, U.S. officials said Thursday. KNX 1070′s Tom Reopelle reports three suspects face...
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LAPD To Step Up Patrols Of Drunk, Drugged Drivers Over New Year’s Eve Holiday
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — The Los Angeles Police Department will be stepping up patrols for impaired drivers over the upcoming New Year’s Eve holiday. Motorists can expect increased patrols, as well as...
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San Fernando Valley Symposium Aimed At Sharp Rise In Heroin Use
GRANADA HILLS (CBSLA.com) — Does “America’s Suburb” have a heroin problem? That’s the question at the heart of the 2014 Heroin Kills symposium set to take place in Granada Hills this week. The event is...
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Kratom May Be Legal But DEA Pushing To Ban The Controversial Drug
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A drug used for centuries in Southeast Asia is becoming increasingly popular in the Southland. Some officials say kratom is addictive and dangerous but it’s still legal to buy...
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OC Lawmaker Joins Call For White House To Soften Pot Policy
HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA.com) — An Orange County Congressman was among over a dozen Washington lawmakers Wednesday to call on President Obama to reclassify marijuana as one of the nation’s most...
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Deputies Find Gold Jewelry In Santa Clarita Drug Drop-off Box
SANTA CLARITA (CBSLA.com) — Authorities say a drug drop-off bin at the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Santa Clarita Valley station was – for at least one day – a sentimental treasure chest for one...
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Patient Safety Supporters Call For Mandatory Drug Testing For Doctors
NORWALK (CBSLA.com) — Families who claimed to have been victimized by dangerous or intoxicated doctors announced Monday the delivery of hundreds of thousands of signatures for a ballot measure that...
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Newport Beach Doctor Under Investigation For Prescription Drug Overdoses
SANTA ANA (CBSLA.com/AP) — An Orange County doctor was under investigation Wednesday in the deaths of two patients who died of prescription drug overdoses. KNX 1070′s Mike Landa reports the California...
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Investigators: Driver Took Prescription Drug Before Deadly Crash
HESPERIA (CBSLA.com) — The driver blamed for causing a crash that killed a Hesperia family on its way to Disneyland last month could be charged with DUI. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department...
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Cee Lo Pleads No Contest To Slipping Woman Ecstasy
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Singer Cee Lo Green Friday morning pleaded no contest to slipping a woman ecstasy during a dinner date a downtown restaurant. The 39-year-old singer — whose legal name is...
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Boy Tests Positive For Cocaine Following Drug Bust
MOORPARK (AP) — Authorities say a 5-year-old boy who was found sitting near a half-pound bag of cocaine after his parents were arrested on suspicion of dealing drug had cocaine in his system. The...
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Josh Hamilton Won’t Be Disciplined Under MLB Drug Program
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com/AP) — Los Angeles Angels outfielder Josh Hamilton will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for his latest problems involving alcohol and a drug of abuse. MLB said Friday...
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West Hollywood Woman Sues Insurance Over Company’s Alleged Refusal To Pay For...
http://media.losangeles.cbslocal.com/CBSLA_2105201523295481632AA.mp4 WEST HOLLYWOOD (CBSLA.com) — A West Hollywood woman is fighting her insurance company after she says it refused to cover the cost...
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Woman Dies, 2 Hospitalized After Apparent GHB Overdose In Venice Beach
VENICE (CBSLA.com) — A 44-year-old woman died and two others were hospitalized early Sunday after an apparent overdose on GHB, known commonly as the “date rape” drug, fire officials say. Firefighters...
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Woman Opens Up About Effects Of GHB After Drug Is Believed To Have Played...
STUDIO CITY (CBSLA.com) — A drug suspected of playing a role in the death of a woman at a Venice Beach party over the weekend is turning up more and more in the Southland. Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid, or...
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LA County To Cap Ticket Sales, Require Anti-Drug Messaging At Electronic...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — An effort by Los Angeles County officials to make electronic music festivals at county facilities safer is forcing one of the biggest concert promoters in the U.S. to change...
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Ex-Girlfriend Confronts Restaurateur For Attempts To Induce Miscarriage
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A former Southland restaurateur was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison for trying to kill his then-girlfriend’s unborn baby — which she ultimately miscarried — by giving...
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Mets Pitcher Receives MLB’s First Lifetime Ban After Failing Third Drug Test
NEW YORK (AP) — Mets reliever Jenrry Mejia became the first player to receive a lifetime ban under Major League Baseball’s drug agreement after testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance...
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Dog Food Recalled Due To Possible Contamination With Euthanasia Drug
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) – A dog food company has issued a recall in California and several other states for a product that may be contaminated with a pet euthanasia drug. This week Illinois-based...
View ArticleNew Pill Could Knock Out Flu In One Day
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Doctors say there may be help on the way for flu season with some new drugs. As KCAL9/CBS2’s Lisa Sigell reports, one new pill might even help you wipe out the flu in...
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Coronavirus: Local Doctor Says Common Organ Transplant Drug Could Help...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Could a 40-year-old drug in plentiful supply prevent the most severe COVID-19 complications? In the battle for survival against the virus, it’s a question Dr. Hooman Noorchasm...
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