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Los Angeles police say a 28-year-old rapper has been arrested and charged with sexually assaulting two women he sought as a tattoo artist, and authorities believe there may be more victims. Charles Wayne Wilkerson IV. (Los Angeles Police Department) Charles Wayne Wilkerson IV, an LA-based tattoo artist who goes by the rap name Franco Khalifa, was arrested on October 29, the Los Angeles Police Department announced in a news release Monday. Police say he is known as “Franco Khalifa” on Instagram and also uses the name “Franco.”Investigators released Wilkerson’s photo in hopes of encouraging other potential victims to come forward.…

LOS ANGELES – Organizers of the much-anticipated Latin music festival Besame Mucho, which was scheduled to take place at Dodger Stadium, have canceled the event weeks before major artists were to take the stage. Shakira, Pitbull and Los Tigres del Norte had been tapped to headline the Dec. 21 festival, but fans were disappointed to learn on Monday that it would no longer take place. This festival celebrates Spanish-language music. Festival organizers took to Instagram to explain what happened. “We regret that due to circumstances beyond our control, this year’s Besame Mucho Festival will not be held at Dodger Stadium,”…

He didn’t need any organs. He needed two. On a fateful day in October, Julian Ramos received a new lease of life after receiving both organs, becoming the first-ever dual organ transplant patient at Providence St. Joseph Hospital in Orange. “They said this is a disease that you have to live with for the rest of your life,” said Ramos, who just celebrated his 33rd birthday. Now, for the first time in nearly 20 years, Ramos can say he is neither diabetic nor on dialysis. “I feel like I won the lottery,” Ramos said. “This is as close to that…

A single mother in Watts received a special gift this Thanksgiving, courtesy of a local nonprofit. Gabriela Quiroz works at an adult day care center and loves her job, but inflation is making it more difficult than ever to prepare a feast for herself and her four children. “It’s really hard to buy food at the moment,” she said. In recent years, she said, she’s had to skip Thanksgiving entirely, so questions from children ages 4 to 23 are inevitable. “Why don’t we make dinner like everyone else?” they asked her. This is a painful question for mothers. “It’s sad,”…

Last week, authorities arrested or charged about 20 people involved in an illegal gambling operation in South Los Angeles. According to a Los Angeles Police Department news release, officials received multiple anonymous tips to LA Regional Crime Stoppers regarding possible illegal gambling and drug activity at 10122 S. Figueroa St. The address given by police is a small shopping plaza that includes a laundromat, a tire store and a smoking area. The exact location within the square where the illegal activity took place was not disclosed. Teen dead, another in critical condition after early morning shooting in Los Angeles County…

A portion of the 710 Freeway was completely closed early Tuesday morning after an accident involving two big rigs spilled fuel onto the road. The accident was reported around 12:20 a.m. on the southbound section of Highway 710, just north of the Alondra Boulevard exit in Compton, according to a preliminary CHP report. Video from the scene obtained by KTLA shows a semi-truck that was badly damaged and leaking fuel. Teen dead, another in critical condition after early morning shooting in Los Angeles County The second large rig involved in the accident had its shipping container overturned. The front end…

A Northridge man is accused of leaving two suitcases at Los Angeles International Airport containing methamphetamine-stained clothing, including cow onesie pajamas. Raj Masar, 31, checked in a pink and gray suitcase at Los Angeles International Airport on Nov. 6 while boarding a flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, Australia, according to a Department of Justice news release. After the first X-ray examination of the suitcase, the inspector noticed some abnormalities and decided to conduct a second examination. “When law enforcement opened the suitcase, they discovered that it contained more than a dozen items of white or light-colored clothing, which were…

WASHINGTON (AP) – Millions of obese Americans would be eligible to receive popular weight loss drugs like Wigoby and Ozempic covered by Medicare or Medicaid under new rules proposed by the Biden administration Tuesday morning. It turns out. A costly proposal from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is the latest in a potential showdown between the powerful pharmaceutical industry and President-elect Donald Trump’s presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who opposes weight-loss drugs. Set the stage. He could lead a government agency that would try to block the measure. The rule gave millions of people access to…

A pursuit of a Maserati driver in southern Los Angeles County ended in gunfire Tuesday during a confrontation between the driver and a police officer in the West Adams area. The pursuit began in the Long Beach-San Pedro area after officers received a report that a DASH bus was being chased by a driver who was wanted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence. Police said the bus driver turned out to be the pursuer’s ex-girlfriend. The chase continued into Inglewood and View Park, where at least four drivers swerved to avoid the Maserati, which was…

Los Angeles County prosecutors are seeking a writ of habeas corpus for Lyle and Eric Menendez, a separate legal effort from their ongoing re-sentencing requests challenging the validity of Lyle and Eric Menendez’s convictions and life sentences. It asked for an extension of time to file a response to the petition. For murdering his parents in 1989. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office asked the court to extend the deadline to respond to the petition until Dec. 20, 2024, according to court documents filed Tuesday. The Menendez brothers filed a petition for habeas corpus on May 3, 2023, and…