
Mother Who Allegedly Buried Newborn Alive Arrested; Update: Named
The alleged mother of a newborn girl who was found buried alive under debris next to a Compton bike path was arrested on Sunday, according to KTLA.

The alleged mother of a newborn girl who was found buried alive under debris next to a Compton bike path was arrested on Sunday, according to KTLA.

On Friday afternoon, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies found a newborn baby girl buried alive beside a bike path in Compton.

Rapper Teriq Royal says someone shot him in the head with an AK-47 last week – and he’s got the video taken immediately in the aftermath to prove it.

On Wednesday afternoon, a pilot of a small plane crashed near Compton/Woodley Airport in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s detectives are investigating an apparent double homicide at a Compton marijuana dispensary that appears to share a name with rapper Chief Keef.

Compton mayor Aja Brown, along with council members Janna Zurita, Isaac Galvan, Yvonne Arceneaux, and Emma Sharif, have been padding their salaries, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office alleges, by remunerating themselves for commission meetings that last as little as one minute.

Summer blockbuster Straight Outta Compton raked in $50 million, including ticket sales from opening weekend.

A former Los Angeles City councilman and LAPD officer blasted the timing of the release of Straight Outta Compton, saying that it exacerbates current tensions between citizens and police departments. According to CBS Los Angeles, Dennis Zine, who also helps

A lot has changed for rapper, producer, and music mogul Andre Young, better known as Dr. Dre, who said in the 2001 track “Forgot About Dre” alongside Eminem, “you won’t get a crumb from me, ‘cause I’m from the streets of Compton.”

Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight would be more suited to await trial in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where detainees have better living conditions, his attorney claimed Thursday.

Elementary schools in the inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton have a far higher vaccination rate than schools in wealthy Beverly Hills, state data show. The rate in Compton is 93.80%, near the 2013-14 national median of 94.7%, with one school at 100%. In Beverly Hills elementary schools, the rate is a mere 78.33%, creating the conditions for an outbreak.

Hip hop mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was rushed to the hospital early Tuesday morning following a reported panic attack at a Compton, California courthouse, where he had just pled not-guilty to two counts of murder. Law enforcement sources told TMZ