43rd District

Leimert Park Village leapt to life this Martin Luther King Jr. Day as families filled the sidewalks surrounding the intersection of Crenshaw and West Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards to watch the Kingdom Day Parade and join in festivities honoring the holiday's namesake.

Marching bands and drill teams from Beckman, Crenshaw, and Inglewood High Schools, among others, filled the streets with bold, brassy music as Los Angeles City Council members waved to their constituents from slow-moving convertibles.

by Andrew Dalton

Authorities have asked the FBI to examine the remains of a bipolar California woman found in Malibu Canyon nearly a year after she disappeared when she was released from jail.

The Sheriff's Department plans to exhume the remains of Mitrice Richardson and send them to FBI headquarters in Quantico, Va., for examination along with clothing and hair found at the scene, Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca told The Associated Press on Wednesday.