Weekend violence claims 17 lives in L.A. County

• Hit-run suspect arrested
  Reporting from Santa Rosa, Calif. -- Police arrested a man who they say fled after crashing his pickup truck into a bus stop, injuring two teenage girls, one severely. Police said 35-year-old Micha [...]
• Pardo intended to kill others, police say
  Covina police said Monday they believe that Bruce Pardo, who killed nine people at a Christmas Eve party, also intended to kill his mother and his estranged wife's attorney. Lt. Pat Buchanan said P [...]
• Laguna Hills man arrested in connection with O.C. fires
  A 29-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of setting five fires within a quarter-mile of each other in south Orange County, authorities said Tuesday. Matthew Deason of Laguna Hills allegedly [...]
• Slain El Monte gunman identified as hostage's father
  Manuel Benitez, a former child actor who was the main suspect in his girlfriend's 2004 slaying, had been on the run for more than four years with the couple's young son when police finally caught up w [...]
• Man in Santa suit kills at least three at Covina party, police say
  distraught man dressed as Santa Claus opened fire at a Christmas Eve party and then set the house ablaze with an unusual, home-fashioned incendiary device, killing at least six people, police said. S [...]