The Times Inland Empire Bureau Chief Phil Willon will join L.A. Now Live to discuss the final coroner's report into the accidental death of Rodney King, who drowned in the pool of his Rialto home in June. The chat, sheduled at 9 a.m., will be hosted by The Times' Rebecca Trounson.
Rodney King drowned in his backyard swimming pool while in a “state of drug and alcohol-induced delirium,” officials concluded Thursday. The San Bernardino County coroner’s office said King died as a result of an accidental drowning after he fell into...
One of Rodney King’s close relatives said Thursday that questions remain about how he drowned in his backyard pool despite the findings in a coroner’s investigation.
Rodney King died of accidental drowning in his backyard swimming pool. But San Bernardino County officials said he was smoking pot and drinking in the hours before his death. The coroner's report listed King's death as an accident but added...
Before his death by accidental drowning, Rodney King spent the night and early morning hours drinking and smoking marijuana at his house in Rialto and was stumbling around his backyard moments before he fell into his swimming pool, according to the San Bernardino County coroner’s report released Thursday.
Rodney King, a reluctant symbol of police brutality and the troubled relations between the Los Angeles Police Department and minorities, died after drowning in his backyard pool in Rialto in June with a cocktail of alcohol and drugs in his...
Rodney King “turned his scars into stars and showed the nation a better way,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday during memorial services in Los Angeles for King.
Dozens of mourners arrived Saturday afternoon at Forest Lawn-Hollywood Hills to pay respects to Rodney King.
Rodney King will be eulogized publicly Saturday at a Hollywood Hills memorial service. The Rev. Al Sharpton as well as other civil rights leaders, friends and family are scheduled to attend. The service will be held at 2 p.m. at...
The Revs. Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson will be among those in attendance at a public memorial for Rodney King on Saturday, a King family spokeswoman said.
A public memorial service for Rodney King is scheduled Saturday afternoon, but his family is still seeking donations to help defray costs, a King family spokeswoman told The Times.
In what a local radio station said is one of the last interviews with Rodney King prior to his death, the man who became a symbol of police brutality and troubled race relations said he still wants “everybody to get along.”
In the five frantic minutes Rodney King's fiancee spent on the phone with 911 dispatchers Sunday, she is almost impossible to understand.
Rialto police released the 911 call from Rodney King's fiancee after she found him at the bottom of the pool early Sunday morning.
The Times asked readers tho share their feelings and opinions about Rodney King, who died at the age of 47. Readers responded, noting that he was an unlikely hero pulled into the fray of race relations.
Those who knew and worked with Rodney King expressed shock at his sudden death Sunday, saying he was a popular figure in the Rialto neighborhood. Authorities are trying to determine the cause of King's death. He was found in his...
Join Times columnists Patt Morrison and Sandy Banks for a live video discussion about Rodney King -- his life, his legacy and the heavy burden he carried in the 20 years after the beating that led to the L.A. riots.
A next-door neighbor of Rodney King said she heard the 47-year-old in his backyard sobbing uncontrollably, apparently after he had been up all night. Then she heard a splash.
As authorities continue to probe the cause of Rodney King's death, family members said they are struggling with their sudden loss. Rodney King’s youngest brother, Zhan Paul King, on Monday said his family is dealing with the loss “the best...
Officials will not have a final cause of death for Rodney King until the completion of toxicology tests in six to eight weeks, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman Jodi Miller said. VIDEOS: Rodney King The toxicology tests and autopsy...