Law Enforcement

Charges expected in grandson killing
Murder charges are expected to be filed Tuesday against two men arrested for the killing of a 24-year-old who was shot to death while trying to help his grandfather. Rene Ubaldo Ramirez, 29, and Evin Adonis Ortiz, 22, were arrested last week and booked on suspicion of murder by LAPD North Hollywood Division detectives. Investigators said they also found the getaway car and were searching for a third man involved in the killing. Records show Ramirez is a twice-deported illegal alien who spent 6-years in state prison for robbery, authorities said, and Ortiz is also in the U.S. illegally. No-bail immigration holds were placed on both men.
KFI640

Pinkberry co-founder arrested on assault warrant at LAX
The co-founder of popular frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry was arrested Monday afternoon at Los Angeles International Airport on an outstanding warrant for assault with a deadly weapon, the Los Angeles Police Department told NBC4 News. Young Lee, 47, was detained by a fugitive task force comprised of officers from the FBI and by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Los Angeles International Airport, LAPD spokeswoman Karen Rayner said.
NBC4

Nightclub shooting victim ID'd as 17-year-old North Hollywood boy
The victim of a fatal attack outside a Sun Valley restaurant and night club was identified on Monday as a 17-year-old boy. He was Samuel Mendez Guerra of North Hollywood, according to the coroner's office. Guerra was shot multiple times outside El Castillo at San Fernando Road and Vineland Avenue around 2 a.m. Sunday, said Sgt. Michael Smith of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill Station.
North Hollywood Patch

Citizens' mostly unhappy voices to be heard on L.A. plan to stop impounding cars of unlicensed drivers
They've been rear-ended by immigration politics. They've been sideswiped by legal semantics. No wonder law-abiding citizens who oppose the plan to stop impounding unlicensed drivers' cars have developed a case of road rage. If officials haven't noticed the anger yet, they may get an earful of it tonight when the Los Angeles Police Commission holds a public meeting in the San Fernando Valley.
Los Angeles Daily News Editorial

Special Election 2012

LA voters go to polls today in council district race
Los Angeles voters head to the polls today to elect a candidate in a special runoff between a political newcomer and a veteran for City Council District 15, which runs from the Harbor to Watts. Los Angeles Police Officer Joe Buscaino faces off against California Assemblyman Warren Furutani. Buscaino, who grew up in the Harbor area, has a bachelor's degree in communications from UCLA. He was hired as a LAPD cop in 1996 and has worked patrol and administrative assignments in the chief's office, West Traffic Division, and Emergency Operations Division. The 37-year-old currently works as a senior lead officer in the Harbor Division.
NBC4

Health Care

Dirty freeway air puts Southern California health at risk, say activists
A growing body of science has confirmed common-sense instinct that dirty freeway air is seriously bad for health, and that research is now spurring Los Angeles activists and regulators to consider new ways of addressing pollution. Though air quality in Southern California has improved dramatically since the 1970s, more and more evidence shows that pollutants remain concentrated close to traffic corridors, and that these toxins cause a broad variety of health problems.
Los Angeles Daily News

Immigration

Immigration law's wrinkle keeps man in Davis, may help others
Davis waiter Rogelio Servin entered deportation proceedings in San Francisco earlier this month and came home a legal resident, thanks to a little-used wrinkle in immigration law. Servin, 32, was a boy when he came here from Mexico with his family without documentation. Servin's Sacramento legal team of Daniel Karalash and Janell Clayton argued that Servin, who had a felony conviction stemming from a domestic dispute, had turned his life around and deserved to stay in the country to support his wife and children, all U.S. citizens.
Sacramento Bee