Law Enforcement

LAPD kills armed robbery and carjacking suspect
The man shot and killed by Los Angeles police in Sunland on Wednesday afternoon had shot an employee during a tobacco shop robbery, then carjacked a woman in a Mercedes-Benz, police said. Police said they responded to reports of a robbery about 12:45 p.m. on Glenoaks Boulevard and found that an employee had been shot in the leg. Moments later, the suspect allegedly carjacked a woman in a Mercedes and drove off with the victim still inside the car, police said.
Los Angeles Times

Man arrested in killing of woman in North Hollywood park
Police have arrested a man on suspicion of killing a woman in a North Hollywood park. Patrina Sabella, 32, of Rosamond was found with multiple stab wounds early Tuesday morning at the baseball fields of South Weddington Park. Sabella was pronounced dead shortly after authorities arrived at 2:20 a.m. Stephen Joanou, 26, was arrested Tuesday in Burbank in connection with Sabella's slaying and was being held in Los Angeles County jail on $1-million bail, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Los Angeles Times

Singer El DeBarge arrested in Encino on suspicion of drug possession
Grammy-winning singer El DeBarge, who has struggled with substance abuse, was arrested in Encino on suspicion of drug possession with intent to sell, department officials said Wednesday. Undercover narcotics officers were conducting an investigation near White Oak Avenue and the 101 Freeway early Monday when they spotted the singer and another man acting suspiciously, said LAPD spokeswoman Norma Eisenman.
Los Angeles Times

Man pistol-whipped in Westlake robbery
A 23-year-old man suffered facial injuries when he was pistol-whipped during an attempted robbery in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, police said today. The victim was walking in the area of Fifth Street and Burlington Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Tuesday when a male confronted him and demanded property, said Sgt. Melvin Gamble of the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Station. When the victim said he had nothing to hand over, the assailant beat him about the face with a handgun and fled the scene.
Los Angeles Daily News

Severed dog heads found in South L.A. trash bin
Los Angeles police officials said Wednesday that they were searching for the person or people who killed two dogs and placed their severed heads in a South Los Angeles dumpster. A citizen found the remains of a chocolate Labrador retriever and tan German Shepherd mix about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday near the intersection of Slauson and South Vermont avenues and immediately called police.
Los Angeles Times

Despite recent incidents, 'Studio City is Safe!' insists police and councilman LaBonge
Studio City is safe-very safe. That's the message that North Hollywood Division Capt. Justin Eisenberg wanted to give Wednesday afternoon, flanked by Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge and LAPD Senior Lead Officers Mike Lewis and Robert Benavides, head of the Detective Division Alan Hamilton as well as other police investigators.
North Hollywood-Toluca Lake Patch

Homeland Security

The MSM goes wobbly on the NYPD's efforts to prevent another 9/11
It's sadly but plainly apparent that not everyone does remember the 9/11 attacks, as evidenced by the fact that so many people seem queasy about taking the steps necessary to prevent another attack from occurring. Witness the hand-wringing and caterwauling over the Associated Press's revelations that officers from the New York Police Department have been conducting surveillance on people all the way out on Long Island and even in . . . New Jersey! Civil rights trampled on! Police state! The horror!
Jack Dunphy/Pajamas Media

Ballot Measures

Unions write big checks for campaign to fight dues measure
Some of California's most powerful unions are pouring more cash into a growing campaign warchest created to fight a November ballot measure that would curb their political power. The California Teachers Association gave $500,000 earlier this month to a committee to oppose the measure, which prohibits unions and corporations from using money deducted from employee paychecks, such as member dues, for political spending. Another $125,000 from a committee run by the Los Angeles Police Protective League was reported Wednesday.
Sacramento Bee

City Government