Law Enforcement

LAPD finds 1,200 guns, two tons of ammo in dead man's Pacific Palisades home
It wasn't what police expected to find when they searched a man's Pacific Palisades home last week. More than 1,200 guns were strewn about the Palisades Drive house and garage, police said. The weapons ranged from high-end pistols to shotguns and rifles. Many had never been fired. Some were still wrapped in their boxes, with the price tags still attached. It was a "staggering number of guns," said LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith. Police also found roughly two tons of ammunition.
Los Angeles Times , KTLA 5

Man Fatally Shot While Driving, Hits Multiple Vehicles in Leimert Park
A man driving a car struck several vehicles after being fatally shot in Leimert Park on Monday, authorities said. The unidentified man was behind the wheel of a black 2012 Cadillac in the 4100 block of West 41st Street when he was shot in the chest and arm, according to Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD initially said the victim was hit in the head by gunfire.
KTLA 5

Police Respond to Report of Threatened Shooting in Harvard Heights Domestic Dispute
Los Angeles police on Monday evening were responding to a home in Harvard Heights after a woman reported that her brother had threatened to shoot her, an LAPD spokesman said. The alleged incident took place in the 1500 block of Harvard Boulevard, according to Officer Mike Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department.
KTLA 5

Man, 57, Attacked During Carjacking In San Fernando Dies
A 57-year-old man has died after police say he was attacked during a carjacking over the weekend. Dario Rosas was carjacked and beaten to death outside his San Fernando home late Saturday night. “I don't understand why this happened and I don't know why. They didn't have to beat him like they did. They didn't,” said Virginia Kelly, the victim's sister. Kelly described Rosas as a good man who kept to himself and worked hard as a security guard at a nearby hospital. He also took care of his mother, who is disabled. Detectives say Rosas was coming home from work around 11:30 p.m. July 18.
CBS Los Angeles

Woman Found Dead At Brentwood Home
Police were investigating the death of a 89-year-old woman who was found dead at her home in Brentwood, authorities said Monday. A gardener discovered the unidentified victim covered in blood at the residence along the 11500 block of Sunset Boulevard around 10:40 a.m., according to LAPD Media Relations. Information from Los Angeles County Coroner's officials later indicated they were investigating the dead body of an 89-year-old woman who may have fallen at her home.
CBS Los Angeles

'Just Doing My Job': Officers Rescue Pair Stuck in Burning Long Beach Apartment
Three Long Beach police officers said they "were just in the right place at the right time" when they rescued two people from a burning apartment in Long Beach last week after an officer found them trying to escape out of a barred window. A citizen flagged down Officer Cory Lapworth on July 16 and told him that there was a fire in an alley nearby, but when Lapworth got closer he noticed an apartment complex on the 400 block of Chestnut Avenue was burning.
NBC Los Angeles

Corona Mother ‘Shocked' After Young Son Buys Realistic Toy Gun From Ice Cream Truck
A mother is speaking out after she says her young son purchased a realistic-looking toy gun from an ice cream truck. Jennifer Vendramini's 9-year-old son bought the toy gun from an ice cream truck she says frequents her Corona neighborhood and is concerned over the dangers the toy presents. “I was shocked,” Vendramini stated. “I had no idea something like that could be purchased off an ice cream truck.” While the gun is sold with an orange tip to indicate that it is not real, Vendramini says it would be easy for a child to discard that feature.
CBS Los Angeles

City Government

Special Olympics To Bring 7,000 Athletes To Los Angeles
The Special Olympics World Games will bring 7,000 athletes from 177 countries to Los Angeles this week to take part in 25 sports at venues across the city. "It's going to be the largest event Los Angeles has hosted since the 1984 Summer Olympics, and the largest sports-humanitarian event in the world this year," said Patrick McClenahan, president and chief executive of LA2015, the nonprofit bringing the games to L.A.
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Residents Protest Cell Tower Installation Citing Health Concerns
Residents of a North Hollywood neighborhood protested the installation of a cell tower Monday afternoon at their neighborhood police station, citing health concerns, lowered property values and a violation of their right to due process. Protesters cited a situation in which the Los Angeles Firefighters' Union successfully rejected the installation of an LA-RICS cell tower because of health concerns, and said they were not given the same consideration.
NBC Los Angeles

Pensions

Measure of Deception: Initiative Would Gut Retirement Benefits for Millions of Californians
When Democratic former San Jose mayor Chuck Reed and Republican ex-San Diego councilmember Carl DeMaio finally unveiled the language for a promised attempt at getting a statewide public pension cutting measure to 2016 voters, the expectation was that Reed II would be a reined-in and more realistically-framed version of Reed I – last year's failed attempt at undermining the public pension system.
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