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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
February 1, 2016 |
San Pedro Residents Demand More Police Protection In Face Of Rising Crime
Residents of San Pedro staged a demonstration Saturday asking for more police presence in their community. Residents there told CBS2's Laurie Perez they were worried about a rising crime rate. The group of residents got support for their cause from police officers themselves. For 20 years at her San Pedro shop, Mona Sutton has been serving up made to order waffles and straight talk. “The climate here has turned very negative,” Sutton said.
CBS 2 or Link to Video Report
Possibly Armed Suspect In Custody After Barricade Situation In Downtown Los Angeles
A possibly armed suspect has been taken into custody after an hours-long barricaded situation in downtown Los Angeles, police say. The incident in the 700 block of E. 9th Street unfolded around 3 a.m. Sunday, a watch commander with the Los Angeles Police Department said. It was there authorities say two people got into an argument, prompting one to pull out a firearm.
CBS 2
2 Arrested After Exchanging Gunfire With LAPD in East Hollywood: Authorities
Two men were in custody after a shootout with Los Angeles police Saturday afternoon in East Hollywood, authorities said. No one was injured in the shooting, which took place about 3 p.m. in the area of Clinton Street and North Heliotrope Drive, said Officer Mike Lopez, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. While on patrol in the area, an LAPD Metropolitan Division officer encountered two men armed with handguns, according to Lopez. An exchange of gunfire ensued, the spokesman said, adding that no one was struck.
KTLA 5
1 killed in Hyde Park shooting attack
A man was shot and killed by one of six suspects in a shooting attack in the Hyde Park community of Los Angeles, a police officer said Saturday. The suspects got out of a vehicle about 11:50 p.m. Friday in the area of Slauson Avenue and Crenshaw Boulevard, where one of them pulled out a gun and shot the victim, said Officer Jenny Houser of the LAPD's Media Relations Section. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, Houser said. Police had no other immediate information.
Los Angeles Daily News
Fatal Venice Shooting could be Gang-Related
A Venice man was killed Thursday evening in what Los Angeles police believe may be a gang-related shooting. Police responded to a 911 call of shots fired at 8:13 p.m. near Flower and 7th avenues in the Oakwood neighborhood of Venice, according to an LAPD bulletin. The victim has been identified as 44-year-old Mark Gonzales, who was pronounced dead at the scene. LAPD officer Helen Kim said that witnesses have reported seeing a Latino male in a dark blue hoodie drive away from the scene in a tan sports utility vehicle.
Argonaut Online
Reward offered in search for suspect in deadly hit-and-run
A 50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a motorist sought in a hit-and-run collision in Boyle Heights that left a woman dead and her 5-year-old daughter severely injured, Los Angeles police said. Korina Campos, 27, was taking her daughter out of her 1998 Honda Civic, parked on Boyle Avenue, when she was hit by a 2001 Toyota Coralla traveling south about 1:50 p.m. Saturday, police said. The driver of the Corolla lost control of his car while attempting to make a turn, police said. The car spun and hit Campos and her daughter, and the driver abandoned his vehicle and fled south, according to police
Los Angeles Times
With Inmates Back In Jail, Focus Turns To How They Escaped
With all three violent inmates who escaped from a California jail back in custody, authorities are beginning to examine how they carried out the jailbreak and what they did during their week on the run. Orange County Sheriff Sandra Hutchens vowed over the weekend to fix the security lapses that allowed the escape. Early on Jan. 22, the men sawed, crawled and climbed their way out of the maximum-security Central Men's Jail and used a rope made of bedsheets to rappel four stories to the ground.
Associated Press
Brown's parole plan would likely reduce prosecutors' plea-bargain leverage, experts say
Gov. Jerry Brown's plan to give more inmates a chance for early release would probably reduce prosecutors' leverage in negotiating plea bargains, legal experts said Thursday. But it remains far from clear that his proposed ballot measure would result in droves of inmates winning their freedom, they said. Santa Clara law professor W. David Ball called the proposed revisions "very striking," though he cautioned that its effect is still not fully clear. The proposed state constitutional amendment would affect only inmates whose base crime was nonviolent.
Los Angeles Times
Human trafficking concerns are Super Bowl's dark underbelly
This week will be a collision of two dark secrets. The Bay Area is one of the nation's largest hubs for human trafficking. And the Super Bowl is an event that is a hotbed for human trafficking. That dark underbelly of America's biggest sporting event is in sharp contrast with the parties and celebrities, the glamour and fun that are the usual trappings of the Super Bowl. “You can be a sports fan but not turn a blind eye to the some of the worst things going on around a sporting event,” said Betty Ann Boeving, the executive director and founder of the Bay Area Anti-Trafficking Coalition.
San Francisco Chronicle
Law enforcement leaders examine new use-of-force principles
Police across the United States are rethinking how they use force amid national outrage over questionable shootings and violent arrests. The changes include efforts in Dallas to train officers to de-escalate situations by moving backward during target practice and arming some with sponge projectiles rather than guns. In Camden County, New Jersey, officers are taught about the sanctity of life and encouraged to take time to defuse a situation, even if a suspect is wildly waving a knife at them. After months of work, nearly 200 law enforcement leaders gathered in Washington on Friday to review and discuss new guiding principles that, if enacted by the roughly 18,000 law enforcement agencies in the United States, would significantly remake how policing has been done for decades.
Associated Press
Files missing from ex-councilman's office are an issue in lawsuit over Sherman Oaks development
When Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge left office, he left nothing behind. Documents kept by LaBonge and his staff members were nowhere to be found, his successor, David Ryu, said after taking office last year. And at a July hearing, Renee Weitzer -- a former LaBonge planning staffer now working for Ryu -- said her old files were gone. “All our files from the past administration have been destroyed,” Weitzer told planning staff, according to a video recorded for the law firm of attorney Robert P. Silverstein. “So, basically, I have to start from scratch.”
Los Angeles Times
LA City Council Votes To Rename Street After Vin Scully
It's a big honor for longtime Los Angeles Dodgers announcer Vin Scully. The L.A. City Council on Friday approved renaming a street near Dodger Stadium after him. Elysian Park Avenue between Sunset Boulevard and Stadium Way will now be known as "Vin Scully Avenue." In the past, Scully has said he would prefer that a street be renamed after Walter O'Malley, who brought the team to Los Angeles, or his son Peter.
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IOC president visits Los Angeles as city bids for 2024 Games
The president of the International Olympic Committee is in Los Angeles to visit proposed venues for the 2024 Olympic Games. Thomas Bach's visit on Monday comes five months after the city was selected as the U.S. candidate for the international sporting event. The committee steering LA's bid says Bach and other IOC officials will visit theUniversity of Southern California and UCLA campuses and the Getty Center. They're also scheduled to meet local boosters, including Mayor Eric Garcetti, Magic Johnson and several American Olympic medalists.
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