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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 2, 2016 |
LAPD Police Chief Charlie Beck to face San Pedro residents on crime
Following a citywide spike in crime in 2015, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck will likely get an earful Thursday when he heads up a public forum on the topic in San Pedro. Beck's appearance comes on the heels of Saturday's “no excuses” rally demanding that more police officers be assigned to LAPD's Harbor Division and that a never-opened local jail be pressed into service. All of the LAPD's 21 divisions have seen an uptick in crime. Citywide in 2015, violent crime went up 20 percent and property crime 10 percent.
Los Angeles Daily News
Suspect Search Underway After Break-in at Hollywood Hills Home
Four people were in custody, and one was still being sought Monday after a break-in at a home in the Hollywood Hills, according to police at the scene. Police received a call around 2 p.m. from a woman who reported that she arrived at her boss's home at 1432 Tanager Way to find 5 people burglarizing it, according to Officer Mike Lopez with the Los Angeles Police Department. Neighbors told KTLA fashion designer Calvin Klein lived in the area.
KTLA 5
Homicide Detectives Investigating Fatal Shooting in South Los Angeles; Gunmen Sought
Homicide detectives were investigating the fatal shooting of a 61-year-old man who was gunned down while standing on the sidewalk in front of his South Los Angeles home on Monday evening. The shooting was reported around 6:14 p.m. in the 1400 block of East 78th Street, in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood, according to a news release from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. When deputies arrived, they found the unidentified man dead at the scene, the release stated.
KTLA 5
LA County Authorities Accidentally Release Murder Suspect
An inmate awaiting trial for a gang-related murder has been accidentally released from prison, authorities said Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said Monday that 37-year-old Steven Lawrence Wright was mistakenly released from the Inmate Reception Center on Saturday. The sheriff's department says it became aware of Wright's release more than 24 hours later on Sunday night. The department says it immediately began coordinating resources with Pasadena Police and formed a task force dedicated to tracking Wright down. The department says it also will conduct a review to prevent future accidental inmate releases.
CBS 2
Under New Law, Cops Carrying Overdose Drug Are Saving Lives
The call to a Glendora emergency dispatcher one night last October had the grim details that, officials say, have become all too familiar: a woman had found her brother unconscious on his bathroom floor. She feared he'd overdosed on drugs. When Glendora Police Corporal Bill Lee and his partner, Jon Drake, responded to the call, they found a scrap of aluminum foil beside the man, holding a little bead of heroin. They noted the man's sluggish heartbeat, faltering respiration and pinpoint pupils associated with opiate poisoning.
KQED
Hackers Take Aim at FOP, Nation's Largest Police Union
The Fraternal Order of Police, the nation's largest police union, says a breach of its computer systems by unidentified hackers that led to bargaining contracts and possibly other data being dumped online apparently originated overseas. "Our professional computer experts have identified how the hackers made access but that information cannot be distributed at this time for obvious reasons. Suffice it to say that the level of sophistication was very high," FOP National President Chuck Canterbury said Thursday in a Facebook post.
NBC News
Hearing For Standoff Leader As He Tries To Get Out Of Jail
A federal judge is expected to consider whether the leader of an armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge should remain in jail, even as the standoff that began a month ago continues to roil a rural community in eastern Oregon. Lawyers for Ammon Bundy say he should be let go with a GPS monitoring device and with orders that the Idaho resident should not leave the state except for court appearances. Mike Arnold and Lissa Casey said in documents filed Sunday that government prosecutors failed to provide "clear and convincing evidence" those steps would not suffice.
Associated Press
Garcetti reelection fundraising slows in second half of 2015
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti raised about $7,300 toward his reelection campaign during the second half of 2015, bringing his campaign war chest to more than $2.23 million, according to a report his campaign is filing with city officials Monday. The amount shows a dramatic slowdown in contributions from the first six months of the year, when Garcetti raised over $2.2 million -- a record-setting sum for the first stretch of a mayoral re-election campaign.
Los Angeles Times
Porter Ranch Gas Leak Technology Introduced
Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch Englander announced a free "know your rights" Town Hall-style meeting for Porter Ranch residents affected by the gas leak. He's also backing state-of-the-art technology he said can provide real-time updates on air quality. Englander said the technology is able to accurately monitor the concentration of gas, every five minutes, in real time, something that hasn't been available to residents before now.
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County or city: Who is responsible for dealing with L.A. homelessness?
Imagine the father of two young children whose mother has died or disappeared. The father is desperately trying to make ends meet so he can pay the rent. And then he gets arrested, perhaps on a drug charge. He is convicted and jailed, and the children are sent to two different foster homes. This won't be cheap. Taxpayers are now on the hook, paying to house and supervise three people in three places. But the father does his time – let's suppose it's two months – and gets out and wants to put his life back together and be reunited with his children. His time in jail was time away from work, though, so he lost his job and couldn't pay his rent. So he also lost his apartment.
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IOC Chief Likes LA, But Reveals No Favorite 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. Bach and other IOC officials visited the University of Southern California and UCLA campuses and the Getty Center. They also met Mayor Eric Garcetti, Magic Johnson and several American Olympic medalists. On Sunday, Bach and his delegation checked out Staples Center, another proposed venue for the 2024 Games, when they watched the Los Angeles Lakers play the Charlotte Hornets.
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