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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
LA Police Protective League
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
February 10, 2016 |
LAPD chief: 16-year-old fatally shot by police had sawed-off shotgun, stolen car
A 16-year-old shot and killed by Los Angeles police over the weekend was driving a stolen vehicle and carrying a sawed-off shotgun, Chief Charlie Beck said Tuesday. Beck said officers with the LAPD's Hollenbeck Division spotted the vehicle in Boyle Heights on Saturday night, hours after it had been reported stolen and a description broadcast to officers in the area. The officers followed the vehicle briefly until it pulled over, Beck said. When the officers approached the vehicle, the chief said, the sole occupant inside "armed himself with a sawed-off shotgun," resulting in the shooting.
Los Angeles Times
Man Shot Dead in North Hollywood Alley
A man was shot to death in a North Hollywood alley late Monday night, police said. Officers received a report of a man down in the alley near Vineland Avenue south of Kittridge Street just before 11 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. When they arrived, they found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He was pronounced dead at the scene. It's unclear what led up to the killing. Police had no information on the shooter and said the incident did not appear to be gang-related. The victim was identified only as a 25-year-old Latino man.
NBC 4
LAPD Officer Recounts Rescue of Newspaper Vendor Trapped for 4 Days in Stand
An 84-year-old man who sold newspapers at a stand in the Harvard Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles was rescued Monday after somehow locking himself inside the wooden structure four days ago, police said. The unidentified vendor was also living inside the wooden stand, which was located near Western Avenue and Pico Boulevard, according to Sgt. Pedraza with the Los Angeles Police Department. Somehow, the man locked himself inside and was unable to get out, Pedraza stated. Around 3 p.m. Monday afternoon, a passerby heard moaning sounds coming from inside the box and called police, according to Pedraza.
KTLA 5
Victim's Face Grazed By Bullet at Pico-Union Motel
Police were searching for a gunman suspected of shooting a man at a motel in the Pico-Union area on Tuesday night, authorities said. The shooting occurred just after 10 p.m. in the 1900 block of W. Olympic Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers arrived and found a man suffering from a minor injury after his face was grazed by a bullet, according to the LAPD. Police said the man was involved in an altercation at the motel and ran to the office to call 911 after he was shot.
NBC 4
Family Of Homeless Man Fatally Shot In Venice Sues LAPD Chief, City
Attorneys representing the family of Brendon Glenn announced the filing of lawsuits against the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck alleging wrongful death and excessive force in his death. The 29-year-old homeless man was shot and killed by an officer during a confrontation in Venice back in May of 2015. LAPD officials have not released video of the incident. Protesters rallied at a police commission board meeting on Tuesday demanding justice. After repeated outburst, several protesters were escorted out of the meeting by officers.
ABC 7
Driver Sought After Pursuit Ends in Wilmington
Authorities were searching for the driver involved in a pursuit that came to an end in the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles Tuesday morning. Video showed multiple patrol vehicles stopped behind a two-door car on South Alameda Street just after 5 a.m. Deputies were responding to a report of a stolen vehicle when they became involved in a pursuit, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department confirmed.
KTLA 5
1-Year-Old In Compton Killed In Her Crib
A 1-year-old girl was shot and killed while in her crib in Compton Tuesday night, authorities said. Now, a manhunt is underway for two men accused of killing her. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, two men drove up to East San Marcus Street and North Holly Avenue around 7 p.m. and opened fire at a house. The child was found shot inside her crib in the garage. Paramedics rushed the child to St. Francis Medical Center in Lynwood, where she was pronounced dead. Neighbors described a nightmarish scene: a mother sobbing hysterically as a father was holding a motionless child.
CBS 2
ICE agents won't be going onto Los Angeles public school campuses
Immigration agents won't be allowed onto the campuses of the Los Angeles Unified School District to look for undocumented students, the school board promised with a unanimous vote Tuesday. The new resolution directs school staff members not to let any federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents enter school campuses or to provide them with student data without clearance. ICE officials who have any reason to be on campus -- such as those evaluating schools that offer exchange programs for non-immigrant students -- can visit schools only after their requests have been cleared by the superintendent and district lawyers.
Los Angeles Times
Teens as young as 14 rescued from sexual exploitation during Super Bowl, FBI says
Seven teenagers, some as young as 14 years old, were rescued from forced prostitution in the San Francisco Bay Area during Super Bowl week, authorities announced Tuesday. Some of the victims had previously been reported missing by their parents, Federal Bureau of Investigation officials said. They ranged in age from 14 to 17. More than a dozen pimps and their associates were arrested in multiagency sweeps intended to crackdown on sex trafficking, the FBI said. Some of those arrested came to the Bay Area from Las Vegas and from other states to capitalize on the large crowds gathering for the Super Bowl, authorities said. In all, 129 adults were picked up or cited for prostitution and 85 clients were arrested.
Los Angeles Times
‘Zombie' Target Project in Hollywood May Get New Life From L.A. City Council
The long-running saga of a partially built Target shopping center in Hollywood took another twist Tuesday, with the city's latest attempt at approving the project derailed by a disagreement over a child-care facility. Target's three-story shopping center has stood empty on Sunset Boulevard since August 2014, when a judge struck down the City Council's approval of the project. The judge said the council should not have approved a 74-foot-tall shopping center in a location where such projects are limited to 35 feet. The council's Planning and Land Use Management Committee is weighing a proposal to change the planning rules for the Target site, increasing the height limit for the property.
KTLA 5
How L.A. City Hall's record-keeping could draw legal scrutiny
Los Angeles City Hall's practice of allowing elected officials to destroy records rather than retain those documents could open up the city to legal challenges, experts said this week. While Los Angeles city departments follow guidelines for preserving records, it doesn't appear that City Council and mayoral offices have followed those same rules, city employees said this week. The issue came to light after former Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge acknowledged that he didn't preserve city documents upon leaving office in 2015. Former Councilman Bernard Parks, who also left in 2015, also didn't retain some documents, his former chief of staff said in an interview this week.
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How can L.A. fix its homeless problem? Leaders pass broad plans to try
Political leaders in the Los Angeles region upped their attempts Tuesday to address the area's worsening homelessness problem, approving sweeping plans intended to deliver services and help to those living on sidewalks, under freeway underpasses and in cars. Amid a 12 percent spike in homeless since 2013, both city and county officials moved to commit more money and resources to curbing homelessness, an issue now defined as a crisis by advocates. From downtown Los Angeles to Pomona, encampments are now visible as people create makeshift homes to survive in a region that lacks both affordable housing and accessible mental health services.
Los Angeles Daily News
Range of Strategies Approved for Combating Homeless Crisis in Los Angeles
The county board of supervisors approved a wide-ranging set of strategies Tuesday aimed at combating homelessness, ranging from increasing housing subsidies to boosting the income of homeless families. Homelessness is "the most serious humanitarian crisis confronting our county today," county CEO Sachi Hamai said. A 12.4 percent jump in homelessness countywide from 2013-15 caught the attention of public officials. Though the results of a recent homeless count are not yet available, the last estimate by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority is that 44,359 county residents are homeless.
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