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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
March 4, 2016 |
Man shot to death in Pacoima
A man was fatally shot in Pacoima, and police today sought his killer. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics sent to Vaughn Street and Bromont Avenue about 10 p.m. Thursday pronounced the 41-year-old Pacoima man dead at the scene, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the Los Angeles Police Department's Media Relations office. Authorities withheld the man's name pending family notification. Detectives were working to determine the veracity of reports that he was riding a bicycle when he was shot.
Los Angeles Daily News
Remembering fallen officer 2 years after tragic death in car collision
A memorial service will be held Monday on the second anniversary of the death of Los Angeles police Officer Nicholas Lee, who was killed when his patrol car was struck by a truck on a steep roadway in Beverly Hills where a number of crashes have occurred. The memorial will take place at 11 a.m. Monday at Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.On March 7, 2014, Lee and an officer he was training were responding to a call when their patrol car was hit by the truck about 8 a.m. in the 800 block of Loma Vista Drive. The other officer and the trucker were critically injured.
MyNewsLA.com
South LA motel to be closed due to Crips gang and drug activity
A judge ordered a South Los Angeles motel shuttered for a year after the owner failed to comply with an injunction intended to curb gang and narcotics activity there, City Attorney Mike Feuer announced today. The Bronco Hotel at 5501 S. Western Ave. is expected to be closed within the next 60 days. Feuer, who sought the closure order, said the motel's owner, Vaidehi Inc., is under a permanent injunction beginning last June that requires the installation of a secure, mechanized gate at the main entrance to restrict gang members and drug sellers and buyers from going onto the property.
Los Angeles Daily News
Suspected Gunman Arrested After Leading Police On Wild Chase Through San Gabriel Valley
A suspected gunman was arrested Thursday afternoon after leading police on a wild, high-speed pursuit through the San Gabriel Valley. Police started chasing a Black Kia at about 2:20 p.m. in the 400 block of Tremont Street in Boyle Heights after someone reported seeing a man armed with a gun, according to Officer Matthew Ludwig of the Los Angeles Police Department. The chase went on the Arroyo Seco (110) Parkway and surface streets. At one point, a passenger jumped out of the vehicle and was arrested.
CBS 2
Family Seeks Justice For Grandmother Killed In Koreatown Hit-And-Run
A beloved grandmother was killed after she was run over by a tour bus in Koreatown. Now, her distraught family is pleading for justice. "She was someone really special to me," said a tearful Arnold Valiente, the victim's 12-year-old grandson. Maria Valiente, 85, was walking along a crosswalk on busy Olympic Boulevard at Serrano Avenue on Jan. 6 when she was struck by a tour bus. The driver never even slowed down. Witnesses rushed to help, but no one was able to get a license plate or good look at the driver. They only saw that the white bus had black stripes on both sides, tinted windows and the word "Morongo" on it.
ABC 7
Robber Sought in Violent One-Man Crime Spree in Pico-Union Neighborhood
Police were asking for the public's help Thursday in identifying a man wanted in a series of strong-arm robberies committed within hours of each other in a two to three block radius in the Pico-Union area. The first incident was recorded on surveillance video around 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 22 at a market in the 1800 block of West Pico Boulevard. After entering the store, the robber can be seen arguing with a clerk. The man then grabs a case of beer and punches the clerk before leaving, the video showed. Fifteen minutes later, the robber approached a man in the 1300 block of Alvarado Terrace where he attempted to sell the victim some marijuana, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Police Department.
KTLA 5
Man to stand trial for woman's shooting death in Hollywood
A man who allegedly gunned down a woman while she was walking on a Hollywood sidewalk with her boyfriend, in what authorities believe was an attack precipitated by a financial dispute, was ordered Wednesday to stand trial for her killing. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge M.L. Villar denied the defense's request to dismiss the case against Ezeoma Chigozie Obioha, 31, who is charged in the death last July 5 of Carrie Melvin near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and McCadden Place. Obioha is charged with murder, along with the special circumstance allegations of murder for financial gain and lying in wait. The criminal complaint alleges that he personally and intentionally discharged a shotgun.
MyNewsLA.com
Mental competency cases are surging in L.A. County and supervisors want to know why
Following a Times report on the sharp, unexplained rise in mental competency cases in Los Angeles Superior Court over the past five years, county supervisors are calling for an analysis of the causes behind the increase. Mental competency cases heard in mental health court to determine whether defendants are fit to stand trial more than tripled from 2010 to 2015, growing from 944 to 3,528. From 2014 to 2015, the caseload jumped by nearly 50%. The court does not compile or analyze detailed data on the types of criminal cases that end up in the mental health court. Court officials, attorneys and mental health professionals told The Times they could only guess at the reasons behind the increase.
Los Angeles Times
L.A. County D.A.'s corruption case against three Irwindale officials is dismissed
Prosecutors portrayed the corruption case as city officials partying on the public dime. Irwindale employees and council members treated themselves to steak dinners and Yankees tickets during lavish trips to New York that included pricey Broadway shows and a hockey game. The details sparked outrage in the small San Gabriel Valley community. But last week, the corruption case brought by the Los Angeles County district attorney's office against three Irwindale officials collapsed when prosecutors announced they could no longer proceed.
Los Angeles Times
Building-Limit Allies Visit Koreatown
Koreatown community leaders gave Jill Stewart, campaign director for the Neighborhood Integrity Initiative, a tour of the site where a Beverly Hills developer is seeking to build a 27-story luxury housing project. It abuts low-rise apartments on streets that cannot handle the traffic of a mega-project. “This project is the poster-child for our Neighborhood Integrity Initiative,” Ms. Stewart told six TV and radio reporters at an impromptu news conference after the tour. “This project should have died long ago at the hands of sensible planning. Instead it continues to live and pose a threat to Koreatown's character, its traffic and its environment. When our ballot measure is approved by voters, projects like this will be stopped in their tracks.”
The Front Page |
State senator promotes $2B homeless plan funded by tax on millionaires
Admitting that a fragmented government system is responsible for rising homelessness across Los Angeles, city and county leaders joined state officials at a townhall meeting in Pacoima Thursday to discuss housing strategies they say will cost billions, but will help more people. State Senate President Pro Tem Kevin de Leon addressed a crowd of about 100 community leaders and service providers to garner support for his proposed $2 billion bond that will go directly to housing homeless people who have mental health needs. Called “No Place Like Home,” the proposed measure would be paid for through Proposition 63, passed in 2004. The measure imposes a 1 percent tax on those with a personal income of more than $1 million to fund mental health services.
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Planned Inglewood stadium is in the running for the Super Bowl in 2020 or 2021
The NFL has a 2020 vision regarding Los Angeles. The yet-to-be-built football stadium in Inglewood is in the running to host the Super Bowl in 2020 or 2021 — and the decision will be made in May. With Houston and Minneapolis hosting the next two Super Bowls, the NFL's Super Bowl Advisory Committee has decided to have the following three games voted on in succession in one day during the spring meetings in May. The league's 32 owners vote on awarding the game. In doing so, the committee will make a departure from its "guiding principle" that a new stadium must have two full seasons under its belt before becoming eligible to host a Super Bowl. The Rams' stadium in Inglewood is slated to open in 2019, and it will be eligible for a Super Bowl at the end of that season.
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