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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
May 4, 2016 |
Gunman Arrested After Firing At Officers In Hollywood
An officer-involved shooting has occurred in Hollywood, police said Wednesday. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded just before 6:00 a.m. to the area of Franklin and Argyle avenues for a help call. Upon their arrival, authorities encountered a suspect and gunfire was exchanged. No officers were injured during the shooting. The suspect has been taken into custody. Police have set up a large perimeter. It remains unclear if a second suspect is being sought.
CBS 2
Man arrested for stabbing 2-year old girl, mother in domestic dispute
A man was in custody Tuesday for the critical stabbing of his live-in girlfriend and the fatal stabbing of her 2-year-old daughter in their home in the Jefferson Park area of Los Angeles, authorities said. The attack in the 3500 block of Arlington Avenue took place about 9:50p.m. Monday, said Sgt. Carlton Brown, the watch commander at the Los Angeles Police Department's Southwest Division. The little girl died from her stab wounds, Brown said. Her name was not immediately released. Her mother underwent surgery and was last reported to be stable.
Fox 11
An Officer, Father's Pain Of Losing His Son To Gun Violence
CBS2/KCAL9 is teaming up with the city of Los Angeles for this year's Anonymous Gun Buyback on Saturday, May 7. It is part of an effort to collect illegal and unwanted guns, which often end up being used in crimes such as the one that changed the life of Los Angeles police officer Stinson Brown forever on July 17, 2009. Brown said he felt sick on that day and his symptoms got worse. It was as if his body was telling him something bad was about to happen, and it did. His 21-year-old son, Stinson Ameer Brown, a standout football player at Southwest Community College, was killed – a victim of gun violence. “My son was with two young men and two young ladies at this house party,” at Don Felipe Drive and Don Tapia Place in Baldwin Hills, Brown said.
CBS 2
Man Fatally Shot in South Los Angeles
Investigators were searching for the brother of a man who was found shot to death in South Los Angeles late Tuesday night, authorities said.The shooting was reported just before 10 p.m. in the 2200 block of E. 120th Street in the Willowbrook area, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The victim's name was not released. Investigators were searching for David Lee Millender, 48, a possible suspect in the shooting. Millender is the younger brother of the shooting victim, authorities said.
NBC 4
2 Victims Pistol Whipped During North Hills Home Invasion
Los Angeles police are investigating after four to five men pistol whipped two victims during a violent home invasion in North Hills early Tuesday. The incident occurred in the 9900 block of Sepulveda Boulevard around 12:30 a.m. Both victims were transported to a local hospital in stable condition. It's unclear if anything was taken from the residence. Authorities say one of the victims recognized one of the suspects. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information was asked to contact the Los Angeles Police Department.
ABC 7
Fatal Stabbing Victim Found In Crashed Car Near County/USC Hospital
The body of an apparent stabbing victim was found in a car that crashed a few blocks from County/USC hospital, police said. Officers were called to a traffic collision near Valley Boulevard and Soto Street around 11:15 a.m. and found the body of a man who had been stabbed behind the wheel. The 2015 black Honda Civic had smashed head-on into a tree on the side of the road, fully shearing it off. The man was brought to County/USC and pronounced dead. Police say they don't have any indications that the stabbing was gang-related, but they are looking for witnesses to come forward.
ABC 7
Investigation Into Body Wrapped in Plastic Turned Over to LAPD
An investigation into the slaying of a man whose body was found wrapped in plastic near train tracks in Burbank is being turned over to the LAPD, after homicide detectives concluded that the killing took place in Los Angeles. The body of Nshan Balyan, a 30-year-old resident of North Hollywood, was found dumped in the 600 block of Victory Boulevard last Thursday. The coroner said Balyan had died of multiple gunshot wounds. Burbank police detectives served a search warrant at a home in the 6700 block of Orion Avenue in Van Nuys two days later in connection with the slaying, the Burbank Police Department said. Evidence was collected and one person was arrested on an unrelated charge.
NBC 4
Police Fire Bean Bags at Man With Pellet Gun at In-N-Out in Sherman Oaks
Police fired bean bags at a man outside an In-N-Out Burger late Monday after receiving reports he was armed with a pistol, which turned out to be a pellet gun. Just after 11 p.m., officers swarmed the restaurant at 4444 Van Nuys Blvd. in Sherman Oaks, where a man was walking around inside with what appeared to be a gun in his waistband, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Customers were evacuated and police ordered the man to come out of the building. Images from the scene showed the man wearing headphones and eating at a table as a police helicopter buzzed over the restaurant.
NBC 4
YouTube Videos Show Drivers Pulling Dangerous ‘Sideshow' Stunts On LA Streets
About 50 people were arrested last month in connection with illegal street racing and stunt-driving events in Los Angeles called “sideshows.” YouTube videos show the dangerous events on public streets, sidewalks and even freeways. In one recently posted video, a driver can be seen doing doughnuts near the intersection of Western and Imperial while onlookers gather around. “It's normal now,” said Jackie Bernabe, who works near the site of a frequent sideshow. “We see it like every week. Every other day. They wait for traffic to stop and then they just do it.”
KCAL 9
Public Help Sought in Locating Little Boy's Service Dog Missing in the Crenshaw District
For six years, a service dog named Buddy has been by the side of 10-year-old Juan Hernandez until now. Buddy is missing and his young master is devastated. "I want my doggie back," a tearful Juan old KTLA on Tuesday. Juan has osteogenesis imperfecta -- a form of brittle bone disease -- and spends much of his time in a wheelchair, according to his mother Mirna Vargas. Buddy has been Juan's constant companion and life isn't the same without him."It's been sad and depressing," Juan said.
KTLA 5
Defense Claims 'Mystery Man' is the 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer
A defense lawyer representing the man accused in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings in Los Angeles says a "mystery man" was the real killer. Attorney Seymour Amster told jurors Tuesday in his closing argument that a witness who survived being shot testified that the man who attacked her in his Ford Pinto had stopped earlier at his "uncle's" house to get money. The survivor, Enietra Washington, later led detectives to the house of 63-year-old Lonnie Franklin Jr., who is accused of 10 counts of murder and her attempted killing. Amster says she described her assailant as much younger than Franklin and says the real killer could be an unnamed nephew.
Associated Press
Los Angeles County Acts To Ban Solitary For Juveniles
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to ban most solitary confinement at juvenile halls and camps after backers said the practice is harmful and unproductive. The unanimous vote ordered the county's Probation Department to end the use of solitary at three juvenile halls and 13 camps by September except for rare and brief "cooling-down" sessions. Central Juvenile Hall and two camps will stop using it this month. Research has shown that isolating youngsters "can cause lasting physical and psychological harm and actually increase recidivism without any benefit to public safety," Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, who co-authored the motion, said in a statement. "
ABC 7
California Advocacy Group Collects 600K Signatures For Marijuana Legalization Initiative
Backers of a marijuana legalization initiative say they have collected enough signatures for the measure to qualify for the California ballot this November. A coalition that includes former Facebook President Sean Park and backed by Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom and the nation's leading marijuana advocacy groups says it has collected 600,000 signatures, a lot more than 365,000 needed, well ahead of the July 5 deadline. Newsom, a Democratic candidate for governor in 2018, and other supporters of the ballot measure known as the Adult Use of Marijuana Act plan to launch the official campaign Wednesday in San Francisco.
CBS 2
DA: Beating of NC deputy was 'gang hit'
Four gang members accused of attacking a Wake County deputy while he was at a child's birthday party in February pleaded guilty to several counts Monday, WNCN reported. Suspects Delfino Alejo, 27, Gabriel Moreno, 39, Miguel Angel Moreno, 27, and Remi Nambo, 27, pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon, intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, and malicious assault in secret. The men attacked the deputy, whose identity was not published due to undercover work, on Feb. 6. They asked him to step outside and then immediately jumped him - calling him a pig during the attack.
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City Government News
Hundreds of LA bus shelters go unbuilt, millions in promised revenue evaporate under city contract
More than half of the bus shelters planned under a city of Los Angeles contract have not been built, leaving riders at more than 800 locations without shelters and depriving the city of millions in unrealized advertising revenues, a KPCC investigation has found. While the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority runs most buses and decides the locations of bus stops, shelters fall on city property so they're administered by individual municipalities within the county. The city of L.A. contracted with the contractor CBS Decaux in 2001 to install more than 1,000 bus shelters over two decades, but the agreement has unraveled, and many bus riders face a long, hot summer without protection from the elements.
89.3 KPCC
Tourism Thriving In Los Angeles, State Report Says
Tourism is thriving in Los Angeles, according to a new state report. The California Travel and Tourism Commission said spending by tourists in Los Angeles County jumped nearly 5 percent last year. The report found that almost 46 million tourists visited the county last year and contributed nearly $21 billion to the local economy. That spending also generated $2.5 billion in state and local tax revenue - about a fifth of the entire state's tourism tax revenue. Tourists say they come to Los Angeles for the beaches, the Hollywood stars, the food and the theme parks, among other draws. "What better place to come to than California. LA - you know, warm weather, beaches," said tourist Bob Marden from Indiana, on a visit to the Hollywood.
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Homelessness News
Santa Barbara ‘Safe Parking' Program for Homeless May Be Coming to L.A.
Office workers were still at their desks when Thomas Goodwin's 1974 motor home clanked out of a downtown parking lot one recent evening, power steering groaning as Lego blocks flew around the plaid interior. The 54-year-old single father moved the newly acquired camper to clear a parking place for the van where he and his 7-year-old daughter sleep — with the city's blessing. Goodwin makes use of Santa Barbara's “safe parking” initiative, a homelessness program that Los Angeles is studying as a possible model for responding to its own explosion of people sleeping in RVs and cars.
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