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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
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Daily Local & Regional NewsWatch
Daily News Digest
from LA Police Protective League
June 20, 2016 |
Hundreds of suspected child molesters arrested: ‘Operation Broken Heart' We don't have all the details yet, but one thing was certain Saturday: Hundreds of alleged child molesters are off Southland streets after a massive federal and local law enforcement crackdown. “Operation Broken Heart III” nabbed 238 suspected child predators during a two-month drive, according to officials. Participating law enforcement agencies will provide the full story to the public Monday. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the mass arrests were made in April and May. The LAPD worked with Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Forces across the nation as well as Homeland Security Investigations, Child Exploitation Investigative Groups from Long Beach and Orange County, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office and the Fontana Police Department.
CIty News Service
3 Wounded In Car-To-Car Shooting In San Pedro
Three people were wounded in a car-to-car shooting in the San Pedro/Lomita area of Los Angeles, officials said. Two people were listed in critical condition after the shooting reported around 7:30 p.m. and the suspects are still on the loose. At least two vehicles with heavy damage remained at the scene. Police say the incident may have started with a confrontation at an event at a local park earlier. They are still trying to sort out the details The vehicles were heading northbound on Western Avenue near Palos Verdes Drive N., in San Pedro near the border with Lomita.
ABC 7
Pregnant Woman Among 4 People Injured By Hit-And-Run Driver In Downtown Los Angeles
Four people — including a pregnant woman — were hurt Saturday when a hit-and-run driver slammed into them Saturday evening in downtown Los Angeles. The accident occurred just before 10 p.m. on South Main Street near East First Street in the South Park area. Authorities said the driver ran into several parked cars before hitting at least four people who were attending a party. Police are still looking for him, but they have no description of him or his car. Witnesses said the pregnant woman was trapped under the vehicle but bystanders were able to pull her out. Both she and her baby are in stable condition.
CBS 2
Woman Shot While Waiting for Bus in South Los Angeles
A woman was hospitalized after she was shot while waiting for a bus in South Los Angeles Friday night. The shooting occurred just after 9:30 p.m. near the intersection of Broadway and 83 Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The woman, believed to be in her 40s, was taken to a hospital in critical condition, police said. It was unknown if the shooting was a robbery or if the victim was an innocent bystander caught in the crossfire.
NBC 4
Westlake Fatal Fire Suspect Was In Us Illegally, Officials Say
The homeless man accused of setting a fire that killed five people in a vacant Westlake district office building was in the country illegally and had been detained and released by immigration agents in 2012, according to federal officials. Johnny Josue Sanchez, 21, has been charged with murder for allegedly setting a fire in the building at 2411 W. Eighth St. on June 13 after getting into a dispute with other transients at the site. By the next day, firefighters had pulled five bodies from the rubble of the two-story, 14,351 square-foot building.
ABC 7
In Wake of Massacre, LGBT Advocacy Group, City Leaders Push for Increased Gun Control
One of the country's largest statewide LGBT advocacy organizations announced its support at Los Angeles City Hall Friday for a gun control package proposed by state lawmakers, and vowed to push for national gun legislation, following the recent mass shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Rick Zbur, executive director of Equality California, promised that over the next few months, the group will lobby members of Congress and the state Legislature, and put the "full weight'' of the organization's "legislative electoral and education programs behind the lifesaving gun safety and violence prevention laws.''
NBC 4
Stolen Car (Or Clown Car?) Suspect Nabbed In San Pedro After She Drives Into Cul-De-Sac
Police on Sunday chased a stolen car suspect in South Los Angeles. The chase began around 9:50 p.m. near Slauson, authorities said. The suspect was driving a tiny black Fiat 500 that apparently came back listed as stolen when police ran the plates. The driver was pursued by half a dozen LAPD cars. The suspect went south on the 110 Freeway before exiting in San Pedro. Early on, the driver went with the flow of traffic and didn't do anything out of the ordinary. As more officers joined the chase the suspect began speeding up. On surface streets, the suspect blew through several red lights and began driving erratically.
CBS 2
LAPD Targets San Fernando Valley Drivers In Safety Operation
Los Angeles police targeted drivers at some of the San Fernando Valley's most dangerous intersections on Friday, hoping to send a message about safer driving. Drivers were pulled over for speeding, wrong turns and running red lights, among other offenses. One woman's car was towed, police said, because her driver's license had been suspended. "Over 40,000 reported collisions here in Los Angeles annually and we want to cut that down," said LAPD Lt. David Ferry. "We're focusing specifically on areas with injury collisions. That's what we want to go after first. We want people to be safe."
ABC 7
Woman, Child Found Dead Inside Burning SUV In Willowbrook Park
Homicide detectives Friday investigated the circumstances surrounding the deaths of an adult woman and her small child in Willowbrook. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, deputies were sent just before 10 p.m. Thursday to the 300 block of West 124th Street for report of a car on fire at Athens Park. Upon their arrival, authorities located an SUV fully engulfed in flames. Los Angeles County firefighters extinguished the blaze and located two people inside of the vehicle. According to witnesses in the park, an adult woman was standing with her small child, believed to be between 3 to 4-years-old, near the car. As the car was burning, the woman repeatedly exited and entered the vehicle.
CBS 2
LA County catalytic converter thefts spiking, thieves moving away from enforcement crackdown
On the morning of May 31, Peter Boada had a hankering for some doughnuts. He jumped into his 2007 Toyota Prius and started it up, but the normally quiet hybrid sedan sounded like a race car on the NASCAR circuit. Overnight, thieves had sawed off the catalytic converter, leaving no functioning exhaust system. “The thought occurred to him, ‘if they took mine, they probably took yours, too,' ” said his girlfriend, Xandy Mancao, 31. Boada, 30, was exactly right. When Mancao rushed out to her car — also a 2007 Prius and also parked in front of their apartment — she was greeted by the same deafening sound as she engaged the ignition switch — a roar echoing through Highland Park where they live, and a sound becoming increasingly more common in other parts of southeast Los Angeles and the west San Gabriel Valley during the past eight months.
Los Angeles Daily News
Oakland loses third police chief in nine days, will operate under civilian control
The Oakland Police Department will now operate under civilian control after the agency parted ways with its third police chief in nine days, Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Friday. Acting Chief Paul Figueroa tendered his resignation to Schaaf on Friday, and the department's command staff will now report to City Administrator Sabrina Landreth, Schaaf said during a news conference Friday evening. Figueroa was appointed to replace Interim Chief Ben Fairow on Wednesday, after Schaaf said she had received information that made her question Fairow's ability to lead. Fairow's tenure as Oakland's top cop lasted just six days. He had been appointed to replace Chief Sean Whent, who resigned in the wake of a widening sexual misconduct scandal that has ensnared more than a dozen city police officers and members of three other East Bay law enforcement agencies.
Los Angeles Times
California Death Penalty Repeal Qualifies For November Vote
California voters will be asked to do away with the nation's largest death row after the secretary of state's office said the repeal measure qualified for the November ballot on Friday. A second, competing initiative to speed up executions is also expected to be certified for the ballot soon, setting up a stark choice for voters sorting through numerous initiatives. The repeal measure would substitute life sentences with no chance of parole for nearly 750 condemned inmates while ending legal challenges that have blocked executions for a decade.
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Public Safety News
Tanker Truck Bursts Into Flames In Crash Near DTLA; 2 Injured
Two people were injured in a violent, fiery crash involving a tanker truck carrying chemicals early Monday morning. The wreck occurred around 3:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of Central Avenue near downtown Los Angeles near the 10 Freeway entrance. A male driver in a gray Honda was traveling in the wrong direction on 16th Street, lost control and collided head-on with the tanker, authorities said. Following the crash, the tanker truck burst into flames. The driver of the Honda became trapped inside the car and had to be extricated. He was transported to an area hospital with severe injuries in critical condition. The driver of the truck, a 61-year-old man, was transported to a hospital in fair condition.
ABC 7
House Fire Spreads to Brush Near Freeways in Silver Lake Area
Firefighters battled a house fire that spread to hillside brush near freeways in the Silver Lake area on Sunday afternoon. At least 20 homes were threatened by the blaze at its peak, and two sustained damage from the flames on Corralitas Drive. Three sheds were destroyed, according to the Los Angeles City Fire Department. The fire was reported just after 1 p.m. in the 2200 block of Allesandro Way, according to the Los Angeles City Fire Department. Plumes of smoke could be seen from the 2 and 5 freeways near the fire, and as far as the 110 Freeway near the downtown LA area. Nearly 200 firefighters were responding from the ground and air.
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City Government News
L.A. City Council set to seek voter approval for $1.1 billion bond or parcel tax to fight homelessness
Los Angeles voters will likely be asked to approve either a new parcel tax or a $1.1-billion housing bond this fall to help fund the city's struggle to reduce homelessness. A key City Council committee on Friday cleared a final pair of money-raising options to put before voters. The decision sets the stage for the full council to vote next week on the parcel tax and bond, only one of which city officials say will ultimately appear on the November ballot. The council's coming vote will mark a critical stage in the city's struggle to deal with a homeless population that has grown steadily in recent years and according to recent estimates now stands at more than 26,000. Some council members have already expressed strong support for a bond, which at least one poll has shown to have a better chance of passing in November on a ballot that will be crowded with local tax measures.
Los Angeles Times
Should L.A. roll back its 'so-called boycott' on Arizona?
Six years ago, Los Angeles lawmakers decided to bar employees from traveling to Arizona on city business, avoiding the state in reaction to a hotly contested law targeting illegal immigration. They also urged city departments to refrain from entering into contracts with Arizona businesses. But in the years since, the City Council has repeatedly loosened those rules to allow travel to the state for meetings and training and to keep buying Tasers and other made-in-Arizona products. The last time that city employees sought such an exemption, City Councilman Gil Cedillo complained that the “so-called boycott” had become a farce. And in an unexpected move, he said it was time to end it.
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State Government News
Did bullet train officials ignore warning about need for taxpayer money?
When a Spanish firm submitted a bid last year to help build the California bullet train, it cautioned that taxpayer money probably would be needed to keep the system operating. Having reviewed data on 111 high-speed train lines around the world, construction giant Ferrovial said, it found that all but three could not make ends meet. “More than likely, the California high speed rail will require large government subsidies for years to come,” the proposal said. That warning, however, was expunged from the version of Ferrovial's proposal posted on the state's website. The only record of it was on a data disk provided to The Times and others under a public records act request.
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