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Law Enforcement News
4-Year-Old Son Of Slain Officer Gets Touching Sendoff On First Day Of School
The son of a slain Pomona police officer got a touching sendoff Wednesday for his first day of school. Police motorcycles rolled into the student drop-off area of Citrus Elementary School with much fanfare. On his first day of transitional kindergarten, Casillas walked hand-in-hand with his mother and the Pomona police chief. “I'm sure that he remembers his dad, in uniform, and being excited about it,” Blanco says. The send-off was special but, no doubt, bittersweet. Little Greg's father should have been there for his first day of school. But back in March, 30-year-old Gregory Casillas lost his life in the line of duty — he was shot by a man barricaded in his apartment.
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LA Deputy Who Lost Leg In Crash Working To Return To Duty
Even after a horrific accident that cost him most of his leg, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Garrett Rifkin says he is optimistic and fighting to get back to work. Rifkin says "I miss everything so my goal is to go back to work full duty." On Aug. 3 Rifkin was involved in a horrible hit-and-run accident on his way to work. The other person involved didn't wait around. "I remember looking around. I remember seeing this guy get out of his car, he looked at me, he got back in his car and took off" says Rifkin. Rifkin's leg was amputated below the knee.
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Woman Set To Be Arraigned For Alleged Attack On Former LAPD Chief
A woman who allegedly threw an ashy substance at then-LAPD Chief Charlie Beck during a raucous meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission in May is set to be arraigned Friday on four misdemeanor charges. Sheila Brim, 55, was charged July 24 with one count each of assault on a public official, battery, unlawfully depositing or disposing of human remains and unlawfully throwing a substance in a place of public assemblage. Brim allegedly threw a substance toward Beck at the May 8 meeting at the Los Angeles Police Department's downtown headquarters, and some of it got onto the chief, according to LAPD spokeswoman Detective Meghan Aguilar.
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Nun, 70, Rescued In Boyle Heights After Being Robbed, Kidnapped; Suspect Arrested
A 70-year-old nun was safely rescued in Boyle Heights after being robbed and abducted at a gas station Thursday afternoon. Sometime before 4 p.m., the nun was getting gas at a 76 station at 1403 West Adams Blvd. in the Jefferson area when a man, armed with some kind of weapon, robbed her, then jumped in the backseat of her Toyota Camry and forced her to drive away, Los Angeles police said. At some point, someone called 911 with a description of the vehicle and police later spotted the Camry – with the nun and the suspect still inside — in a parking lot about five miles away, at East Washington Boulevard and South Soto Avenue in Boyle Heights.
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$50K Reward Offered For Information In South L.A. Hit-and-Run That Killed 62-Year-Old Woman
Authorities are offering a $50,000 reward for information in a South Los Angeles hit-and-run that killed a 62-year-old woman earlier this month. Joan Davis was crossing South Central Avenue at East 84th Place around 1 a.m. Aug. 2 when she was struck by a white van that did not stop, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Authorities believe she lay motionless on the street for about a minute before a hatchback-style vehicle hit her again and dragged her body for four blocks, Detective, Ryan Moreno said during a news conference Thursday. At one point the vehicle stopped and the driver checked to see what had happened.
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Encino Man Accused Of Threatening Boston Globe Employees
An Encino man was arrested Thursday for allegedly threatening to shoot Boston Globe employees in the head, echoing President Donald Trump by calling the newspaper workers an "enemy of the people." 68-year-old Robert Chain stood before Federal Judge Paul Abrams who had to determine if he should be detained or released on bail. The Encino man is accused of threatening to kill employees of the Boston Globe newspaper. That was the news organization that organized a campaign of editorials across the country to be critical of the handling of President Trumps anger at the news media.
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Coroner Seeks Help In Identifying Woman Found Dead In South L.A.
The Los Angeles County coroner's office is seeking the public's help in identifying a young woman who was found dead in South Los Angeles last month. She is thought to be African American and between 15 and 20 years old, and was discovered unresponsive near Col. Leon H. Washington Park in the Florence-Firestone area on Aug. 5, according to county officials. Authorities believe the young woman, who reportedly went by the nickname Brazil, was in Compton on Aug. 4 and traveled to South L.A. that night. She is described as 5-foot-3, around 130 pounds with long, brown curly hair and brown eyes.
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LA-Area Man Accused Of Sexual Assault On Sleeping Passenger On International Flight
A San Fernando Valley man is accused of sexually assaulting a passenger on a flight from London to Seattle earlier this year, prosecutors announced Thursday. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Babak Rezpour, 41, of Van Nuys, was on a Norwegian Air flight on Jan. 10 when he sexually assaulted the victim, who had taken a prescribed anti-anxiety medication and drank a glass of wine. “After drinking the second glass, the victim became unusually sleepy,” said U.S. Attorney Annette L. Hayes. “She awoke to find Rezapour sexually assaulting her.” Hayes says Rezapour used his jacket to conceal the alleged assault from other passengers.
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A Long Holiday Weekend Looms – So Does Stepped-Up DUI Enforcement In Southern California
The long Labor Day weekend will mark another focused effort by Southern California law enforcement agencies to crack down on drunken and impaired drivers. From Friday through Monday, all available California Highway Patrol officers will be on duty, on the lookout for motorists under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Local police agencies across the region also plan to be out in force on local streets and roads, with DUI checkpoints set in some cities. “Impaired driving remains one of our most serious traffic-related problems on our roadways today,” said CHP Commissioner Warren Stanley in the statement. Law enforcement agencies typically recommend people plan their rides home before going out and drinking.
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Border Officers Seize More Than $1.6 Million In Drugs, Arrest 10 Fugitives U.S.
Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 400 pounds of narcotics valued at over $1.6 million and arrested 10 wanted fugitives in San Diego and Imperial counties over the last weekend. The drugs were seized from Aug. 24 to Aug. 26 and included 385 pounds of methamphetamine, 20 pounds of heroin, 11 pounds of cocaine and 1,160 tramadol pills, according to a statement from the federal agency. Officers discovered the drugs hidden in doors, fuel tanks, rear bumper and quarter panels and other locations in various vehicles seized at ports of entry in the two counties.
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CA Bill Letting Uninvolved Accomplices Off Hook For Murders Goes To Brown
State legislators approved a measure Thursday that would overturn a law allowing people to be charged with murder even if they were not directly involved in a killing. SB1437 by Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, would change the state's felony murder rule that holds an accomplice in an offense such as robbery liable for a homicide that happens during the crime, regardless of whether the defendant was involved in the killing. Instead, the bill would allow a suspect to be charged with first-degree murder only if he or she was the actual killer, solicited the murder or aided the slaying in a way that showed a “reckless indifference to human life.” The bill exempts any case in which a police officer is killed.
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California Bill Would Allow Medical Pot On School Campuses
Some California parents would be allowed to give their children medical marijuana on school campuses under a bill passed Monday by the state Assembly and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown. State law has allowed minors to access medical marijuana since the 1990s but prohibits it on school campuses. That means parents have to remove their children from school or meet them off campus to give them a dose. The bill says the marijuana would have to be in non-smoking or vaping form, such as in capsules or oils, and it could only be given to students with a medical marijuana prescription.
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Public Safety News
California's Fire Season Has Brought The Heat. But Have No Fear, The Super Scoopers Are Here!
A large, colorful yellow-and-red Canadair Super Scooper arrived Thursday at the Van Nuys Airport, and reinforcements are on the way. This year marks the 25th year that the County of Los Angeles Fire Department has leased aircraft from the Government of Québec to help combat fires. “Being that California has had a fire season year-round, we just want to let the public know that we do have the equipment available to combat the fires,” Inspector Joey Marron said. The two Super Scoopers can carry 1,600 gallons of water that they pluck from local lakes and the ocean. The Erickson Air-Crane, also expected to arrive at the Van Nuys airport, can carry 2,200 gallons of water from the lakes, oceans and even pools.
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Local Government News
Lawmakers OK Bill That Penalizes L.A. For Allowing City Council Members To Block Homeless Housing
California lawmakers took aim at how the city of Los Angeles approves homeless housing projects Wednesday night. Legislators passed Assembly Bill 829, which tries to stop Los Angeles' practice of allowing City Council members to quietly block homeless housing developments in their districts prior to a formal vote. “We cannot allow one local elected official to unilaterally stop projects that will house people and address our homelessness crisis,” Assemblyman David Chiu (D-San Francisco), the bill's author, said in a statement. “Local elected officials will continue to have significant input in the planning process, but they will not have a pocket veto to deny supportive housing projects.”
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Last Call At Los Angeles Bars Could Go To 4 A.M. Under Bill Passed By California Lawmakers
California lawmakers are fighting for your right to party. Legislators signed off Thursday on a plan to allow Los Angeles, San Francisco and seven other cities to extend alcohol service at bars and restaurants from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), the author of Senate Bill 905, said the bill gives willing cities a chance to better shape their nightlife.
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Busy Stretch Of Figueroa Street In DTLA And Expo Park Gets Bike, Pedestrian Improvements
A $20 million project on Figueroa Street will bring major changes for pedestrians, bikers and drivers along 4 miles of roadway from just south of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in Exposition Park north to Seventh Street in downtown Los Angeles, transforming the thoroughfare into a "multimodal street." A ribbon-cutting for "MyFigueroa," which was funded by a Proposition 1C grant, was held Thursday at USC's Galen Center.
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California Senate Shelves High-Profile Bill That Would Hold Police More Accountable For Killing Civilians
Major legislation that would have toughened state standards for police officers to use deadly force will not advance this year. Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) announced late Wednesday that lawmakers did not have enough time to garner support for the measure to pass both houses of the Legislature by Friday's deadline. Atkins said lawmakers would resume work on the effort next year. Initially, the bill sought to make it easier to criminally prosecute officers involved in killing civilians by saying police could use deadly force only if it was necessary to prevent imminent and serious bodily injury or death. But in the face of intense law enforcement opposition, Weber scaled back the bill late last week to remove the proposed prosecution standards. By then, the measure had been parked in a Senate committee to allow for negotiations between Weber and civil rights advocates and police groups.
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2 Men Dead In Separate South LA Shootings, Suspects At Large
Two men were shot dead in separate shootings in South Los Angeles overnight Tuesday. The first shooting occurred at 11:51 p.m. Tuesday in the area of Florence and Van Ness avenues. According to Los Angeles police, officers responded to find a man dead at the scene. Family members of the victim were on scene to identify him. A woman told CBS2 the victim was her 28-year-old brother. There were witness reports of an argument prior to the killing, police said. The second shooting occurred about five miles away, at 3:12 a.m. Wednesday, at the intersection of Denver Avenue and West 120th Street in the Harbor Gateway area.
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Detectives Investigating After Fetus Found In Bathroom At Ralphs In San Fernando Valley: LAPD
Police were investigating after a fetus was found in the bathroom of a Ralphs on Burbank Boulevard Wednesday afternoon, officials said. The fetus, believed to be about 6 months into gestation, was found inside a toilet at the grocery store at 14400 Burbank Blvd., on the border of Van Nuys and Sherman Oaks, according to Los Angeles Police Sgt. Hector Guzman. The incident was reported around 3:10 p.m. after a bystander came across the fetus and called 911. Aerial footage from Sky5 showed that at least three squad cars remained on scene after 4 p.m.
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2 Hurt After Street Race Sends Lexus Careening Into FedEx Store In Studio City
Two people were injured — including a driver who escaped — after a possibly stolen car which was street racing slammed into a FedEx store in Studio City in the early morning hours Wednesday. The collision occurred at the FedEx Office Print and Ship Center located at 12101 Ventura Blvd. sometime before 3:30 a.m. Witnesses told CBS2 a Lexus was street racing with a Porsche down Ventura when the Lexus lost control, went onto the sidewalk and then crashed through the front windows of the FedEx store, which was open at the time with customers inside.
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South LA Chase: Suspect Arrested After Slow-Speed Pursuit
Los Angeles police arrested a suspect who led them on a slow-speed chase in a white pickup truck through the streets of South Los Angeles Wednesday. The chase started near Watts around 1:30 p.m., and the suspect wove through surface streets into the South LA area as multiple LAPD patrol units tailed the vehicle. The suspect was reportedly wanted on multiple charges, including assaulting a police officer. Police attempted a PIT maneuver early in the chase in an effort to stop the truck, but the maneuver was unsuccessful. Officers continued to pursue the truck at slow speeds after it drove over at least two spike strips in the area of South Central Avenue.
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1 Arrested In Attempted Burglary Of Pacoima Pot Dispensary
A would-be burglar broke into a marijuana dispensary in Pacoima but got caught Wednesday, Aug. 29. LAPD spokeswoman Officer Lizeth Lomeli said no one was injured in the burglary. Officers responded to an alarm call at 5:55 a.m. and discovered the break-in at the dispensary located near San Fernando Road and Pierce Street, according to Lomeli. They also found the suspect. “He was in the dispensary,” she said. Lomeli didn't have the suspect's name, age and city of residence.
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Crips Gang Members Arrested In Gang Sweep In LA, Inglewood, Hawthorne
An early morning gang sweep in multiple Los Angeles County cities led to 10 arrests of members of the Osage Legend Crips gang on federal narcotics-trafficking and firearms charges. Federal charges allege the defendants obtained cocaine, used a purported convenience store to convert it into crack cocaine and distributed the drugs on the streets of Inglewood and South L.A. A grand jury indictment targets key members of the 92 Osage Legend Crips (OLC), a gang that allegedly manufactured and distributed crack cocaine from the "Stop and Shop Market" at 1041 S. Prairie.
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Alleged Gang Members From Pasadena, LA, Altadena, Covina Suspected In Multiple Burglaries
Eight people suspected of being members of the same criminal street gang were arrested on suspicion of more than a dozen residential burglaries in Los Angeles and Ventura counties, and more arrests are expected, authorities announced Wednesday. In April, Ventura County sheriff's detectives investigated a series of residential burglaries in various parts of Thousand Oaks and in nearby unincorporated areas that occurred during daytime hours while residents were not home. It's believed the suspects conducted surveillance on the homes before committing the burglaries, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.
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Age To Buy Guns In California Would Rise With Brown's Signature
The California Legislature on Wednesday sent Gov. Jerry Brown a bill that would raise the age limit to purchase all guns from 18 to 21. If signed, Senate Bill 1100 would tighten gun control in a state with some of the strictest laws in the country. The law specifically bans anyone under age 21 from buying a long gun, or rifle. State law already limits hand guns sales to those 21 and over. “The two most deadly recent school tragedies have been perpetrated by people under 21 with long guns,” said Sen. Anthony Portantino, who pushed the bill. “We should be sending our children off to school knowing they are going to be safe, healthy and get a good education. ”
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Cops: Hit-and-Run Driver Slams Into Police Cruiser, Breaks Officer's Leg
An illegal getaway from a hit-and-run accident early Tuesday likely ended up in the last place a Miramar man wanted to be — crashed into a police cruiser, officers say. Anthony Shameer Ganie, 26, was arrested and posted $10,000 bond on charges including driving under the influence with serious bodily injury and property damage. The run-in began at about 3 a.m., after Miramar police dispatch were told a car crashed into a Buick at the corner of Southwest 62nd Avenue and 38th Street in Miramar, and had left the scene.
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Public Safety News
Mosquito ‘Breeding Sites' In Northridge Among Areas Targeted For West Nile Virus Prevention Efforts
Mosquito breeding sites in Northridge and surrounding neighborhoods are the target of a wider effort to prevent the spread of the potentially deadly West Nile virus in Los Angeles County, including the San Fernando Valley. Vector control district officials earlier this month identified six “chronic mosquito breeding sites” in Northridge and other northwest San Fernando Valley neighborhoods that Los Angeles city officials need to address. Those areas have large amounts of stagnant water pooling around clogged gutters and other public infrastructure, officials said.
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Statewide Emergency Alerts Bill Passes California Legislature
A bill that would create statewide standards for warning the public about wildfires, floods, earthquakes and other emergencies awaits Gov. Jerry Brown's signature after both houses of the Legislature voted unanimously to approve it this week. Senate Bill 833 was put forward by several North Coast lawmakers, including Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, after widespread public criticism about ineffective emergency notifications during last year's firestorm. The legislation passed Monday in the state Assembly and Tuesday in the state Senate.
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Local Government News
The LA City Council Approves The Icon At Panorama Development In Panorama City
The Los Angeles City Council has rejected an appeal filed by labor unions, allowing a $150-million mixed-use development in Panorama City to move forward. In a 13-0 vote, city leaders approved the project, after denying the appeal filed by the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters, Local Union 300 and the Laborers International Union of North America. They sought to challenge the redevelopment of a long-vacant Montgomery Ward department store into an urban district with more than 600 residential units, shops and restaurants. “We are very happy with the City Council's decision,” said Billy Ruvelson, principal of Beverly Hills-based the Icon Co.
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L.A. County Planners Recommend Approval Of Tejon Ranch Development
Planning officials voted Wednesday to recommend approval of the much-debated Centennial development, removing a major administrative hurdle for the proposed 19,000-home community on Tejon Ranch at the northern fringe of Los Angeles County. The Regional Planning Commission voted 4 to 1 to recommend that the county Board of Supervisors certify the project's environmental impact report and approve associated land-use plans and permits, subject to some additional conditions.
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DA: Death Penalty For Man Accused Of Killing Calif. Cop
In a rare move, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office is seeking the death penalty against a man accused of killing a Hayward police sergeant in 2015. In only the second time in her career, District Attorney Nancy O'Malley will pursue the death penalty for defendant Mark Estrada, accused of killing Sgt. Scott Lunger, 48, a Brentwood father of two. Lunger was fatally shot in the head and thigh shortly after he approached a white Chevrolet Silverado he had stopped for swerving in the roadway at 3:15 a.m. July 22, 2015, in Hayward.
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Wrong-Way Driver Who Hit New York Cops Faces 40 Criminal Charges
The career crook who rammed two police cars during on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge faces a whopping 40 criminal charges after Monday's wild, wrong-way pursuit, prosecutors said Tuesday. Peter Guarneri, 47, had three baggies of crack in his pocket and a suspended license when he tried to escape police in a stolen van on the nearly mile-long span during the afternoon rush hour, prosecutors said. Police suspected Guarneri in a string of burglaries, cops said, when he hopped into a stolen 1999 Ford Econoline van in Brooklyn and headed towards the bridge.
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Woman Fatally Shot Near Elementary School In Boyle Heights, Police Say
A woman was fatally shot and found with multiple gunshot wounds Wednesday morning in Boyle Heights, police said. Los Angeles police responded to the shooting at about 4:54 a.m. The shooting occurred near Sunrise Elementary, close to the intersection of Euclid and Whittier Boulevard. Los Angeles Unified School District officials said a unit will be sent to Sunrise Elementary to decide how to handle the school's operations.
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LAPD inspector general raises concern over officers' actions with people accused of resisting arrest
The report, presented to the Police Commission on Tuesday, examined more than 100 cases of people taken into custody and accused of resisting arrest. The inspector general's report focused on violations of California Penal Code Section 148(a)(1) — a misdemeanor covering conduct such as resisting an officer's attempts at handcuffing, fleeing from officers or refusing to provide information while detained. In two-thirds of the cases, LAPD officers acted appropriately, Inspector General Mark P. Smith wrote. But in the remaining third, the report found issues ranging from unnecessary use of a Taser, as in the homeless man's case, to lack of legal cause for stopping someone.Steve Gordon, a director of the Los Angeles Police Protective League, the union representing the LAPD's rank and file, said in a statement that officers faced with a volatile situation sometimes speak loudly or “use salty language.” “Viewing videotape from the safe confines of an office is a lot different than actually policing the dangerous streets of Los Angeles,” he said.
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Man Fatally Shot In Hyde Park Neighborhood Of South L.A.
Authorities are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the Hyde Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles late Tuesday night. The incident occurred just before midnight near the intersection of Florence and Fourth avenues. Responding officers found a victim with at least one gunshot wound to the chest, Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Perry said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. A family friend identified the victim as a man in his 30s named Derrick. Police have not confirmed the man's identity. The friend also told KTLA the victim was on his way to a vigil when he was shot.
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Multiple-Vehicle Crash Injures 3 People After Pursuit In Westchester
At least three people were injured Tuesday morning in Westchester when a suspect in a stolen vehicle tried to elude police in a short pursuit that eventually triggered a five-vehicle crash. The number of people injured and the severity of their injuries were not immediately clear, said Amy Bastman of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Police were notified at 7:36 a.m. of a pursuit on Sepulveda Boulevard, south of Manchester Avenue, which ended at 7:40 a.m. and a suspect was taken into custody, said Officer Norma Eisenman of the LAPD's Media Relations Section.
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Man Arrested After Allegedly Scamming Renters In Hollywood Area
A man is accused of scamming renters in the Hollywood area and LAPD officials are seeking more victims, officials said Tuesday. Johnny Ray Gasca was arrested in July on suspicion of numerous counts of grand theft, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Gasca allegedly posted a Craigslist advertisement for a room for rent. After collecting a security deposit and the first month's rent, Gasca allegedly told the victims that the room would not be available on the contracted date, police said.
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Search Continues For Missing 21-Year-Old Man Whose Vehicle Was Found Abandoned Near Topanga
Authorities continued their search Tuesday for a missing 21-year-old man whose vehicle was found abandoned near Topanga more than two weeks ago. Matthew Jonathan Weaver Jr. was last seen about 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 10 in the 2600 block of Stearns Street in Simi Valley. His vehicle was located the following day on the Topanga Tower Motorway, near Rosas Overlook above the Backbone Trail and Hondo Canyon areas, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. LAPD Officer Rosario Herrera told City News Service that no new information has surfaced about the whereabouts of Weaver, who is white, 5 feet 9 inches tall and about 140 pounds, with brown hair and eyes.
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California Legislators OK Bill To Expand Gun-Confiscation Law
California lawmakers approved a bill Tuesday that would allow co-workers and school personnel to petition a court to temporarily remove guns from someone they believe poses a danger. AB2888 by Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, would expand the list of people who can ask a court for a gun violence restraining order, a little-known process under which a judge can bar a person from possessing a gun for as long as a year. The law can now be used only by immediate family members, roommates and law enforcement. Under Ting's bill, teachers, principals, co-workers and employers could also ask for a gun restraining order for people they fear are a threat to themselves or others.
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California Lawmakers Want The State To Collect Data On Drivers Under The Influence Of Pot
After she was injured in a car accident allegedly caused by a driver impaired by pot, state Controller Betty Yee is backing a bill approved Monday by the Legislature that aims to begin addressing the problem of drugged driving on California roads. The measure sent to Gov. Jerry Brown would require the California Highway Patrol to report on how many motorists stopped for impaired driving are allegedly under the influence of marijuana. “It's what other states have done — like Colorado and Washington — to at least start collecting state-level data,” Yee said.
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The Jacksonville Gunman Used Pistols. So Do Most Active Shooters, According to FBI Data.
Investigators have released information on the weapons carried by the gunman who opened fire at a Florida video game tournament this weekend, killing two and leaving another nine victims with bullet wounds: He was armed with two handguns, a 9mm and a .45 caliber, both recently purchased from a licensed dealer. The fact that the assailant wielded a common semiautomatic pistol, the staple of the contemporary American firearms market, would seem to make this most recent gun rampage an outlier among the mass shootings that have elicited opposition to the assault-style rifles that have become closely associated with such attacks.
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Public Safety News
Los Angeles' Mass Alert System Needs Changes, City Controller Says
Los Angeles' mass emergency notification system is in need of a series of changes to be more effective and accessible, according to a report released Tuesday by City Controller Ron Galperin. The system, called NotifyLA, is run by the Emergency Management Department and can send immediate alerts to land lines or cell phones via a free subscription service, and can also send emails and area-specific wireless emergency alerts. Galperin said the system is inconsistently disseminated and is not fully accessible because its messages are limited to mostly English.
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Legislative Panel Advances California Utility Liability Bill
California utilities regulators would have the option of letting power companies charge their customers for some of the costs of lawsuits stemming from disastrous 2017 wildfires under legislation that will go before the Assembly and Senate this week. After weeks of meetings, a legislative conference committee advanced its final proposal to the full Legislature on Tuesday. It would allow utility ratepayers to be charged even if the utilities were found to be negligent or unreasonable in building, maintaining or operating their equipment. The provision would apply only to wildfires in 2017, which was the deadliest and most expensive fire season on record. Dozens of people were killed, and thousands of homes destroyed.
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Local Government News
The Future Of Panorama City's Icon Development Is In LA Leaders' Votes On Wednesday
The Los Angeles City Council will meet Wednesday, Aug. 29, to consider an appeal filed against a major development project in Panorama City that aims to turn a long dormant Montgomery Ward department store into a mixed-use hub with more than 600 residential units, shops and restaurants. The City Council will consider whether to deny the appeal filed by the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters and Local Union 300 and the Laborers International Union of North America. If they deny the appeal, the project — long on the books — gets the go-ahead.
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Elon Musk's Dugout Loop Would Get Fans From Hollywood To Dodger Stadium In Mere Minutes
Imagine getting from Hollywood to Dodger Stadium in a mere four minutes. That's the proposal from Elon Musk's Boring Company, which will present plans Tuesday to build a zero-emissions underground tunnel from Hollywood area to Elysian Park which would transport fans to Dodger Stadium and alleviate traffic on game days. Billed as the “Dugout Loop,” the 3.6 mile all-electric underground tunnel would run from Dodger Stadium to property owned by the Boring Company near the Vermont/Sunset, Vermont/Santa Monica or Vermont/Beverly Metro Red Line stations.
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Victim In Florida Shooting Was An LA Local
One of the fatalities has now been identified as Southern California native, Elijah Clayton. In the gaming world he was known as "True"... sometimes True-boy. In life, videos show him playing games like Madden 19 and saying things like, "My favorite part of the game is running the football." And, Elijah Clayton - often called Eli - was highly regarded in the virtual world of gaming. He had a reputation of being a guy people liked. He attended Calabasas High School in 2014, but for the three years before that he went to Chaminade College Preparatory High School where classes on this Monday started with a sober announcement on the PA system.
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Hawthorne Woman Pleads No Contest To Leading Police On Wild L.A. Chase In Stolen U-Haul Truck
A 36-year-old Hawthorne woman was sentenced to five years probation this week after pleading no contest to leading officers on a chase in Los Angeles in a stolen U-Haul truck last year, hitting three vehicles and only stopping when she slammed into a police car. Shante “Nine Lives” Johnson must serve six years in state prison if she violates her probation, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said. She must also complete a one-year residential drug-abuse and mental-health program. On Nov. 9, police spotted the stolen truck near 61st Street and Broadway and tried to pull Johnson over, but she took off. The wild chase ended shortly after she rammed a police car near 7th Street and South Central Avenue. Johnson pleaded no contest Thursday to one felony count each of evading police while driving recklessly, and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer using a car, according to the D.A.'s Office.
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Man Accused Of Serial Dining-and-Dashing, Leaving Women He Met Online To Foot Bill, Faces 10 Felony Counts: L.A. County Prosecutors
A man lambasted as the “dine-and-dash dater” after being accused of meeting women at restaurants across the Los Angeles area only to leave them with the bill pleaded not guilty to charges of theft and extortion on Monday, prosecutors said. Paul Guadalupe Gonzales, 45, allegedly connected with a string of women through dating apps and websites and invited them out to dinner between May 2016 and this April with the intent of using them as a meal ticket, the L.A. County District Attorney's Office said in a news release. He arranged dates at restaurants in Pasadena, Long Beach, Burbank and Los Angeles, where he ordered and consumed food and drinks, then disappeared before the bill had been paid, the DA's office said.
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Transient Detained After Jumping Fence At LAX, Heading Toward Plane: Officials
A man was taken into custody Monday afternoon after he hopped a fence surrounding Los Angeles International Airport, triggering a massive police response, officials stated. Witnesses said the man was acting strangely before he jumped a perimeter fence surrounding the tarmac and began heading toward a departing Delta plane. At one point, he was seen doing push-ups on a runway. Police quickly detained the man, but the ensuing investigation shut down the tarmac for a time, impacting incoming and outbound flights.
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LA Deputy Revives Baby Boy Who Wasn't Breathing Before Taking Him To Long Beach Hospital
A baby boy is hospitalized Tuesday morning in stable condition after being resuscitated by a sheriff's deputy following a traffic stop in Lakewood. Deputy Tyler Milton spotted a vehicle driving erratically on Lakewood Boulevard approaching the 91 Freeway about 10:20 p.m. Monday and initiated a traffic stop, according to Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. The vehicle stopped, and a man exited the vehicle with a 9-month-old baby boy who was not breathing, Koerner said. Deputy Milton put out a call for help and began trying to resuscitate the boy. Deputy Alissa Farrington arrived and transported Milton and the boy to a hospital, said Koerner.
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Trial Begins For Six Alleged Gang Members Charged In Three Murders
Six alleged gang members accused of killing three people for “sport” — two homeless men and a 15-year-old rival gang member — and wounding four others in a series of shootings in Lennox, Carson and Gardena in 2015 and 2016 went on trial Monday. Deputy District Attorney Heather Steggell told jurors during her opening statement that all six are charged with murder and are members of a “violent, ruthless criminal street gang” made up primarily of Pacific Islanders. Like other gangs, they commit “graffiti, robberies, burglaries, assault with deadly weapons and murder,” but the difference with this gang, Steggell said is that they “will shoot anybody.”
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Bill To Tally Untested Rape Kits Across California On Way To Gov. Brown
California would require law enforcement agencies to disclose their number of untested rape kits under a bill sent to Gov. Jerry Brown on Monday, while another bill to require speedy testing of the evidence awaits approval in the Legislature. AB3118, by Assemblyman David Chiu, D-San Francisco, would create the first statewide tally of untested rape kits — evidence collected after a sexual assault — by mandating law enforcement agencies to count and report how many they have to the Department of Justice by July 1, 2019. The bill passed the Assembly in a 57-0 vote on Monday. The Senate passed the bill 39-0 on Thursday. Brown has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto it.
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California Lawmakers Approve New Restrictions On Who Can Possess Firearms
California lawmakers on Monday approved a trio of bills that would reduce the number of people with access to firearms, including lifetime bans on owning guns for people convicted of domestic violence and individuals placed on involuntary psychiatric holds twice in a year by the courts. The three bills now head to the desk of Gov. Jerry Brown for consideration. Assemblywoman Blanca Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) proposed a lifetime gun ban on those convicted of misdemeanor domestic violence, which extends the current 10-year prohibition in state law. “We must do more to ensure the safety of our survivors of domestic violence,” Rubio told her colleagues Monday.
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Plans On Making Untraceable 3D Guns Can't Be Posted Online
A U.S. judge in Seattle blocked the Trump administration Monday from allowing a Texas company to post online plans for making untraceable 3D guns, agreeing with 19 states and the District of Columbia that such access to the plastic guns would pose a security risk. The states sued to stop an agreement that the government had reached with Austin, Texas-based Defense Distributed, saying guidelines on how to print undetectable plastic guns could be acquired by felons or terrorists. U.S. District Judge Robert Lasnik extended a temporary restraining order, and his new decision will last until the case is resolved.
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Public Safety News
Firefighters Respond To Flare-Up In Orange County Area Burned By Holy Fire
A flare-up ignited Monday and charred 150 acres in the Cleveland National Forest where the Holy fire recently burned in Orange County, prompting a renewed response from firefighters, authorities said. Fire crews were sent out to Santiago Peak near Trabuco Canyon after video from a stationary camera in the area showed flames and smoke billowing from the hillside at about 10 a.m. The Holy fire, which has burned 22,986 acres in Orange and Riverside counties since Aug. 6, was listed as being fully contained as of 9:20 a.m. Monday, according to Cal Fire. Authorities said no homes are currently threatened.
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West Nile Virus Found In Many San Fernando Valley Neighborhoods, Also Montebello And La Mirada
The West Nile virus continues to be detected in mosquitoes in the San Fernando Valley, Montebello and La Mirada, with 19 positive samples collected since early July, the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District reported Monday. The positive samples were collected in Burbank, Encino, La Mirada, Montebello, Northridge, Panorama City, Porter Ranch, Sherman Oaks, Sun Valley and Van Nuys in the period between July 3 and Aug. 16. West Nile virus is transmitted to people and animals through the bite of an infected mosquito and is a leading cause of severe infections of the nervous system among adults over 50 in Los Angeles County. There is no cure for West Nile virus.
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California Lawmakers Find Critics On Both Sides As They Unveil Effort To Help Utilities Pay Wildfire Costs
A far-reaching proposal to assist electric utility companies faced with covering billions of dollars in wildfire damage was unveiled Friday to intense debate over whether ratepayers would end up saddled with some of the bill for California's worst-ever fire year. With time running out before the California Legislature adjourns for the year, lawmakers released a plan that would allow utilities to use payments from customers to help underwrite the cost of wildfire liability. Some of the biggest wildfires since 2017 — which destroyed thousands of homes — have been caused by downed power lines, and at least one major utility has said it faces insolvency without help in covering the costs.
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Sylmar's Newest Park Isn't Huge, But For An LA That Needs More Parks, It's A Big Deal
In the middle of a park-opening ceremony, before the ribbon was even cut, 1-year-old Alina Marin took the inaugural ride down the slide at San Fernando Road Park—the newest park in Sylmar, which opened Monday. Officials said that this park represents a larger effort by the city of Los Angeles to increase the number of recreation areas in historically park-poor neighborhoods, like Sylmar. “As we continue to build housing, we need to create the open space that allows families to come out and recreate, and have healthy lifestyles,” said Los Angeles City Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who represents the city's 7th District.
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Metrolink Offers Special Weekend Trains During LA County Fair
Metrolink will offer special weekend trains to take visitors to the Los Angeles County Fair, it was announced Tuesday. Metrolink San Bernardino Line trains will take passengers to the Fairplex Station in Pomona, then provide a free shuttle to take visitors to the front gate of the Fair for a cost of $10 per round trip, according to a statement from Metrolink. The service will be offered each of the four weekends of the Fair, beginning this Saturday and includes Labor Day, Monday, Sept. 3, the statement said. The Fair is scheduled for Aug. 31 to Sept. 23.
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Law Enforcement News
2 Shot, Wounded Outside South LA House Party
Two people were shot and wounded outside of a house party in South Los Angeles Saturday night, Los Angeles police said. The shooting happened about 7 p.m. outside the home near 92nd Street and Compton Avenue. The two wounded people were transported to a nearby hospital. Their conditions are unknown. The suspects involved are believed to be outstanding. A description of them was not immediately released. It's unknown if the shooting is gang related.
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The Police Commission Killed Elizabeth Tollison
Cops rarely kill anyone. Over 90 percent of them won't fire their guns on the street during their careers. Members of the Los Angeles Board of Police Commissioners never use deadly force. These politically connected civilians set LAPD policy, but they aren't cops and they don't carry guns. But, make no mistake about it: The Police Commission killed Elizabeth Tollison. In 2017, the commission passed a major change to the LAPD's Use of Force policy. It prioritized retreat and words to de-escalate situations over force to decisively resolve them. That the policy was not written with the safety of the community or cops in mind was obvious from the start. When then-Commission President Matt Johnson, an entertainment industry attorney, began pushing to reform the old use of force policy, he penned a lengthy article for a South Los Angeles newspaper. It had many pontifications and promises about changing the LAPD. But, among its 1,571 words (double the length of this column) “safety,” “threat,” “risk” and “self-defense” never appeared.
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California Lawmakers Significantly Scale Back Bill To Hold Police More Accountable For Killing Civilians
California lawmakers and civil rights advocates have significantly scaled back legislation aimed at holding police more accountable for killing civilians. Under changes announced Friday, Assembly Bill 931 would no longer make it easier under state law for prosecutors to criminally charge officers if they use deadly force. Instead, the measure now seeks to toughen internal police policies across California, which would allow for departments to discipline officers and face civil lawsuits if new use-of-force standards are violated. Weber said in her statement that she did not receive substantive proposals from law enforcement groups indicating changes to the bill they would find acceptable. But unions representing rank-and-file officers in Los Angeles and across the state and the California Police Chiefs Assn. released a proposal they said would increase departmental standards for deescalating potentially violent encounters between officers and the public, among other changes. “Once again, Dr. Weber, the ACLU and other anti-police fringe groups are choosing to push falsehoods to the media as opposed to having a fact-based discussion about the dire implications of their proposals, proposals that will undermine the safety of law enforcement professionals and the public across California,” said a statement from the board of directors of the Los Angeles Police Protective League.
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Garcetti Proposes Changes To DROP Program To Stop System Abuse
The DROP program was intended to keep experienced personnel at the LAPD, but after reports that some officers were collecting benefits and then going on sick leave, Mayor Eric Garcetti decided it was time for a change. "It did not make sense that people could both take medical leave and be paid at the same time it's either or," Garcetti said. The police union said the program now will stop any abuses. Jaretta Sandoz, with the Los Angeles Police Protective League, said it will be more transparent. "It ensures that the process and the DROP remains as a benefit to police and fire and ensures that there's more transparency and there's no abuses to the system," she said.
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Body Cam Video Released Of Wild Officer-Involved Shooting
As part of their continuing effort to have more transparency, the LAPD released another body cam video Friday of an officer-involved shooting. This incident occurred in Lake Balboa on July 7. LAPD cameras were rolling on July 7th, when a woman called for help saying her son was drunk, suicidal and left home with a gun. Surveillance video shows Christopher Terry, 28, walking in an alley, with the gun in hand. He later sits against a wall. Officers' talked with Terry on the phone and tried to get him to calm down and put the gun down. “Okay, I understand the light is irritating you, but we can't see the gun and we don't want you to touch the gun, okay? That's all we are worried about,” one officer is heard saying. Terry told the officers the gun was on his left side, but the officers said they didn't see it. Police said he fired at them and they fired back.
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Nick Young Arrested For Obstruction During Traffic Stop In Hollywood, LAPD Says
Former Laker Nick Young was arrested for alleged obstruction and delaying a police investigation Friday evening during a routine traffic stop in Hollywood, the LAPD said. Young, a USC alum who won an NBA championship with the Golden State Warriors last season, was pulled over by officers about 11:45 p.m. near the intersection of Hollywood and Cahuenga boulevards, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Officer Mike Lopez, an LAPD spokesman, said the traffic stop was prompted by an expired vehicle registration and illegal window tint. Lopez said the 33-year-old Young was uncooperative and at one point ordered out of his vehicle and handcuffed to "de-escalate the situation."
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Search Continues For Man Missing 17 Days
The search continued Monday for a 21-year-old man missing 17 days whose vehicle was found abandoned near Topanga. Matthew Jonathan Weaver Jr. was last seen about 9:30 p.m. on Aug. 10 in the 2600 block of Stearns Street in Simi Valley. His vehicle was located the following day on the Topanga Tower Motorway, near Rosas Overlook above the Backbone Trail and Hondo Canyon areas, the Los Angeles Police Department said. No new information has developed about Weaver's whereabouts, LAPD Officer Rosario Herrera told City News Service. The LAPD's search for the missing man continues unabated.
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2 Suspects Break Into LA Home Of Rapper Wiz Khalifa
Two male suspects attempted to break into the Sherman Oaks area home of rapper Wiz Khalifa early Saturday morning while he was not there. Los Angeles police told CBS2 the burglary attempt occurred at about 4:45 a.m. in the 14400 block of Mulholland Drive. According to police, a house sitter was awakened by the sound of broken glass. When he went downstairs, he found two suspects inside. The suspects saw him and fled, police said. Nothing was stolen and there were no injuries. There was no immediate description of the suspects. Khalifa was not home at the time. There have been a slew of celebrity home burglaries over the past few years.
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Los Angeles Man Suspected In Theft Of 800 Pounds Of Lemons From Coachella Valley Farm
A 69-year-old man was arrested in Thermal for possessing hundreds of pounds of lemons allegedly stolen from a nearby farm, a sheriff's sergeant said Saturday. Dionicio Fierros of Los Angeles was pulled over at 9:45 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Grapefruit Boulevard and Pierce Street and was arrested when deputies found 800 pounds of freshly picked lemons in his vehicle that sheriff's officials said were stolen. The arrest was part of a larger ongoing investigation into agriculture theft in the Coachella Valley, Riverside Country Sheriff's Sgt. Chris Frederick said. Fierros was booked into the Indio Jail and was released after posting $10,000 bail.
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Off-Duty Michigan Officer Fatally Shot
Police in St. Clair County are grieving the loss of a fellow officer after he was fatally shot and two others injured early Friday. A suspect is in custody. "This is a tragic loss for the Port Huron Police Department, Lt. (Joel) Wood was a great officer. He spent 23 years with our department in a capacity, starting his career as a police cadet," Port Huron Police Chief Joseph Platzer said. The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office and the Port Huron Police Department said at a news conference Friday, Aug. 24, in Port Huron that they have the suspect in custody in connection with the death of the 45-year-old Wood, a resident of Greenwood Township who was off duty at the time.
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Shooting At Florida Video Game Tournament: 3 Dead Including Suspect
A gunman opened fire Sunday at an online video game tournament as it was being livestreamed from a Florida mall, killing two people and then fatally shooting himself in an attack that sent several others to hospitals, authorities said. Jacksonville Sheriff Mike Williams said authorities believe 24-year-old David Katz of Baltimore carried out the attack using at least one handgun at the Jacksonville Landing, a collection of restaurants and shops along the St. Johns River. He said the man died from a self-inflicted gunshot, adding authorities were still making final confirmation of his identity with the FBI assisting them in Baltimore. Nine other people were wounded by gunfire and all were in stable condition Sunday evening after going to hospitals, Williams said. He added that two others were hurt as people sought to flee the gunfire in the panic and chaos that ensued.
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There Has Been An Outbreak Of Camera Store Burglaries In The U.S. Since 2016. Are They Connected?
With ninja-like precision, a team of thieves ransacked the Pro Photo Connection store in Irvine on May 11 stealing about $160,000 in cameras and equipment in less than 26 minutes. The thieves (a security video shows four and possibly five suspects with one suspect directing the others) cut a hole in the roof, cut the alarm, hauled merchandise out of the store in large cardboard boxes and kicked in the store owner's office door. They wore baseball-type caps and hoodies with painter's masks. They drove off in a white van. They were so focused on Nikon and Canon cameras, they didn't touch store owner Jan Oldfield's collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia – Elvis dolls, puzzles, cookbooks, a Christmas hat and other figurines – that she keeps in her office.
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2 Adults, 2 Children Injured In Van Nuys Apartment Fire
Four people, including two children, were injured in a fire inside an apartment in Van Nuys early Sunday morning, officials said. More than 30 firefighters responded at 12:45 a.m. to the two-story apartment building off Woodley Avenue, according to an alert from the Los Angeles Fire Department. Crews were able to quickly put out the fire located inside a unit on the second floor, the alert stated. Paramedics transported two adults and two children to a local hospital. All four were in fair condition, according to the Fire Department. It was not immediately known if anyone was displaced by the flames. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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An LA City Councilman Wants Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, To Explain ‘Throttling' Of Public Safety Departments During Emergencies
A Los Angeles city councilman said Friday he wants representatives of the country's major mobile data carriers to appear before the council and explain their policies on “throttling” public safety departments during emergencies. The move comes in response to complaints by the Santa Clara Fire Department, which reported a slowdown in Verizon data service earlier this month while the agency was fighting the Mendocino Complex fire. Santa Clara County Fire Chief Anthony Bowden detailed the experience as part of a lawsuit filed recently by 22 states and the District of Columbia that challenges the Federal Communications Commission's repeal of net neutrality rules, which prevented internet service providers from purposely slowing the data or “throttling” customers and discriminating against or favoring certain Internet traffic.
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Verizon Lifts First Responders' Data Restrictions After Criticism Of Slowing Service To Firefighters In California
Verizon Wireless on Friday said it will immediately stop imposing data speed restrictions on first responders throughout the West Coast and Hawaii after facing intense criticism for reducing service to firefighters battling California's largest-ever wildfire. The telecommunication giant also said it will move forward in the coming weeks on a plan that will feature unlimited data without restrictions for public safety officials. The announcement comes in a summer of epic fires in California and as Hawaii is grappling with torrential rainfall, flooding and power outages stemming from Hurricane Lane.
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Los Angeles Takes Another Step Toward Homeless Housing
A hotel on the edge of Skid Row will now be home to people who may have been on the streets. The Healthy Housing Foundation has been repurposing hotels since the fall. They criticize the city for not keeping step especially after the passage of measure HHH, taxpayer money to help build new housing. The hotel is the fourth property bought by the nonprofit group Healthy Housing Foundation, nearly 600 rooms now available. They ask why the city doesn't do the same. "This keeps me off the streets," said Tony Gilfort, who lives at the Baltimore Hotel near Skid Row.
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Building A Vast New City On L.A.'s Northern Edges: A Solution For Region's Housing Crunch?
Up near the top of the Grapevine, where Los Angeles and Kern counties meet, sits the largest contiguous expanse of privately owned land in California. Sprawling grasslands sprout native and non-native species. Joshua trees with spiky branches clump together. At higher elevations, oak and pine forests blanket hillsides in a thick, green velvet, providing a home to deer, black bears and elk. Tejon Ranch, a 270,000-acre plot, is one of the last frontiers of relatively undeveloped space in the Los Angeles region. That may soon change. After years of planning and debate, as well as real estate busts and booms, the Centennial development is set to come before L.A. County's Regional Planning Commission for possible final consideration Wednesday. It will later be taken up by the Board of Supervisors.
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