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Fact Check: Posts claim man once jumped into LA’s tar pits to save dog....

In June 1951, a man really did jump into the La Brea Tar Pits in an attempt to rescue a dog. This alleged photo of him is miscaptioned.
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Pickup Truck Strikes, Kills Man in Wheelchair in DTLA

A man in a wheelchair was killed Monday when he was struck by a pickup truck in downtown Los Angeles. The crash occurred around 2 a.m. at Hill and Fifth streets, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman. The 50-year-old man was crossing Hill Street when he was struck...
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Range Rover yanked from LA mansion in shocking $ fraud probe

Federal agents rolling a luxury Range Rover out of a manicured Los Angeles driveway have become the defining image of a widening fraud scandal that reaches from South Los Angeles shelters to a Westwood mansion. Prosecutors say the man behind the wheel of that lifestyle, charity executive Alexander Soofer, diverted...
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Alleged Homeless Funding Fraud Climbs Past $50 Million as City Faces Contempt Threat

LOS ANGELES - At least $50 million in taxpayer funds meant for homelessness programs has now been allegedly stolen across a growing string of federal cases - with the latest arrest targeting another questionable city-funded nonprofit contractor. Abundant Blessings executive director Alexander Soofer was arrested on a...
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Missing California Woman, 43, Found Safe 6 Months After Family Raised Concerns About Her...

Monica Quinn has been safely located, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Jan. 24
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Child gets airlifted after bike incident

At least one child was transported by helicopter after reportedly getting hit by a dirt bike on Pettinger Canyon Road and Haskell Canyon Road on Sunday afternoon, according to radio dispatch traffic. PulsePoint confirmed that Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel received the call around 3:17 p.m. and...
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Suspect arrested for allegedly stabbing, running over man in Orange County

A 27-year-old man accused of stabbing another man and then running him over in Orange County Sunday night was arrested after crashing a few miles away, police said. Fullerton police were called to Euclid Street and Baker Avenue shortly before 9 p.m. after witnesses reported the attack, a department spokesperson said....
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Investigation underway in Fullerton after man found dead on street

Police said that a man was found dead in the roadway near Euclid Street and Baker Avenue in Fullerton at around 9 p.m.
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As LA maternity wards close, patients are giving birth in ERs: ‘There’s no system...

This story was produced in partnership with the investigative reporting program at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Sigita Cahoon’s 16 September 2024 marathon stretched through the night. From 3am to 6am, she bolted among three rooms in the Los Angeles general...
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It was just bloody’: Firefighter accused of wielding an axe to bludgeon wife to...

Andrew Jimenez, a 45-year-old Glendale firefighter and paramedic, faces murder charges for bludgeoning his wife, Mayra Jimenez, 55, to death with an ax at their North Hollywood home on Satsuma Avenue. Incident Timeline. Early Wednesday, January 21, 2026, around 4 a.m., Jimenez walked into an LAPD station in Glassell...

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