Felon arrested for DUI, firearm possession, and drug sales in north Orange County
Over the weekend, La Habra Police Departmentt’s Watch 4 Patrol Officers made a significant arrest after a proactive investigation led them to a driver suspected of DUI, felon in possession of a firearm, and narcotics sales. He was pulled over while driving a white Nissan Sentra. The incident highlights...
Authorities identify woman shot and killed through bedroom window in South LA
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has identified a 20-year-old woman who died after being shot through her bedroom window while she was sleeping in South Los Angeles early Sunday. The incident happened in the 400 block of West 103rd Street in the Vermont Vista neighborhood at around 3:30 p.m.,...
Emergency Funds Drain: Residents Ask if Long Beach City Hall Is the Real Disaster
The City of Long Beach plans to use $27 million in reserve funds, including $16.5 million from its emergency reserve used for natural disasters, to cover a major budget shortfall before the fiscal year ends on Sept. 30. City officials say tax revenue has fallen while costs continue to rise....
State Sues 5 California Cities for Failing to Comply with Housing Law
California is suing five cities for repeatedly failing to plan for their share of housing, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced. KTLA reported that Attorney General Rob Bonta and the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) filed lawsuits against Calexico, Costa Mesa, Half Moon Bay, Ridgecrest, and Turlo
Rhode Island fugitive captured after 20 years was running biotech company in LA
A Rhode Island fugitive physician who was recently captured after being on the run for more than two decades had been living in Los Angeles, where he ran a biotech company, law enforcement sources confirmed. Investigators said Dr. Ronald Fischer was accused of raping a woman on his boat, named...
More Than $400K In Stolen Cargo Recovered In Valencia, Four Glendale Men Arrested
Four Glendale men were arrested Friday after Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputies recovered more than $400,000 worth of stolen cargo in Valencia, according to sheriff’s officials. On Friday, July 17, deputies assigned to the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station were notified by detectives with the
Ex-LASD deputy sentenced to prison for submitting false search warrant application
A former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LASD) deputy was sentenced today to 12 months in federal prison for submitting a false search warrant application to a state court judge, lying that he needed GPS tracking information for a robbery suspect’s cell phone when in fact it was for a private client’s estrange
L.A. deputies shoot pit bull to death to stop ‘vicious’ dog attack
Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department shot a vicious pit bull to death as it was attacking a man at a Lancaster home Monday, authorities said. Deputies were called to a dog attack on the 43200 block of 20th Street West at 9:53 a.m. The attack was still happening when deputies arrived. “Deputies […]
Santa Clarita Business Closures Follow A Predictable Pattern This Year
Storefronts along familiar corridors in Santa Clarita have looked a little emptier lately. A Walgreens here, a shuttered service counter there, and news that the Chiquita Canyon Landfill stopped accepting waste earlier this year have all fed a sense that something structural is happening to the local commercial landsca
Homelessness rises in Long Beach for second year in a row
Despite hundreds of millions of dollars spent to curb homelessness, the number of people without a home in Long Beach rose for the second year in a row — with a larger spike for people who are “chronically homeless” and typically most difficult to keep in permanent housing, officials announced Monday. It’s a reversal
