Minnesota man will stand trial in murder of woman stuffed in refrigerator
LOS ANGELES (CN) — A man from Minnesota will stand trial for the grisly murder of a woman whose body was found stuffed inside a refrigerator in her downtown Los Angeles apartment in 2023. After a four-day preliminary hearing, LA County Superior Court Judge Drew Edwards found prosecutors had...
Two SoCal Men Hit with Federal Charges in Separate Homeless Housing Fraud Cases
CALIFORNIA – The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced October 16 the arrest of a former chief financial officer of a downtown Los Angeles affordable housing developer. They also filed criminal charges against a Brentwood man accused of defrauding lenders to support his property-flipping business, including the...
Citing fire risk, Malibu wants to arrest homeless people who refuse to stop camping...
LOS ANGELES - On Monday morning, a homeless man sat in front of the county courthouse in Malibu, where he sleeps each night. In front of him was a small, green propane tank affixed with a torch, which he said he uses to cook and form wood pipes for tobacco and cannabis.
Organized crime rings drive street takeovers by using kids to steal cars for wild...
Street takeovers organized on social media involve stolen high-performance cars, with thieves targeting luxury vehicles and using new technology to steal them.
Suspect arrested, accused of fatally shooting man in Long Beach
A suspect was arrested in connection with the deadly shooting of a man in Long Beach. The suspect was identified as Jose Garcia-Linares, 25, according to the Long Beach Police Department. On Oct. 12, police responded to a shooting on the 200 block of Falcon Avenue shortly before 1:30 a.m. Officers found the victim,...
‘Postal Malone’ arrested in Irvine package theft
Police said they “had some help” catching a suspected package thief in Orange County, affectionately known as “Postal Malone.” “Things are ‘Better Now’ that Jacob Daniel Rodriguez, 45, of Santa Ana, has been arrested for burglary,” the Irvine Police Department posted on Instagram Thursday afternoon. Rodriguez, who...
Man fatally shoots woman inside La Habra restaurant before shooting himself, police say
Police say that the man and woman were in a romantic relationship before the shooting.
2 victims swarmed by robbers in broad daylight in Long Beach
Surveillance cameras captured the moment two men were swarmed by a group of robbers in broad daylight in an upscale Long Beach neighborhood. On Oct. 12, the victims were on the sidewalk of a residential neighborhood on the 220 block of Granada Avenue in Belmont Shore around 5:30 p.m. when the suspects, all dressed in...
16-Year Old Boy Fatally Shot in North Hollywood Identified
NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CNS) – A 16-year-old who was shot to death near East Valley High School in North Hollywood was identified by county authorities today. The County of Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner identified Danny Lopez as the victim of the shooting. The shooting occurred just after 9...
Black and Latino children in LA still hit hardest by asthma, new report shows
Subscribe to LA Public Press to get stories like this in your inbox every week. Metro LA, South LA, and the South Bay are among communities hit the hardest. Advocates said the findings are “not surprising.”
