Suspect Arrested, Held on $4 Million Bail After Hit and Run Kills Toddler and...
PLAYA DEL REY - A Canyon Country man has been arrested less than a week after police say he fled a fatal Playa del Rey hit-and-run collision that killed a 1-year-old boy and his 25-year-old uncle. The Los Angeles Police Department identified the suspected driver Thursday as 28-year-old Moises Rodriguezleiva. According to Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department...
Authorities ID Woman Killed in 110 Freeway Crash
A 23-year-old woman who was killed in a multi-vehicle collision on the Harbor (110) Freeway in downtown Los Angeles was identified, county authorities announced Thursday. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office determined the victim was Angie Guardado. The collision occurred at 11:53 p.m. Sunday on the southbound freeway...
Popular Hollywood hamburger destination is closing its doors
A popular hamburger destination inside Hollywood’s Roosevelt Hotel announced that it’s closing its doors for good. 25 Degrees posted the news on its Instagram page Wednesday, attributing the abrupt closure to the increasing difficulty hotel restaurants face to operate sustainably. “Rising costs, new regulations, and decisions made at the City Council level made it harder […]
Man Killed by Gold Line Train in Highland Park
A man in his 60s was struck and killed by a Metro Gold Line train in Highland Park on Thursday morning, turning a rush-hour commute into a crime scene at a busy neighborhood crossing. The collision happened on the 100 block of North Avenue 61, where the man was pronounced...
Homeless services contractor sues Long Beach, alleging city bilked it out of $1.1 million
City officials said there were problems with invoices. The nonprofit alleges they're manufacturing an excuse not to pay.
South LA Parks Scorching, County Leaders Meet at Magic Johnson Park
County leaders met at Earvin 'Magic' Johnson Park earlier this week with a stark message on the table: not all green space in Los Angeles County is actually cool. A new University of California, Irvine study has found striking temperature gaps between parks, with some South L.A. playground surfaces so hot they can cause pain, pushing officials to talk shade, trees and field redesigns...
Push to limit traffic stops passes City Council — but LAPD policy not changing...
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted in favor of new restrictions on so-called "pretextual" traffic stops, signaling a growing impatience with the Police Commission's failure to rein in a controversial LAPD tactic that critics say enables racial discrimination. The vote requests that the department's all-civilian watchdog adopt new...
Feds seize $10M worth of fentanyl, arrest 18 in MacArthur Park drug raid
LOS ANGELES - Two people suspected of being the main suppliers of the fentanyl and methamphetamine plaguing MacArthur Park landed behind bars Wednesday as federal officials rounded up more than a dozen individuals linked to an open-air drug market there. Eighteen of the 25 people facing a federal drug trafficking...
Good Samaritan who helped lost woman honored
Hatzolah of Los Angeles presented a $25,000 reward on May 5 to a good Samaritan who helped locate missing woman. Representatives of Hatzolah were joined at the ceremony by Los Angeles City Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, 5th District. Jeanne Rus Litvin, 78, went missing on April 15. She was last seen...
Pair accused of stealing $600K worth of tools from Home Depot, selling them at...
LOS ANGELES (Gray News) — Officials in California said two people were arrested for allegedly stealing tools worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from Home Depot and reselling them at a swap meet for profit. California Highway Patrol said the arrests came after an extensive investigation. Officials said the...
