Off-Duty Deputy Killed In Three-Way Crash
A 21-year-old off-duty Los Angeles deputy, Daniel Valencia Chavira, tragically died after being seriously injured in a three-way crash. He had served a little over a year for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department LASD. According to a statement shared with PEOPLE, the LASD detailed that Chavira was off...
CHP, Local Law Enforcement Begin Memorial Weekend Enforcement
California Highway Patrol officers began a maximum enforcement period Friday evening in an attempt to crack down on drunken and unsafe driving across Southern California as part of a statewide push to keep roads safe through Memorial Day. The effort began at 6 p.m. Friday and will run through 11:59...
Man shot at, out $20,000 after LA ambush attack
A man who thought was going on a date got shot at and is out $20,000 after an ambush attack and robbery in Los Angeles' Westlake neighborhood.
Loved ones search for missing 14-year-old in Los Angeles County
Deputies and loved ones are asking for the community’s help to find and bring home a missing teenager who was last seen Friday morning in the city of Commerce. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the boy, Nataniel Stanislaw Pomagalski, was last seen around 8:30 a.m. on May 9 on the 6100 block of […]
Music exec pleads guilty to violating Kingpin Act
LOS ANGELES – A Latin music company consultant from West Hollywood pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to do business with a Guadalajara- based concert promoter with ties to Mexican drug syndicates. Luca Scalisi, 58, the last remaining defendant in the Del Entertainment criminal case, entered a plea in downtown...
One daughter’s mission to honor veterans and heal generations on the Eastside
When East L.A. native and author Julie Sands’ father returned from the Vietnam War in 1968, he was not the same man who had left. Sands explained that while many veterans come home and “get a job, resume their married life and have children,” it’s not always that simple.
Landfill closure prompts new trash rate
For months last year, Chiquita Canyon Landfill officials forewarned of cost increases if the ongoing environmental crisis there forced it to close. Then on Jan. 1, they abruptly closed the facility. In the months since, Santa Clarita has been working with Burrtec, its waste-management provider for residential...
A Pizzeria and Two More Eateries in LA was Found Violating the Health Code
The Public Health Department of the County of Los Angeles temporarily closed three restaurants after major violations of the food code were found. The permits for the restaurants have been suspended and will be reinstated after the violations are resolved and the reinspection is completed. Please note that the...
Final approval given for wage increase for LA hotel, airport workers
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council gave final approval to a new ordinance that will significantly raise the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers in the city. The council gave initial approval to the measure earlier this month on a 12-3 vote. The final vote Friday was 8-3, with Monica Rodriguez, Traci...
MS-13 gangsters in LA killed member who was FBI informant, feds say
LOS ANGELES — Herlyn Barrientos wasn’t happy to run into a fellow member of his gang in the produce section of his local grocery store. A burly man with tattoos inked on his head and face, Barrientos was from MS-13, a group notorious for savage killings. Federal prosecutors alleged the Honduran national, nicknamed...
