Council President Krekorian Reprimands Burbank PD After Video of Releasing Unhoused Man Experiencing Mental Health Crisis

Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian was demanding answers Friday from Burbank officials after his office acquired a video showing a pair of uniformed officers emerge from a Burbank police car as they dropped off in a neighboring city a homeless man in need of aid. “We have known for years that neighboring cities […]

Trump to Attend Fundraisers in Beverly Hills, Newport Beach

More than a week after he was convicted of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records, former President Donald Trump is scheduled to attend a campaign fundraiser in Beverly Hills Friday, followed by another event in Newport Beach on Saturday. The Trump campaign has said it received a spike of nearly $35 million in donations […]

Former Deputy Pleads No Contest to Abuse Charges

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy pleaded no contest Friday to sex-related offenses involving four girls and was immediately sentenced to 40 years in state prison and ordered to register as a sex offender. Sean Essex — who was a sheriff’s deputy for 22 years before his April 2022 arrest — pleaded no contest […]

LA Man Sentenced 14 Years for Acting As Robbery Lookout

A Los Angeles man was sentenced Friday to nearly 14 years behind bars for acting as a lookout in the robbery of an armored truck that netted the culprits more than $160,000 in cash and during which a handgun was fired. James Russell Davis, 35, of the West Adams neighborhood of Los Angeles, was sentenced […]

Ex-Chinatown Bank Exec Sentenced 3 Years for Embezzlement

A former downtown Los Angeles bank executive was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for embezzling more than $700,000 of his employer’s funds. Sammy Sims, 61, of West Covina, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Maame Ewusi-Mensah Frimpong, who also ordered him to pay $306,849 in restitution, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The […]

Motel to Pay $100K to Daughter of One of Two El Monte Officers Killed

Although a judge previously dismissed most of a consolidated lawsuit brought by relatives of two El Monte police officers fatally shot by a felon in 2022, Friday she approved a $100,000 tentative settlement involving the minor daughter of one officer with the owners of the motel where the shootings occurred. In her previous ruling, Los […]

Dept. of Public Health Encourages `Common-Sense Precautions’ During COVID Surge

Acknowledging small increases in COVID-19 case data over the past month, Los Angeles County health officials Friday urged residents to again take “common-sense precautions” to limit the spread of the virus and avoid another summer surge in infections. COVID cases and hospitalizations have spiked upward the past three summers as people take advantage of warmer […]

El Monte Police Save Choking 8-Year-Old Boy

El Monte police officers saved the life of an 8-year-old boy who was choking on a piece of candy this week, with officials Friday crediting the use of a device designed to help remove obstructions from people’s airways. According to the El Monte Police Department, Officers Raul Vega and Dennis Chiu and Cpl. Carlos Tello […]

Man Sentenced 50-to-Life for Pregnant Woman’s Murder in Long Beach

A Long Beach man was sentenced Friday to 50 years to life in prison for the shooting death of a woman who was newly pregnant with a baby believed to be his child. Tremaine Lewis, now 33, was convicted May 15 of first-degree murder for the killing of Alicia Faith Todd, 21, in Long Beach […]

LAFD Announces May Firefighter of the Month, Slater Davies

The Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation Friday announced Slater Davies as its May firefighter of the month. Davies, a firefighter-paramedic at LAFD Fire Station 64 in Watts, has seen incidents including people jumping off the 110 Freeway interchange and surviving and Metro rail rescues. “You’d be surprised at how resilient the human body can be,” […]

State Bar Files Charge Against Attorney in DWP Billing Scandal

A new disciplinary charge has been filed by the State Bar of California against a Tarzana attorney linked to litigation related to the botched rollout of a Department of Water and Power billing system in 2013, it was announced Friday. Michael J. Libman was originally the attorney for a class of DWP ratepayers in a […]