Danger! Fire Warnings Come with LACo Heat Wave

Summer may be over, but Mother Nature will turn up the heat in parts of the Southland Tuesday, with “dangerously hot temperatures” possible in some areas, along with increased risk of wildfires. Forecasters said temperatures will increase Tuesday and again Wednesday, leading to the potentially dangerous weather conditions over that span before a cool-down begins […]

Six Arrests in Carjacking, Burglary, Pursuit Case in Long Beach

A carjacking and pharmacy burglary Monday led to a police chase that came to an end at the Long Beach International Gateway Bridge, where six suspects were arrested and five were being sought. The series of events began about 3:25 a.m. when a suspect carjacked a vehicle — a Mercedes SUV — with a passenger […]

VP Harris Raises $28M at DTLA Fundraiser

Vice President Kamala Harris was back on the job Monday, following a weekend campaign fundraiser in downtown Los Angeles that raised $28 million. The Los Angeles event Sunday afternoon followed a Saturday fundraiser that raised $27 million, according to her campaign. At the Los Angeles gathering, Harris reiterated many of the things she said at […]

Synagogue Shooter Sentenced 35 in Prison

A former Riverside resident who shot two Jewish men after they left synagogues in the Pico-Robertson district last year less than 24 hours apart was sentenced Monday to 35 years in federal prison. Jaime Tran, 30, pleaded guilty in June in downtown Los Angeles to all charges against him: two counts of hate crimes with […]

Senior Man Arrested for Fatal DUI Collision with Cyclist

A 68-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of an alcohol-fueled, hit-and-run fatal collision with a bicyclist in Huntington Beach. Elias Madriz Gutierrez of Orange was booked on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol causing great bodily injury and second-degree murder, according to Huntington Beach police. Gutierrez is accused of hitting 51-year-old transient […]

Pedestrian Fatally Hit at Crosswalk in Jefferson Park

A 34-year-old man was killed by a hit-and-run motorist while walking inside a crosswalk at a Jefferson Park intersection, authorities said Monday. The man was walking northbound across Adams Boulevard at Gramercy Place on Sunday when an eastbound vehicle struck him and kept going, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s […]

Senior Unhoused Man ID’d After Compton Shooting

A 64-year-old homeless man was shot to death Monday in Compton. The shooting was reported at 12:09 a.m. in the 1500 block of North Wilmington Avenue, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Tracy Koerner told City News Service. The man was taken by ambulance to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, Koerner said. He […]

Boxer Mylik Birdsong Fatally Wounded in Gramercy Park

Professional boxer Mylik Birdsong was fatally wounded while trying to run from two assailants in a Gramercy Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, and the investigation was continuing Monday. The shooting occurred at 4:50 p.m. Sunday in the 1600 block of West 87th Street at Denker Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. According to […]

Metrolink Security Guard Stabbing Suspect Apprehended

A security guard aboard a Metrolink train was stabbed and Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies took a suspect into custody, authorities said Monday. The stabbing was reported at 9:57 p.m. Sunday at the Vincent Grade train station in Acton, according to Deputy Tracy Koerner. The security guard intervened when the suspect was trying to […]

Missing Pico Rivera Man Found

A 33-year-old man with an unspecified mental health disorder and who was reported missing in the Pico Rivera area has been found, authorities announced Monday. Kelvin Nilseen Lara was last seen near the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Crossway Drive around 11:10 p.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He has since […]

OC CEO Selling Unapproved Stem Cell Products Sentenced 3 Years

An Orange County man who ran a company that marketed unapproved stem cell-based products linked to multiple hospitalizations was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison. John Kosolcharoen, 53, of Rancho Santa Margarita pleaded guilty last month to one federal count of introducing an unapproved new drug into interstate commerce with the intent to […]