Fatal Shooting at Cudahy Circle K

A man was fatally shot Friday inside the Cudahy convenience store where he worked. Deputies were called at 4:50 a.m. to the Circle K store in the 5000 block of Clara Street and Wilcox Avenue where they found the victim inside, said homicide Lt. Patricia Thomas. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Police […]

Home Confinement for Woman Who Helped Traffic Drugs Through SoCal Airports

A woman who recruited couriers to smuggle large quantities of fentanyl and heroin through three Southern California airports was sentenced Friday to a 36-month term of home confinement. Chavon “Amber” Sayles, 31, of Chino, pleaded guilty in November to one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. A […]

Traci Park Seeks to Block Demolition of Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood Home

Los Angeles City Councilwoman Traci Park will introduce a motion Friday hoping to save Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood home from demolition by having it declared a historic-cultural monument. The owners of the 1920-era home, which Monroe purchased in the early 1960s and where the actress died of an overdose in 1962 at age 36, are planning […]

Ashton Kutcher, Mila Kunis Wrote Letters in Support of Danny Masterson

Actors Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis wrote letters to a judge indicating they considered fellow “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson a “role model” before he was sentenced Thursday to 30 years to life in state prison for raping two women at his Hollywood Hills home about two decades ago. Kutcher wrote in a letter […]

Fire Crews Put Out Apartment Fire in Koreatown

Fire crews put out a blaze Friday at a four-story apartment building across from the Robert F. Kennedy Community Schools in Koreatown. According to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange, firefighters were dispatched around 2:45 p.m. Friday to the 800 block of South Fedora Street, near Eighth Street, to a report of a structure […]

Police Search for Suspect Who Fatally Stabbed Man on Red Line Train

A search was continuing Friday for a person who fatally stabbed a 23-year-old man during an argument aboard a Metro B (Red) Line train in downtown Los Angeles. The stabbing occurred around 5:20 p.m. Thursday while the suspect and the victim were traveling on the subway train from Union Station. The suspect drew a knife […]

Man Found Shot to Death in Hawthorne

A man was fatally shot in Hawthorne early Friday, and investigators asked anyone with information about the killing to come forward. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, which was assisting the Hawthorne Police Department with the investigation, authorities responded shortly before 2 a.m. to the 11900 block of South Van Ness Avenue, between […]

Newborn Boy Surrendered at LA County Fire Station in Whittier

A newborn baby boy was surrendered at a Los Angeles County fire station in Whittier and taken to a hospital, Supervisor Janice Hahn announced Friday. According to Hahn, the baby — who had been born earlier in the day — was surrendered at 8 p.m. Thursday at Fire Station 28 on Greenleaf Avenue. The baby […]

LA City Council Commemorates Director and Musicians of Orquestra Guadalupana

The Los Angeles City Council held a special commendation Friday in honor of Ronald Wakefield, director of youth orchestra, for his 30 years of teaching and bringing music to homeless shelters, veterans homes, children’s hospitals and for survivors of human trafficking. The presentation was led by Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez and City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto. […]

LA City Council Offers $50K for Information on Cross Burning of Sylmar Church

The Los Angeles City Council Friday has approved a motion offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the identification, apprehension and conviction of individuals responsible for setting three wooden crosses on fire at the front lawn of a Sylmar church. The council approved the motion in a 13-0 vote with council members Eunisses Hernandez […]

Grandmother Killed in Suspected DUI Crash in Sylmar

A Sylmar family Friday was mourning the loss of an 87-year-old grandmother who was killed when the parked car she was exiting was struck by a suspected impaired driver. Police said the crash occurred about 8:45 p.m. Thursday in the 14000 block of Foothill Boulevard, where a northbound Ford Fusion struck the parked vehicle. The […]