| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Tuesday, March 25, 2025 |
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LA Council to Explores Potential LAFD Funding Initiatives The City Council Tuesday advanced an effort to identify potential funding initiatives for new Los Angeles Fire Department stations and to repair existing facilities — a move that comes after January’s wildfires highlighted the difficult conditions firefighters face. In a unanimous vote, council members approved a motion introduced by Councilwomen Traci Park, Monica Rodriguez and […]
17-Year-Old Stabs Teen in Palm Springs Police have arrested a 17-year-old suspect accused of stabbing another juvenile in Palm Springs. The Palm Springs Police Department was notified of a reported stabbing shortly after 6:15 p.m. last Thursday in the 100 block of West Tahquitz Canyon Drive, according to a department statement published Monday evening. Arriving officers found the juvenile with “non-life-threatening […]
Man Suspected of Killing Relative in Menifee May Face Felony Charges Felony charges are expected to be filed Wednesday against a 31-year-old man suspected of killing a family member at her Menifee home. Vicente Ortiz of Menifee was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning on Friday on suspicion of murder. Ortiz is being held in lieu of $1 million bail. The Riverside […]
Missing Hacienda Heights Man Found A 65-year-old man who was reported missing in the unincorporated area of Hacienda Heights has been located, authorities said Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not release where or when Eric Wang was found. Wang, who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, had last been seen in the 15000 block of Kennard Street […]
Alleged Fire Captain Murderer Awaits Arraignment An ex-con suspected of fatally stabbing her wife, a veteran Riverside County Fire Department captain, at their home and then fleeing to Mexico — where she was apprehended over the weekend — is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday. Mexican authorities arrested Yolanda Marodi, 53, on Saturday in connection with the slaying of her spouse of […]
LA County Seeks Help Identifying John Doe Patient County health officials sought the public’s help Tuesday in identifying a patient hospitalized at Los Angeles General Medical Center. The patient was found on Wall Street in downtown Los Angeles and has been at the hospital since Sunday. The patient was described as a 5-feet-11-inch tall Black man, approximately 30 years old, weighing 178 pounds […]
Brush Fire in Thermal 32% Contained Firefighters reached 32% containment Tuesday on a brush fire that burned 25 acres of terrain in Thermal. The Riverside County Fire Department responded to the fire at 11:20 a.m. Monday at Highway 86 Expressway near Avenue 72. Arriving firefighters found a blaze between two and three acres “burning at a moderate rate in heavy fuels,” […]
Malibu PD Investigates Local Woman’s Death Detectives Tuesday are investigating the death of a Malibu woman. The Los Angeles County Fire Department was dispatched at about 7:15 p.m Monday to Westlake Boulevard in response to a medical emergency call, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. Paramedics rushed her to a hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. The cause of […]
Palm Springs Police to Conduct DUI Checkpoints The Palm Springs Police Department will conduct a DUI checkpoint next week at an undisclosed location within the city, officials said Tuesday. Officers will be present from 7 p.m. on April 4 until 2 a.m. the following day at a site that has had elevated numbers of impaired driving-related crashes, according to the department. “Impaired […]
LA Council Considers Bypassing LAHSA to Contract Homeless Services The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday voted to study a possible transition away from the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority so the city can contract directly with homeless service providers rather than deliver such services through the joint city-county agency, which has been questioned for alleged misuse of funds and lack of transparency. In a […]
Cathedral City Postal Worker Robbed at Gunpoint Police is Cathedral City are searching for a suspect who allegedly stole the keys to a mail carrier’s truck at gunpoint, authorities said Tuesday. The Cathedral City Police Department received a report of the robbery in the 30400 block of Avenida Los Ninos shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, the department said Tuesday. Arriving officers spoke […]
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