| | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, August 21, 2024
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Mayor Bass Highlights Safety Measures For LAUSD Schools With the 2024-25 school year underway, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Wednesday highlighted new safety measures aimed at bolstering road safety around LAUSD campuses. During a news conference at Van Nuys Elementary School in the San Fernando Valley, Bass touted the success the city has had in adding hundreds of speed humps and hiring more […]
  
Man Arrested in Hit-And-Run Death of Pedestrian in North Hollywood  A Van Nuys man was in custody Wednesday in connection with the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian in North Hollywood, police said. Oleg Bocharov, 50, was arrested on Tuesday night and booked on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing death, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. He was being held Wednesday on $30,000 bail, according […]
Pedestrian Struck by Vehicle and Killed in Monterey Park Identified  A 94-year-old man who was struck by a vehicle and killed in Monterey Park was identified Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. The man was hit about 11 a.m. Tuesday in the 100 block of South Atlantic Boulevard, and he died at the scene, according to the Monterey Park Police Department. […]
Police Seek Public Help to Solve Killing of Man at South LA Gas Station  Detectives Wednesday were hoping that a $50,000 reward would generate clues to help them solve the killing of a man who was gunned down at a gas station in South Los Angeles in December. Marquette Deon Scott Jr., 32, of Victorville was shot around 11 p.m. Dec. 3 at a Sinclair station in the 8500 […]
Fire at North Hollywood Home Leaves 2 Hospitalized with Severe Injuries  Two people were hospitalized with severe injuries Wednesday after being pulled from a burning two-story home in North Hollywood. Fire crews were called at 2:33 a.m. to 11015 W. Sarah St., west of Vineland Avenue, where a 80-year-old man and a 35-year-old man — who are residents and were alerted to the flames by a […]
Man in Van Arrested Following Standoff with Authorities in Malibu  A man wanted for assault was arrested Wednesday after barricading himself in a van in Malibu, where a section of Pacific Coast Highway was closed for several hours as a precaution. The standoff began early Wednesday in the Point Dume area near Zuma Beach, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and reports from […]
Woman Killed in South Los Angeles Hit-and-Run Identified  A 43-year-old woman who was struck and killed during a hit-and-run collision in South Los Angeles was identified Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. Officers responded to the intersection of 88th Street and Central Avenue around 10 p.m. Friday to a report of a traffic collision involving a pedestrian, according to […]
47-Year-Old Man Who Requires Medication Missing From Lancaster  Authorities sought the public’s help Wednesday in locating a 47-year-old man who requires medication for an unspecified medical condition and was last seen in Lancaster. Michael Lawrence Jacques was last spotted in the 600 block of East Pillsbury Street on June 1, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Jacques was described as a […]
Man Fatally Shot in Broadway-Manchester Area Identified A 29-year-old man who was fatally shot in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood was identified Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. Police responded at 9:40 a.m. Friday to the 11000 block of South Broadway near Imperial Highway, where they found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman […]
Family: Richard Simmons’ Death Accidental Due to Recent Falls The cause of fitness guru Richard Simmons’s death has been deemed to be accidental, primarily due to “recent falls,” his family announced Wednesday. Simmons was found dead July 13 in his Hollywood Hills home, one day after celebrating his 76th birthday. His official cause of death still has not been publicly released by the Los […]
Irvine PD: More than 50 Cats Found at Irvine Residence An investigation was underway into the discovery of more than 50 cats — some apparently in poor health or malnourished — at an Irvine residence where a woman was allegedly breeding and selling them for up to $1,000, police said Wednesday. Authorities went to the residence on Garnet Street on Tuesday afternoon “after receiving an […]
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