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Murder Mystery Chaos In Whitter: One Man Gunned Down, Three Arrested After Street Fight Whittier police Monday were trying to figure out a chaotic murder mystery that left one man shot to death and three other men in custody. The shooting was reported at 7:20 a.m. Saturday at a house at 12336 Pasadena St., according to Lt. S. Reed of the Whittier Police Department. The 53-year-old victim was pronounced […]
Battle to Stop Pacific Palisades Fire Enters Day Three An army of firefighters continued to battle a suspicious 1,325-acre brush fire in Pacific Palisades Monday as evacuation orders affecting about 1,000 people remained in effect. There was zero containment of the Palisades Fire as of Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department and county fire. An update on the progress against the blaze […]
Pot Palace Robber Killed By Security Guard In South Los Angeles Los Angeles Sheriff’s detectives Monday were investigating the killing of a man who tried to rob a South Los Angeles marijuana dispensary and was shot to death by a security guard. The shooting in the 1000 block of Imperial Highway was reported at 9:30 a.m. Sunday, according to Los Angeles county Sheriff’s Deputy Eva Jimenez. […]
Uh-Oh: New COVID Cases, Deaths In LA County Health officials Monday were dealing with the announcement that Los Angeles County reported 240 new cases of COVID-19 and seven additional deaths, though health officials said the number of cases and deaths reported likely reflect reporting delays over the weekend. Sunday’s figures brought the county’s totals to 1,237,411 cases and 24,094 fatalities since the pandemic […]
Man Shot to Death at Hacienda Heights Gas Station A man was shot to death at a Hacienda Heights gas station, authorities said Monday. The shooting was reported about 11:40 p.m. Sunday at an ARCO station in the 17100 block of Colima Road, according to Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The victim had at least one gunshot wound and was pronounced […]
‘Jeopardy!’ Tournament of Champions Begins Airing Monday evening The 2021 “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions begins airing Monday evening with 2017 winner Buzzy Cohen serving as host and the field of 15 contestants including a Los Angeles-area resident. Ryan Hemmel is a four-time champion in episodes broadcast in November, winning $104,526. He is a solutions engineer for Koreatown-based ProSearch, which provides comprehensive discovery and […]
Man Found Dead on Downtown Roof The body of a man was found Monday morning on the roof of a building in downtown Los Angeles, police said. The discovery was reported at 4:36 a.m. in the 500 block of Ceres Avenue, according to Officer Lizeth Lomeli of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Media Relations Section. Officers were investigating the discovery, Lomeli […]
Sentencing Set for Parolee Who Pleaded Guilty to Killing Sheriff’s Sergeant Sentencing is set Monday for a parolee who pleaded guilty to murdering a Los Angeles County sheriff’s sergeant outside a Lancaster apartment complex in October 2016. Trenton Trevon Lovell, 31, of Lancaster, is facing life in prison without the possibility of parole for the execution-style killing of Sgt. Steve Owen, 53, who was shot five […]
Orange County Reports 52 New Cases of COVID-19, One Death Orange County has reported 52 new cases of COVID-19 and one additional death. According to numbers released Sunday by the Orange County Health Care Agency, there were 82 coronavirus patients in county hospitals — up two from Saturday, while the number of those patients in intensive care decreased from 25 to 23. The county had […]
Defense Attorneys Asking Judge to Indefinitely Postpone Robert Durst’s Trial A judge is expected Monday to hear an emergency motion filed by Robert Durst’s attorneys asking for his murder trial to be postponed indefinitely due to the 78-year-old real estate scion’s “life-threatening health issues” and for the defendant to be released on a “high bail amount.” The hearing is scheduled for an hour before jurors […]
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