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Science Center Crews Lift Massive Fuel Tank for Shuttle Display

California Science Center crews are rigging a massive external fuel tank to a giant crane early Friday to lift it into the air and delicately place it in vertical position as part of the eventual upright, launch-ready display of the space shuttle Endeavour. Crews began lifting the tank into the air around 4 a.m., according […]
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Five Suspects Rob 7-Elevens During Crime Spree

Police Friday are looking for a group of armed robbers who hit at least four 7-Eleven stores during a late night and early morning crime spree in Los Angeles and Long Beach. Four men and a woman stole around $3,500, cigarettes and lottery tickets from a 7-Eleven at Paramount Boulevard and Candlewood Street in Lakewood […]
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Five Wounded in Compton Shooting

Suspects in a drive-by shooting in Compton that left five people hospitalized are on the loose Friday as sheriff’s detectives continue to search for them. Deputies responded to the shooting around 2:30 p.m Thursday in the 1000 block of Acacia Avenue, near Alondra Boulevard, where they found the victims, according to the Los Angeles County […]
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One Killed, One Wounded in El Sereno Gang Shooting

One person was killed and another was in the hospital Friday in what police say was a gang-related shooting near the El Sereno neighborhood. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were called at 7:58 p.m. Thursday to Beryl Street and Mercury Avenue near the Rose Hill Recreation Center regarding a shots fired call where […]
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LAPD Announces `Hate Incident’ as New Category for Online Community Reporting

The Los Angeles Police Department is expanding its Community Online Reporting Service system Friday to include the category of “hate incidents” in an effort to combat the “under-reporting of bias-motivated incidents” that fall short of being considered crimes. LAPD Chief Michel Moore announced the expansion to the CORS program at a news conference at police […]
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Average LA County Gas Price Drops to Lowest Amount Since Feb. 6

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Friday to its lowest amount since Feb. 6, decreasing 1.7 cents to $4.65. The average price has dropped nine times in 10 days, decreasing 11 cents, including 1.8 cents Thursday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information […]
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Ex-L.A. County Sheriff Villanueva Expected to Testify on Deputy Gangs

More than a year after being voted out of office, former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva is expected to appear Friday in front of the county’s Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission after years of resisting subpoenas to testify under oath about deputy gangs. Villanueva’s lawyer notified the commission of the decision in a letter last […]
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Huntington Beach Appeals Dismissal of its Housing Challenge to State

The city has appealed a federal court judge’s ruling in Santa Ana that Huntington Beach lacked legal standing to challenge the state’s enforcement of affordable housing laws and is taking the legal fight to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal Friday. The appeal argues the state’s mandates for affordable housing force the city to ignore […]
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Tarzana Man Set to be Arraigned in Killing of Wife, In-Laws

A Tarzana man is set to be arraigned Friday on murder charges stemming from the disappearance of his wife — whose dismembered body parts were found dumped in a trash bin — and her parents. Samuel Bond Haskell, 35, is charged with the killings of his wife Mei Haskell, 37, and her parents, 64-year-old Yanxiang […]
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Deadline for LA County Rent Relief Program for Landlords is Friday

Friday is the deadline for qualifying landlords in Los Angeles County to apply for a $68.6 million rent relief program designed to help offset economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and tenants who have fallen behind on their rent payments. The county’s Department of Consumer and Business Affairs launched its Rent Relief Program on Dec. […]
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One Year Ago Today (January 12, 2023)…Woman Accused of Fatally Shooting Perris Valley Man Arraigned

One Year Ago Today (January 12, 2023)…A Perris woman accused of gunning down a 34-year-old man during a confrontation near Menifee pleaded not guilty to murder and other offenses. Kayla Sherea Foster, 35, was arrested last month following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the slaying of Dorian Herrod of Perris Valley. Along with […]
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