Ex-LA Sheriff Lee Baca to face trial after withdrawing guilty plea
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca told a federal judge Monday he wants to withdraw his guilty plea and stand trial in connection with a jail corruption scandal that has already taken down...
View ArticleSouth El Monte councilmembers call for state audit, city manager's resignation
SOUTH EL MONTE >> A South El Monte councilman called for the mayor and city manager's resignation Monday, only days after Mayor Luis Aguinaga pleaded guilty to taking at least $45,000 in bribes...
View ArticleProsecutors say 3 defendants engaged in crime spree prior to killing Downey...
Defendants already charged with murdering a Downey police officer Nov. 18 engaged in a crime spree of shooting and robbery prior to the shooting the same night, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced...
View ArticleSupervisors offer $20,000 in the fatal shooting of 4-year-old boy in Altadena
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is offering a $20,000 reward for any information that could help police find the suspect in the fatal shooting of a toddler in Altadena last month.
View ArticleCrews work to recover bodies near Mount Wilson believed to be missing Fontana...
ANGELES CREST HIGHWAY >> The white Toyota truck found hundreds of feet down a ravine along Angeles Crest Highway belonged to one of three missing Fontana teens who went out Saturday to hike near...
View ArticleSouth El Monte trying to move forward after mayor's bribery scandal
SOUTH EL MONTE >> In its first meeting since Mayor Luis Aguinaga agreed last week to plead guilty to charges stemming from a seven-year bribery scheme, the South El Monte City Council sidestepped...
View ArticleChase after South Pasadena drug-dealing suspect ends in Glendale
SOUTH PASADENA -- A Glendale man suspected of drug dealing was arrested today after he led South Pasadena police on a high-speed chase that ended in Glendale, police said.Officers were waiting for the...
View ArticleJonBenet Ramsey's brother to discuss case on 'Dr. Phil'
LOS ANGELES -- The brother of JonBenet Ramsey will publicly discuss his younger sister's death for the first time in an interview to be broadcast on "Dr. Phil" next month.Burke Ramsey was 9 years old...
View ArticleObama commutes sentences of 214 inmates, including men from Torrance, L.A.,...
LOS ANGELES -- President Barack Obama today commuted the federal prison sentences of 214 inmates, including five Southland residents, saying they were sentenced under outdated guidelines."The power to...
View ArticleVideo: Gunman sought in Azusa restaurant robbery
AZUSA >> Police are seeking gunman caught on video during a robbery at an Azusa restaurant last month.The crime unfolded about 8:40 p.m. on July 13 at a restaurant in the area of
View ArticleSan Gabriel Mission High athletic director arrested for relationship with...
A San Gabriel Mission High School athletic director, who fled with a 15-year-old student, has been found in Nevada.Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman Rosario Herrera said police arrested...
View ArticleLondon police say knife attack leaves 1 dead, 5 hurt
LONDON >> London police say a woman has died and five others were injured in a knife attack in a central part of the city.A statement from the London Metropolitan Police early Thursday said the...
View ArticleHome struck by gunfire in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A teen unleashed a barrage of bullets in a residential neighborhood in Pasadena late Wednesday, piercing the window of an occupied home but injuring no one, police said.The shooting...
View ArticleMasked robbers break into Alhambra home, beat residents before taking cash
ALHAMBRA >> Robbers wearing ski masks, hooded sweatshirts and gloves forced their way into a home, beat two residents and fled with cash and two cell phones early Thursday morning.Alhambra Police...
View Article2 men in masks, orange vests rob Arcadia bank
ARCADIA >> Two men wearing surgical masks and orange construction vests robbed an Arcadia bank branch Thursday afternoon, authorities said.The heist took place about 1:15 p.m. at the First Bank,
View ArticleMan sought in unprovoked stabbing of Monterey Park hair salon owner
MONTEREY PARK >> Police released surveillance video footage Thursday in hopes of identifying a man who stabbed a woman in an unprovoked attack at the hair salon she owns last month.The woman was...
View ArticleMan sought in arson, vandalism spree targeting 6 La Verne businesses
LA VERNE >> Police are seeking a man who went on an arson and vandalism spree targeting six La Verne businesses Tuesday night.The rampage unfolded shortly before 10 p.m. at a string of businesses...
View ArticleServices slated for San Diego officer shot to death in his patrol car
BONITA, Calif. -- Jonathan De Guzman, a San Diego police officer who survived a stabbing 13 years ago and shot at a gun-wielding man three years ago, will be buried Friday after being fatally shot in...
View ArticleMan running on freeway leads to 210 Freeway closure in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A man ran around the 210 Freeway, fled from an officer and handcuffed himself to a car carrier before he was carted off to a hospital Friday.The California Highway Patrol shut down...
View ArticlePasadena man robbed during argument, fight
PASADENA >> Two men robbed another man of a gold chain during an argument and fight Friday.The robbery took place in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven at 690 N. Lake Ave. around 1:30 a.m.Pasadena...
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