Woman escapes from kidnappers in Azusa
AZUSA >> A woman escaped from three masked kidnappers who forced her into a minivan as she stood on a sidewalk in Azusa early Sunday morning, officials said.The crime took place about 2:45 a.m....
View ArticleMan behind wheel in fatal crash at white nationalist protest called Germany...
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. - A man accused of ramming his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia was denied bond Monday after the public defender's office said it...
View ArticleDMV cites hundreds for fraudulent handicapped parking placards, seeks...
A crackdown on people who fraudulently use Disabled Person parking placards has resulted in 170 arrests, according to the Department of Motor Vehicles.The enforcement operations were carried out in...
View ArticleSuspects in July Pasadena shooting charged with first-degree murder
PASADENA >> Two Pasadena men were charged with murdering a man on the 400 block of North Marengo Avenue in July.The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office charged Armando R.
View ArticleMan steals chips, beer at La Habra store, then skinny-dips in resident's pool
A man devoured two stolen bags of potato chips at a local store on Sunday, washed them down with a stolen can of beer then sneaked into somebody's backyard to swim naked in their pool.Police cut short...
View ArticleInformation sought after man fatally shot while driving in South El Monte
SOUTH EL MONTE >> Detectives are seeking clues after a man was gunned down while driving through a residential neighborhood in South El Monte on Monday night, authorities said.The shooting took...
View ArticleSWAT uses tear gas to end Hacienda Heights standoff
HACIENDA HEIGHTS - A sheriff's SWAT team pumped tear gas into a Hacienda Heights residence today and flushed out an armed suspect, prompting his surrender after a standoff of more than five hours,...
View ArticleSWAT team ends Atwater Village barricade situation
LOS ANGELES - A Los Angeles police SWAT team surrounded an Atwater Village home following a report of a family dispute and determined that a man who had refused to come out would not be arrested,...
View ArticleJudge dismisses black LAPD officer's discrimination lawsuit
LOS ANGELES - A judge dismissed a lawsuit filed by a black Los Angeles police officer who alleged he wrongfully transferred to short-term administrative duty after complaining that a white colleague...
View ArticleLA County commission will explore 'unintended consequences' of prison reform...
Saying they want to strike a balance between public outcry over rising crime rates and statewide criminal justice reforms, Los Angeles County supervisors voted Tuesday to approve the formation of a...
View ArticleCoroner identifies victim in fatal South El Monte shooting
SOUTH EL MONTE >> The coroner's office on Wednesday released the name of the man who was fatally shot while driving through a neighborhood.Coroner's spokesman Ed Winter said paramedics pronounced...
View ArticleConfederate monument removed from Hollywood Forever Cemetery overnight
A memorial honoring Confederate veterans has been removed from the Hollywood Forever cemetery days after deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, erupted over the planned removal of a statue of...
View ArticleChinese USC student's killer gets life without parole
LOS ANGELES - A 21-year-old man was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the fatal baseball-bat beating of a USC graduate student from China who was attacked during...
View ArticlePolice believe man arrested of armed robbery in Arcadia used pellet gun in crime
Police arrested a man they said robbed two people at gunpoint in the alley behind a Huntington Drive restaurant around 10 p.m. Tuesday night.The robbery took place just before 10 p.m. behind Chengdu...
View ArticleWoman accused of torching her family's home in Duarte
A woman was accused of arson Wednesday after police said she allegedly torched her family's home in Duarte during an argument.The fire broke out about 3 p.m. at a house in the
View ArticlePasadena man accused of fatal hit-and-run in Alhambra
A Pasadena man is accused of vehicular manslaughter and hit-and-run for allegedly fatally striking a woman with his SUV and fleeing the scene, police said Wednesday.Erick Ulises Reyes-Melo, 28, of...
View ArticleJudge will determine whether Seal Beach mass murderer will face death penalty
In a Santa Ana courtroom Friday morning, Scott Evans Dekraai will learn whether he could face execution for the worst mass killing in Orange County history.After six years of delay and a series of...
View ArticleMan falls off crane, dies at Port of LA after car chase through Long Beach,...
A man who climbed a huge gantry crane at the Port of Los Angeles after he jumped from a stolen SUV at the end of a lengthy police chase fell to his death late Wednesday.#xa0;After an hours-long...
View ArticleTwo sought in Pasadena gas station robbery
Two men held up a Pasadena gas station at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon, police said.The heist unfolded about 1:30 p.m. at a Chevron station,
View ArticleHBO regains control of hacked social media accounts for 'Game of Thrones,'...
NEW YORK (AP) - HBO says it has regained control of its social media accounts after the latest security breach to hit the entertainment company.The hacking group OurMine on Wednesday night took over...
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