Sheriff's union defends police 'militarization' after Orlando shooting
The Kevlar helmet that saved an Orlando SWAT officer from a gunshot wound during the nightclub massacre this month is proof of why police need sophisticated equipment, say local unions representing law...
View ArticleThree suspects in custody for violent home invasion robbery in Duarte
TEMPLE CITY >> Three suspects arrested for a violent home invasion robbery in Duarte in March might also be connected to a string of other recent robberies in the area, authorities said Wednesday...
View Article1 killed, 2 hurt in DUI-related crash in San Gabriel
SAN GABRIEL -- One man died and two others were injured when a suspected drunk driver crashed into another car early Thursday morning.Authorities have not identified the dead man.The fatal crash was...
View ArticleAs mass shootings continue, demand rises for advice on how to survive
Run. Hide. Fight.That's what authorities on how to survive a mass shooting want people to remember if they find themselves under attack.That mantra is being promoted by the FBI and regional law...
View ArticleBurbank police shoot man in McDonald's
A gunman who fired inside a McDonald's restaurant near Hollywood Burbank Airport was shot by Burbank Police Department officers early Friday before he fatally shot himself.The man, identified as...
View ArticleAuthorities identify man suspected of shooting 2 sheriffs deputies in Bellflower
Two sheriff's deputies were shot late Thursday after a series of gunbattles with a man who fled a DUI checkpoint in Bellflower and was eventually arrested after a SWAT team fired tear gas into a home...
View ArticleWrong-way driver sentenced to 15 years for fatal 210 Freeway crash
A Duarte man received a 15-year prison sentence for killing one man and injuring a teenage girl when he crashed into their car while driving drunk and heading the wrong way on the 210 Freeway.
View ArticleDriver survives shooting in Rosemead
ROSEMEAD >> Deputies are looking for the three men in a car who followed a driver and shot at him Thursday night.The driver wasn't injured in the shooting on Nevada Street and Rosemead Boulevard...
View ArticleSouth El Monte man shot in jaw
SOUTH EL MONTE >> A resident was shot in the jaw by a man who asked him where he was from on Thursday night.The shooting broke out in the 2300 block of Continental Avenue at 8:25 p.m.A...
View ArticleMan shot, killed in front yard of Glendale home
GLENDALE >> A man was found shot dead Saturday on the front lawn of a home in Glendale.Police dispatched at 3:55 a.m. to the 1600 block of The Midway Street found the shooting victim, described...
View Article2 dead, several hurt after Fort Worth dance studio shooting
FORT WORTH, Texas >> Two people were killed and several others injured early Saturday in a shooting outside a Texas dance studio during a party involving a group that the facility's owner said...
View Article5-year sentence sought for Tanaka in LA County jails scandal
Paul Tanaka, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, is expected to be sentenced Mondayafter being found guilty in April of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in...
View ArticlePolice: 7 stabbed outside California Capitol building during neo-Nazi rally
SAN FRANCISCO >> At least seven people were stabbed Sunday when counter-protesters clashed with members of right-wing extremists groups that planned to hold a rally outside the California state...
View ArticleFormer Undersheriff Paul Tanaka to be sentenced Monday for obstruction of...
LOS ANGELES - Prosecutors today are expected to seek a five-year prison term for the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who was dubbed the "ringleader" of a...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Complex Fires 72 percent contained
The two fires that broke out in the Angeles National Forest and Duarte on June 20 were 72 percent contained on Monday.The Fish and Reservoir fires -- known together as the San Gabriel Complex Fire --...
View ArticleTeen, 2 men held in fatal shooting outside Glendale party
GLENDALE >> Two men and a woman from Northern California were in custody Monday on $2 million bail each in what police said was the ambush killing in Glendale of a man who had insulted the...
View ArticleTrial begins in fatal Monterey Park pizza parlor stabbing
MONTEREY PARK >> Jury selection started Monday in the trial of a Bakersfield man accused of stabbing to death another man during a 2012 fight at a Monterey Park pizza place.Jose De Jesus Ruiz,...
View ArticleFormer LA County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka sentenced to 5 years in prison
In what some called a defining moment for reform within local law enforcement, Paul Tanaka, the former second-in-command in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, was sentenced Monday to five...
View ArticleBurbank city lifeguard pleads not guilty to filming women, girls at local pool
BURBANK >> A 22-year-old Burbank city lifeguard remains behind bars Monday, accused of using his cell phone to photograph and record women and girls in a public restroom and the employee locker...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice repays first responders $500K for San Bernardino terror...
SAN BERNARDINO >> The U.S. Department of Justice is repaying the sheriff's, police and fire departments that responded to the Dec. 2 terrorist attack at the Inland Regional Center $500,000 for...
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