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Elderly woman killed, her sister seriously hurt in South LA hit-and-run crash
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A woman in her 70s was struck and killed Thursday in South Los Angeles by a vehicle whose driver fled while the woman's sister, who is in her 80s, was critically injured. Officers responded near the intersection of Adams Boulevard and Magnolia Avenue around 1:20 p.m....
Captain of dive boat Conception sentenced to 4 years after fire killed 34
The captain of the dive boat Conception, which caught fire and killed all 33 of the boat's passengers and one crew member in 2019, was sentenced to four years in prison at a Los Angeles federal court Thursday. Captain Jerry Boylan, now 70, faced a maximum sentencing of 10 years in federal prison.U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada expressed his disappointment with the sentencing, though he respected the judge's decision."Certainly, four years was not what we wanted. We wanted the 10 years. We thought the appropriate sentence was 10 years in this case," Estrada said. Boylan was found guilty in 2023 of one...
Robbery Involves Shooting at Smoke Shop in Canoga Park
CANOGA PARK, LOS ANGELES, May 2 (KNN) — A smoke shop was robbed and a shooting occurred at the location of the business overnight in Canoga Park. Los Angeles police officers responded to a call of a robbery and shooting around 12:30 a.m. in the area of the 2100 block of Sherman Way.
Families of 3 killed in alleged street racing crash win round in court
The families of three people killed in a fiery three- vehicle collision in Burbank in 2021 that allegedly occurred during an illegal street race can proceed with their part of the case against the city, a judge has ruled.
LA man sentenced in killings of estranged wife's teen nephews
PASADENA, Calif. - A Los Angeles man convicted of the bludgeoning deaths of his then-estranged wife's two teenage nephews in the boys' Arcadia home was sentenced Thursday to two consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole. Deyun Shi, 52, was sentenced for the Jan. 22, 2016, slayings of...
8th grader recognized for heroic act on Glendale school bus
GLENDALE, Wisconsin (WDJT) — The Glendale middle school 8th grader who stopped a us full of students, saving them, was formally recognized on Wednesday, May 1. “Now therefore being proclaimed that Acie Holland III for his heroic actions and being further proclaimed by the mayor and the common council that the city of Glendale hereby recognize Acie Holland III for taking lifesaving efforts while riding the bus,” said Mayor Bryan Kennedy.
Woman, 20, suspected of DUI in death of transient lying in Los Angeles alley
A homeless man lying in an alley was struck and killed by a 20-year-old driver suspected of DUI in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles early Thursday. The incident was reported shortly after 1:30 a.m. in the area of South Alvarado and Maryland streets. The unidentified driver was traveling northbound in a nearby alley when […]
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