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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.
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.
Timeline: How authorities cleared pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA and arrested more than 100
Police removed barricades and began dismantling pro-Palestinian demonstrators' fortified encampment at UCLA after protesters defied orders to leave. Here's how the law enforcement operation unfolded.
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.
Affordable housing at the expense of existing tenants? L.A. council seeks new protections
Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez wants to keep tenants from being pushed out of 17 rent-controlled apartments in Eagle Rock. The site is slated to become affordable housing.
Metro train collides with bus in downtown Los Angeles, injuring more than 50, 2 seriously
LOS ANGELES (AP) — At least 55 people were hurt, two seriously, when a Metro light rail train and a University of Southern California shuttle bus collided Tuesday along a busy thoroughfare in downtown Los Angeles, officials said. The crash happened shortly before noon along Exposition Boulevard, near the USC campus and Natural History Museum, according to the LA Fire Department. Two victims were hospitalized with serious injuries and 16 others were transported in fair condition, the department said. Another 37 people were treated at the scene. Dave Sotero, a spokesperson for LA Metro, said the bus crossed into the path of an E Line train. The light rail line runs from East Los Angeles to downtown Santa Monica mostly along streets, and not all of the crossings have gates.
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 […]
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...
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...
Man, 19, shot dead in Southern California neighborhood
Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a person or persons responsible for the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old man Wednesday in Granada Hills. Patrol officers with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Devonshire responded to radio calls of the shooting just before 1 a.m. in the 17500 block of Rinaldi Street. […]
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