CRIME & SAFETY
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...
3 Suspects Shoot Security Guard at Residence on Private Road in Encino
ENCINO, LOS ANGELES, Apr. 29 (KNN) — A security guard was wounded in a shooting at a residence on a private road in Encino overnight. The shooting… Read more "3 Suspects Shoot Security Guard at Residence on Private Road in Encino">
South L.A. man who sold drugs at market sentenced to 12 years
A South Los Angeles gang member was sentenced to a dozen years behind bars Tuesday for conspiring to distribute narcotics, including crack cocaine and methamphetamine, which were sold at his storefront.
Multiple Victims Injured in Gardena Shooting
GARDENA, Calif., Apr. 30 (KNN) — Gunshots rang out Monday night on a street in the city of Gardena leaving multiple people injured. Gardena police officers and Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel responded to reports of shots fired around 9:12 p.m. on 149th Street, just west of Vermont Avenue.
4-year-old girl kidnapped in Redwood City found safe after police chase; father arrested
A 4-year-old Southern California girl was found and reunited with her mother in "a matter of minutes" on Saturday in Redwood City after the mother flagged down deputies saying the child had been kidnapped, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. "The time between our deputies being flagged down and the reunification was a matter of minutes, not hours," Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Gretchen Spiker said in a text. The child's mother, who lives in the Pacoima neighborhood in Los Angeles, flagged down the deputies Saturday afternoon in Redwood City saying the father had just kidnapped the child, Spiker said...
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