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Safety concerns over Encino encampment near Little League field
A homeless encampment above an Encino Little League field has sparked distress among parents and coaches. Now they are demanding immediate action to ensure the safety of children amidst reports of violence, drug dealing, and fires.The encampment, which parents claim has been there for several weeks, has become a cause for alarm as it encroaches closer to the baseball diamonds where children play on multiple fields. Concerns range from vandalism to a threat by a man with a machete, according to one parent. "We're all deeply concerned," said Andrew Tapia, a Little League coach. "We've had some problems at the very least with vandalism to the vehicles." Parents said a fire was burning in one encampment recently not far from the fields. The fields sit in Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nithya Raman's district. A spokesperson tells us Raman's son plays there. Her office said they are working on outreach to address the encampment, but one complicating issue is that Caltrans owns some of the land in question.
City’s tallest apartment building could come to 6th and Colorado
One of the tallest residential buildings in the City’s history is coming to the corner of 6th and Colorado bringing 264 units of housing in a 24 story building adjacent to the Expo line. On Monday evening, a community meeting was held over Zoom to enable local residents to...
Fundraising underway for Huntington Park firefighters after station fire
There's an effort underway to help firefighters at Huntington Park Fire Station 164 after their firehouse was left with massive damage from a May 1 fire.The nonprofit, Los Angeles County Firemen's Benefit and Welfare Association is asking for community help for the 11 firefighters on duty that night who lost countless personal items as well as special equipment."You've all probably seen the video of them out there in their flip-flops, trying to put out (the fire in) their fire station, that's just the devotion these guys have," Steve Bernau, Los Angeles County Firemen's Benefit and Welfare Association president said. "Firefighters of...
Security fog machine helps deter burglars from Chatsworth business
LOS ANGELES - LAPD detectives responding to a burglary alarm at a Chatsworth Pharmacy ran into a wall of fog, quite literally, coming out of the business. The relatively new security device seems to have deterred the would-be burglars, as they had disappeared with nothing seemingly taken, LAPD Detective Marc Vito Cruz said.
15-year-old boy jumped, severely injured in South Los Angeles
Police are searching for a group of suspects who jumped and severely injured a 15-year-old boy in the Watts area of South Los Angeles Tuesday night. The attack was reported just after 9 p.m. in the parking lot of a strip mall with restaurants near Century Boulevard and South Alameda Street. Officers responding to an […]
Search for missing newborn leads to landfill site outside Los Angeles
Authorities are searching for a 3-week-old baby in a landfill outside of Los Angeles after he was last seen with his father on May 3. The boy’s mother had been arrested on child abuse charges only two days after his birth. KNBC’s Macy Jenkins reports.
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