Posted: Aug 7, 2020 / 10:15 PM PDTUpdated: Aug 10, 2020 / 06:37 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A suspected vandal led police on a pursuit starting in Bell around 10 p.m. Friday night, ending with a surrender in Huntington Park around 11:30 p.m.Sky5 was overhead as the blue Suzuki sedan headed south on the 710 Freeway in the Bell area around 10:15 p.m.At least six police units were following the car as it blew through red lights and intersections. A passenger...…Posted: Aug 7, 2020 / 10:15 PM PDTUpdated: Aug 10, 2020 / 06:37 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A suspected vandal led police on a pursuit starting in Bell around 10 p.m. Friday night, ending with a surrender in Huntington Park around 11:30 p.m.Sky5 was overhead as the blue Suzuki sedan headed south on the 710 Freeway in the Bell area around 10:15 p.m.At least six police units were following the car as it blew through red lights and intersections. A passenger...WW…

Posted: Apr 13, 2021 / 05:58 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 13, 2021 / 06:06 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A man was taken into custody Monday after allegedly stabbing a Chihuahua to death in Thousand Palms, officials said.Alfredo Leon Ruiz, 37, was arrested on suspicion of felony animal cruelty, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services said in a news release Tuesday.An investigation found that the dog, a tan male estimated to be about 10 months to about a...…Posted: Apr 13, 2021 / 05:58 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 13, 2021 / 06:06 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A man was taken into custody Monday after allegedly stabbing a Chihuahua to death in Thousand Palms, officials said.Alfredo Leon Ruiz, 37, was arrested on suspicion of felony animal cruelty, the Riverside County Department of Animal Services said in a news release Tuesday.An investigation found that the dog, a tan male estimated to be about 10 months to about a...WW…

A Huntington Park man was named in a 21-count indictment Friday, accusing him of robbing 15 Trader Joe’s stores throughout Southern California.A federal grand jury named Gregory Johnson, 43, in a superseding indictment charging him with 15 counts of interference with commerce by robbery, five counts of knowingly using and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, the Department of Justice said in a news release.Johnson was previously charged on Feb. 8 in connection with a Dec. 4 robbery of a Trader Joe’s grocery...…A Huntington Park man was named in a 21-count indictment Friday, accusing him of robbing 15 Trader Joe’s stores throughout Southern California.A federal grand jury named Gregory Johnson, 43, in a superseding indictment charging him with 15 counts of interference with commerce by robbery, five counts of knowingly using and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, the Department of Justice said in a news release.Johnson was previously charged on Feb. 8 in connection with a Dec. 4 robbery of a Trader Joe’s grocery...WW…

Posted: Apr 7, 2021 / 10:45 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 8, 2021 / 10:45 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A 28-year-old U.S. Olympic karate athlete, Sakura Kokumai, says she was at Grijalva Park in Orange last week when a stranger started aggressively yelling at her out of nowhere.Kokumai said it started off as a normal day at the park, where she frequently works out as she prepares for the upcoming Olympics. Then a man started screaming random things at her, she said.“He...…Posted: Apr 7, 2021 / 10:45 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 8, 2021 / 10:45 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A 28-year-old U.S. Olympic karate athlete, Sakura Kokumai, says she was at Grijalva Park in Orange last week when a stranger started aggressively yelling at her out of nowhere.Kokumai said it started off as a normal day at the park, where she frequently works out as she prepares for the upcoming Olympics. Then a man started screaming random things at her, she said.“He...WW…

Posted: Mar 31, 2021 / 12:58 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 1, 2021 / 10:45 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A young mountain lion, dubbed P-78, who was a part of the National Park Service’s study of the big cats’ survival in and around the Santa Monica Mountains, was found dead likely due to injuries from being struck by a car, officials announced Wednesday.The body of the male cat, who lived in the Santa Susana Mountains of Simi Hills, was found along the San Francisquito...…Posted: Mar 31, 2021 / 12:58 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 1, 2021 / 10:45 AM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.A young mountain lion, dubbed P-78, who was a part of the National Park Service’s study of the big cats’ survival in and around the Santa Monica Mountains, was found dead likely due to injuries from being struck by a car, officials announced Wednesday.The body of the male cat, who lived in the Santa Susana Mountains of Simi Hills, was found along the San Francisquito...WW…

Posted: Mar 11, 2021 / 08:02 PM PSTUpdated: Mar 11, 2021 / 11:26 PM PSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Murder and elder abuse charges were filed Thursday against a homeless man for the beating and eventual death of a 76-year-old man who was walking his dog in Venice last month when he was attacked, officials said.On Feb. 8, John Decindis went to the hospital after he was assaulted while walking his dog, by a man he said he’d previously seen in the neighborhood, the Los...…Posted: Mar 11, 2021 / 08:02 PM PSTUpdated: Mar 11, 2021 / 11:26 PM PSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Murder and elder abuse charges were filed Thursday against a homeless man for the beating and eventual death of a 76-year-old man who was walking his dog in Venice last month when he was attacked, officials said.On Feb. 8, John Decindis went to the hospital after he was assaulted while walking his dog, by a man he said he’d previously seen in the neighborhood, the Los...WW…

A woman was arrested in a downtown Los Angeles hotel last month after allegedly offering to administer counterfeit Botox to undercover officers, officials announced Wednesday.Vivian Espinoza was taken into custody on Jan. 23 near the 400 block of South Figueroa Street, where the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites is located. She was arrested on suspicion of furnishing prescription drugs without a license and of practice of medicine without a license, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a news release.Espinoza set up a mobile makeshift medical office inside a hotel room and offered...…A woman was arrested in a downtown Los Angeles hotel last month after allegedly offering to administer counterfeit Botox to undercover officers, officials announced Wednesday.Vivian Espinoza was taken into custody on Jan. 23 near the 400 block of South Figueroa Street, where the Westin Bonaventure Hotel & Suites is located. She was arrested on suspicion of furnishing prescription drugs without a license and of practice of medicine without a license, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a news release.Espinoza set up a mobile makeshift medical office inside a hotel room and offered...WW…

Posted: Jan 7, 2021 / 06:22 PM PSTUpdated: Jan 7, 2021 / 10:45 PM PSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Police are seeking a man considered armed and dangerous after he was caught on video fatally shooting his former girlfriend outside a Pacoima home, officials said.Around 9:35 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to the 9000 block of Bartee Avenue regarding a shooting, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a .They located a victim, identified as 35-year-old Karen Ruiz,...…Posted: Jan 7, 2021 / 06:22 PM PSTUpdated: Jan 7, 2021 / 10:45 PM PSTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.Police are seeking a man considered armed and dangerous after he was caught on video fatally shooting his former girlfriend outside a Pacoima home, officials said.Around 9:35 a.m. Wednesday, officers responded to the 9000 block of Bartee Avenue regarding a shooting, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a .They located a victim, identified as 35-year-old Karen Ruiz,...WW…

Posted: Dec 2, 2020 / 08:48 PM PSTUpdated: Dec 2, 2020 / 10:21 PM PST(KTLA) – All residents within the city of Los Angeles should continue to remain in their homes and follow the city’s “safer-at-home” order, which mirrors guidance from L.A. County, according to the mayor’s office.A  Wednesday detailed many of the restrictions, including a ban on some travel with a variety of exemptions.Email and text alerts from the city’s NotifyLA System also went out Wednesday, although the mayor’s deputy press secretary, Harrison Wollman, said the guidance has been in place for days.“The city...…Posted: Dec 2, 2020 / 08:48 PM PSTUpdated: Dec 2, 2020 / 10:21 PM PST(KTLA) – All residents within the city of Los Angeles should continue to remain in their homes and follow the city’s “safer-at-home” order, which mirrors guidance from L.A. County, according to the mayor’s office.A  Wednesday detailed many of the restrictions, including a ban on some travel with a variety of exemptions.Email and text alerts from the city’s NotifyLA System also went out Wednesday, although the mayor’s deputy press secretary, Harrison Wollman, said the guidance has been in place for days.“The city...WW…

Posted: Jun 4, 2020 / 06:38 PM PDTUpdated: Jun 4, 2020 / 08:20 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.The Los Angeles County Office of Education filed a lawsuit against JUUL Labs, Inc. Wednesday over an “e-cigarette epidemic” in schools, the agency said Thursday.The education agency, which provides programs and services to 80 school districts, filed the suit in a coordinated proceeding with the San Diego County Office of Education, according to a news release from the...…Posted: Jun 4, 2020 / 06:38 PM PDTUpdated: Jun 4, 2020 / 08:20 PM PDTThis is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated.The Los Angeles County Office of Education filed a lawsuit against JUUL Labs, Inc. Wednesday over an “e-cigarette epidemic” in schools, the agency said Thursday.The education agency, which provides programs and services to 80 school districts, filed the suit in a coordinated proceeding with the San Diego County Office of Education, according to a news release from the...WW…