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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Ex-coach at LAUSD schools gets one hundred five years for lewd acts with seven youthfull damsels | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven damsels while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge turns down to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an attack rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

three arrested in Pacoima following stolen SUV pursue | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during warmth wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

Branch falls at Pasadena day care center injuring three children, one critically | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a makeshift restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood brunt; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie displayed Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hammering case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the hitting of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Three, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Ex-coach at LAUSD schools gets one hundred five years for lewd acts with seven youthfull chicks | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven damsels while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge rejects to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an onslaught rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

three arrested in Pacoima following stolen SUV pursue | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering warmth was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

Branch falls at Pasadena day care center injuring three children, one critically | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Man gravely injured during West Hollywood attack; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie demonstrated Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hitting case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the hammering of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Three, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Ex-coach at LAUSD schools gets one hundred five years for lewd acts with seven youthful damsels | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven women while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge turns down to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an brunt rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

three arrested in Pacoima following stolen SUV pursue | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during warmth wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering warmth was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

Branch falls at Pasadena day care center injuring three children, one critically | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood onslaught; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie displayed Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez striking case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the hammering of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Trio, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Ex-coach at LAUSD schools gets one hundred five years for lewd acts with seven youthful damsels | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven chicks while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge rejects to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an attack rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

three arrested in Pacoima following stolen SUV pursue | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

Branch falls at Pasadena day care center injuring three children, one critically | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a makeshift restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood brunt; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie demonstrated Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez striking case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the striking of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who resumes to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Three, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Ex-coach at LAUSD schools gets one hundred five years for lewd acts with seven youthfull chicks | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven damsels while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge denies to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an brunt rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

three arrested in Pacoima following stolen SUV pursue | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on bruising the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during warmth wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

Branch falls at Pasadena day care center injuring three children, one critically | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood brunt; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie showcased Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hammering case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the striking of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Trio, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Ex-coach at LAUSD schools gets one hundred five years for lewd acts with seven youthfull ladies | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven damsels while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge turns down to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an attack rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

three arrested in Pacoima following stolen SUV pursue | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering warmth was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

Branch falls at Pasadena day care center injuring three children, one critically | Aug 29, two thousand seventeen

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood attack; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie displayed Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez striking case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the hammering of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Three, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

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CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie showcased Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Three million.

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on bruising the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

The prime suspect in the hammering of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an brunt rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering warmth was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven chicks while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

LOS ANGELES — The mother of two youthful children was shot and killed, and her spouse was wounded in an attack that took place from another car as the family drove through South Los Angles early this morning, police said.

A man suspected of fatally stabbing his wifey in front of their son in Sherman Oaks has been taken into custody after he was hit by a car in Ventura County, authorities said Monday. Suspect Aurelio Teran, 38, was walking around 12:15 p.

VAN NUYS — A man was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot, and two unidentified suspects remained at large today, police said. Officers dispatched about 11:50 p.

VAN NUYS >> A gunman today robbed a Van Nuys take-out business, prompting a perimeter search. The suspect pointed a gun during the robbery, which was reported just before four p.m. at Pollo Campero in the seven thousand two hundred block of Van Nuys Boulevard, near Sherman Way, according to Los Angeles police Officer Mike Lopez.

SANTA CLARITA >> A 31-year-old man, possibly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, was killed when his vehicle plummeted down an embankment and burst into flames near the fourteen Freeway and Agua Dulce Canyon Road near Santa Clarita, authorities said Sunday.

A suspect was in custody early Sunday following a stabbing that occurred during a domestic dispute in Panorama City, authorities said. The stabbing was reported at Two:11 a.m. Sunday in the seven thousand nine hundred block of Willis Avenue, said Sgt.

Fresh DELHI >> Thousands of supporters of an Indian quasi-religious sect leader left his headquarters in northern India on Sunday as authorities relaxed a curfew a day ahead of his sentencing for rape.

HOLLYWOOD >> A man in his 20s is expected to sustain several gunshot wounds suffered Sunday morning in Hollywood, where he was with a group of dudes who had been arguing with another group and the situation escalated into a shooting.

VAN NUYS>> A man who authorities say fatally stabbed his wifey more than six times in front of their 12-year-old son at their Sherman Oaks home before fleeing was being sought by Los Angeles police on Sunday.

LANCASTER >> A man was shot to death Saturday in Lancaster. The shooting occurred about nine a.m. in the forty two thousand block of Sierra Highway, said Deputy Joana Warren of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Months after burglars ransacked his Porter Ranch home, David Lasher was astonished to learn where some of his family’s stolen property, including his wifey’s “irreplaceable” jewelry, may have ended up.

PALMDALE — A man was robbed in a Palmdale parking lot when he thought he was meeting up with someone who dreamed to sell him a phone, authorities said today while warning other buyers and sellers to beware.

LOS ANGELES — The coroner’s office today released the name of an armed man found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was holed up in his South Los Angeles apartment, prompting the evacuations of at least twenty people.

PALMDALE — One man was stabbed during an argument with his neighbor in Palmdale, authorities said today. The stabbing was reported around ten p.m. Thursday in the thirty eight thousand four hundred block of Third Street East, said Lt.

LOS ANGELES — An inmate attempted to escape today from the bus bay at the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles but was quickly caught, authorities said. The man attempted to run about 9:15 a.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office today warned people with deep religious or spiritual beliefs to be aware of a hoax that can result in the loss of cash and valuables.

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s Department psychologist from La Cañada Flintridge could face life in prison after a jury convicted him Friday of sexually manhandling two youthful relatives over more than two years, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES >> A grand jury indictment unsealed Friday charges the wifey of a prominent hairdresser and her reputed paramour with capital murder for the man’s stabbing death at his Woodland Hills home in January.

LOS ANGELES — An armed man who holed up in his South Los Angeles apartment today, prompting the evacuations of at least twenty people, was found dead of an apparent of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

EAST LOS ANGELES — Authorities today investigated a bomb threat involving Ford Boulevard Elementary School in East Los Angeles, but found no explosives on campus. The investigation at the school in the one thousand block of South Ford Boulevard began about 6:50 a.

SAN FRANCISCO >> A voter-approved measure to speed up executions in California was upheld Thursday by the state Supreme Court, but justices rejected arguments that a provision setting a five-year limit on appeals was mandatory, raising doubts that the law will succeed in accelerating death sentences.

A Whittier man accused of stealing a pharmacist’s identity and working as an unlicensed pharmacist in the Los Angeles area for more than a decade, for the 2nd time, appeared in court Thursday.

SAN DIEGO >> A California teenager who says he bought a Bengal tiger cub on the streets of Tijuana for $300 was arrested when he attempted to bring it into the United States in his two thousand seventeen Chevy Camaro.

LOS ANGELES >> The Los Angeles Police Department will host four community meetings today to seek public input on a proposed pilot program to deploy drones as a crime-fighting implement. “The one-year program would use a petite Unmanned Aerial System — otherwise commonly known as a petite drone — in limited tactical situations,” an LAPD statement said.

SANTA CLARITA — Authorities are seeking the public’s help today in finding a 77-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing in Santa Clarita. Marcia Ann Whitcomb was last seen around 9:30 p.

A man who reportedly suggested drugs to patrons at a popular Torrance restaurant and led police on a pursue early Wednesday was critically injured when he crashed into a power pole and fire hydrant and was pinned under his car, police said.

Desirae Ortega was inwards her Encino apartment Tuesday night when gunfire erupted outside her window. It was inbetween a father accused of slaying a 9-year-old boy’s mother and police. Ortega said she and a guest ran to the upper level of her apartment after the shooting.

ALHAMBRA >> A South Pasadena man was sentenced Wednesday to twenty five years to life in prison for throttling his 5-year-old son then leaving the assets in a wooded area in Santa Barbara County. A day before the murder, Aramazd Andressian Sr.

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CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie displayed Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Three million.

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on bruising the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

The prime suspect in the striking of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a makeshift restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an onslaught rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven ladies while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

LOS ANGELES — The mother of two youthfull children was shot and killed, and her hubby was wounded in an attack that took place from another car as the family drove through South Los Angles early this morning, police said.

A man suspected of fatally stabbing his wifey in front of their son in Sherman Oaks has been taken into custody after he was hit by a car in Ventura County, authorities said Monday. Suspect Aurelio Teran, 38, was walking around 12:15 p.

VAN NUYS — A man was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot, and two unidentified suspects remained at large today, police said. Officers dispatched about 11:50 p.

VAN NUYS >> A gunman today robbed a Van Nuys take-out business, prompting a perimeter search. The suspect pointed a gun during the robbery, which was reported just before four p.m. at Pollo Campero in the seven thousand two hundred block of Van Nuys Boulevard, near Sherman Way, according to Los Angeles police Officer Mike Lopez.

SANTA CLARITA >> A 31-year-old man, possibly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, was killed when his vehicle plummeted down an embankment and burst into flames near the fourteen Freeway and Agua Dulce Canyon Road near Santa Clarita, authorities said Sunday.

A suspect was in custody early Sunday following a stabbing that occurred during a domestic dispute in Panorama City, authorities said. The stabbing was reported at Two:11 a.m. Sunday in the seven thousand nine hundred block of Willis Avenue, said Sgt.

Fresh DELHI >> Thousands of supporters of an Indian quasi-religious sect leader left his headquarters in northern India on Sunday as authorities relaxed a curfew a day ahead of his sentencing for rape.

HOLLYWOOD >> A man in his 20s is expected to get through several gunshot wounds suffered Sunday morning in Hollywood, where he was with a group of studs who had been arguing with another group and the situation escalated into a shooting.

VAN NUYS>> A man who authorities say fatally stabbed his wifey more than six times in front of their 12-year-old son at their Sherman Oaks home before fleeing was being sought by Los Angeles police on Sunday.

LANCASTER >> A man was shot to death Saturday in Lancaster. The shooting occurred about nine a.m. in the forty two thousand block of Sierra Highway, said Deputy Joana Warren of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Months after burglars ransacked his Porter Ranch home, David Lasher was astonished to learn where some of his family’s stolen property, including his wifey’s “irreplaceable” jewelry, may have ended up.

PALMDALE — A man was robbed in a Palmdale parking lot when he thought he was meeting up with someone who dreamed to sell him a phone, authorities said today while warning other buyers and sellers to beware.

LOS ANGELES — The coroner’s office today released the name of an armed man found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was holed up in his South Los Angeles apartment, prompting the evacuations of at least twenty people.

PALMDALE — One man was stabbed during an argument with his neighbor in Palmdale, authorities said today. The stabbing was reported around ten p.m. Thursday in the thirty eight thousand four hundred block of Third Street East, said Lt.

LOS ANGELES — An inmate attempted to escape today from the bus bay at the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles but was quickly caught, authorities said. The man attempted to run about 9:15 a.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office today warned people with deep religious or spiritual beliefs to be aware of a hoax that can result in the loss of cash and valuables.

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s Department psychologist from La Cañada Flintridge could face life in prison after a jury convicted him Friday of sexually manhandling two youthful relatives over more than two years, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES >> A grand jury indictment unsealed Friday charges the wifey of a prominent hairdresser and her reputed paramour with capital murder for the man’s stabbing death at his Woodland Hills home in January.

LOS ANGELES — An armed man who holed up in his South Los Angeles apartment today, prompting the evacuations of at least twenty people, was found dead of an apparent of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

EAST LOS ANGELES — Authorities today investigated a bomb threat involving Ford Boulevard Elementary School in East Los Angeles, but found no explosives on campus. The investigation at the school in the one thousand block of South Ford Boulevard began about 6:50 a.

SAN FRANCISCO >> A voter-approved measure to speed up executions in California was upheld Thursday by the state Supreme Court, but justices rejected arguments that a provision setting a five-year limit on appeals was mandatory, raising doubts that the law will succeed in accelerating death sentences.

A Whittier man accused of stealing a pharmacist’s identity and working as an unlicensed pharmacist in the Los Angeles area for more than a decade, for the 2nd time, appeared in court Thursday.

SAN DIEGO >> A California teenager who says he bought a Bengal tiger cub on the streets of Tijuana for $300 was arrested when he attempted to bring it into the United States in his two thousand seventeen Chevy Camaro.

LOS ANGELES >> The Los Angeles Police Department will host four community meetings today to seek public input on a proposed pilot program to deploy drones as a crime-fighting device. “The one-year program would use a puny Unmanned Aerial System — otherwise commonly known as a puny drone — in limited tactical situations,” an LAPD statement said.

SANTA CLARITA — Authorities are seeking the public’s help today in finding a 77-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing in Santa Clarita. Marcia Ann Whitcomb was last seen around 9:30 p.

A man who reportedly suggested drugs to patrons at a popular Torrance restaurant and led police on a pursue early Wednesday was critically injured when he crashed into a power pole and fire hydrant and was pinned under his car, police said.

Desirae Ortega was inwards her Encino apartment Tuesday night when gunfire erupted outside her window. It was inbetween a father accused of slaying a 9-year-old boy’s mother and police. Ortega said she and a guest ran to the upper level of her apartment after the shooting.

ALHAMBRA >> A South Pasadena man was sentenced Wednesday to twenty five years to life in prison for strangling his 5-year-old son then leaving the bod in a wooded area in Santa Barbara County. A day before the murder, Aramazd Andressian Sr.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge denies to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Three million.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an onslaught rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on bruising the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood brunt; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie showcased Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez striking case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the striking of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Trio, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

Wrong-way driver arrested on one hundred eighteen Freeway | Sep Four, two thousand seventeen

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge turns down to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Three million.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an attack rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Man gravely injured during West Hollywood brunt; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie showcased Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hammering case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the hammering of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Three, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

Wrong-way driver arrested on one hundred eighteen Freeway | Sep Four, two thousand seventeen

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge denies to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an brunt rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood attack; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie showcased Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering warmth was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Wrong-way driver arrested on one hundred eighteen Freeway | Sep Four, two thousand seventeen

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hitting case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the striking of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who resumes to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Trio, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

California woman believed kidnapped by ex is found in Nevada | Sep Five, two thousand seventeen

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border. Henderson Officer Rod Pena says security at the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino reported that Virginia Paris approached guards late Monday and told them she had been abducted.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge rejects to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an onslaught rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on bruising the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood onslaught; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie displayed Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Wrong-way driver arrested on one hundred eighteen Freeway | Sep Four, two thousand seventeen

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a makeshift restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hitting case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the striking of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who resumes to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Three, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

Stolen-ambulance pursue finishes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

California woman believed kidnapped by ex is found in Nevada | Sep Five, two thousand seventeen

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border. Henderson Officer Rod Pena says security at the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino reported that Virginia Paris approached guards late Monday and told them she had been abducted.

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HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border. Henderson Officer Rod Pena says security at the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino reported that Virginia Paris approached guards late Monday and told them she had been abducted.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD — A Los Angeles police officer was injured today in a crash during a vehicle pursue of suspects in the North Hollywood area. The crash occurred about 9:35 a.m. at Whitsett Avenue and Sherman Way, said Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison.

LAS VEGAS — A 28-year-old ex-convict pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing a California man with a single punch outside a downtown Las Vegas bar. James Michael Beach also is accused of menacing to harm a woman who identified him in to police.

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie showcased Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Three million.

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

The prime suspect in the hitting of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who proceeds to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a makeshift restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an onslaught rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering warmth was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven chicks while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

LOS ANGELES — The mother of two youthfull children was shot and killed, and her spouse was wounded in an attack that took place from another car as the family drove through South Los Angles early this morning, police said.

A man suspected of fatally stabbing his wifey in front of their son in Sherman Oaks has been taken into custody after he was hit by a car in Ventura County, authorities said Monday. Suspect Aurelio Teran, 38, was walking around 12:15 p.

VAN NUYS — A man was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot, and two unidentified suspects remained at large today, police said. Officers dispatched about 11:50 p.

VAN NUYS >> A gunman today robbed a Van Nuys take-out business, prompting a perimeter search. The suspect pointed a gun during the robbery, which was reported just before four p.m. at Pollo Campero in the seven thousand two hundred block of Van Nuys Boulevard, near Sherman Way, according to Los Angeles police Officer Mike Lopez.

SANTA CLARITA >> A 31-year-old man, possibly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, was killed when his vehicle plummeted down an embankment and burst into flames near the fourteen Freeway and Agua Dulce Canyon Road near Santa Clarita, authorities said Sunday.

A suspect was in custody early Sunday following a stabbing that occurred during a domestic dispute in Panorama City, authorities said. The stabbing was reported at Two:11 a.m. Sunday in the seven thousand nine hundred block of Willis Avenue, said Sgt.

Fresh DELHI >> Thousands of supporters of an Indian quasi-religious sect leader left his headquarters in northern India on Sunday as authorities relaxed a curfew a day ahead of his sentencing for rape.

HOLLYWOOD >> A man in his 20s is expected to sustain several gunshot wounds suffered Sunday morning in Hollywood, where he was with a group of fellows who had been arguing with another group and the situation escalated into a shooting.

VAN NUYS>> A man who authorities say fatally stabbed his wifey more than six times in front of their 12-year-old son at their Sherman Oaks home before fleeing was being sought by Los Angeles police on Sunday.

LANCASTER >> A man was shot to death Saturday in Lancaster. The shooting occurred about nine a.m. in the forty two thousand block of Sierra Highway, said Deputy Joana Warren of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Months after burglars ransacked his Porter Ranch home, David Lasher was astonished to learn where some of his family’s stolen property, including his wifey’s “irreplaceable” jewelry, may have ended up.

PALMDALE — A man was robbed in a Palmdale parking lot when he thought he was meeting up with someone who wished to sell him a phone, authorities said today while warning other buyers and sellers to beware.

LOS ANGELES — The coroner’s office today released the name of an armed man found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was holed up in his South Los Angeles apartment, prompting the evacuations of at least twenty people.

PALMDALE — One man was stabbed during an argument with his neighbor in Palmdale, authorities said today. The stabbing was reported around ten p.m. Thursday in the thirty eight thousand four hundred block of Third Street East, said Lt.

LOS ANGELES — An inmate attempted to escape today from the bus bay at the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles but was quickly caught, authorities said. The man attempted to run about 9:15 a.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office today warned people with deep religious or spiritual beliefs to be aware of a hoax that can result in the loss of cash and valuables.

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s Department psychologist from La Cañada Flintridge could face life in prison after a jury convicted him Friday of sexually manhandling two youthfull relatives over more than two years, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES >> A grand jury indictment unsealed Friday charges the wifey of a prominent hairdresser and her reputed paramour with capital murder for the man’s stabbing death at his Woodland Hills home in January.

LOS ANGELES — An armed man who holed up in his South Los Angeles apartment today, prompting the evacuations of at least twenty people, was found dead of an apparent of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

EAST LOS ANGELES — Authorities today investigated a bomb threat involving Ford Boulevard Elementary School in East Los Angeles, but found no explosives on campus. The investigation at the school in the one thousand block of South Ford Boulevard began about 6:50 a.

SAN FRANCISCO >> A voter-approved measure to speed up executions in California was upheld Thursday by the state Supreme Court, but justices rejected arguments that a provision setting a five-year limit on appeals was mandatory, raising doubts that the law will succeed in accelerating death sentences.

A Whittier man accused of stealing a pharmacist’s identity and working as an unlicensed pharmacist in the Los Angeles area for more than a decade, for the 2nd time, appeared in court Thursday.

SAN DIEGO >> A California teenager who says he bought a Bengal tiger cub on the streets of Tijuana for $300 was arrested when he attempted to bring it into the United States in his two thousand seventeen Chevy Camaro.

LOS ANGELES >> The Los Angeles Police Department will host four community meetings today to seek public input on a proposed pilot program to deploy drones as a crime-fighting implement. “The one-year program would use a puny Unmanned Aerial System — otherwise commonly known as a petite drone — in limited tactical situations,” an LAPD statement said.

SANTA CLARITA — Authorities are seeking the public’s help today in finding a 77-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing in Santa Clarita. Marcia Ann Whitcomb was last seen around 9:30 p.

A man who reportedly suggested drugs to patrons at a popular Torrance restaurant and led police on a pursue early Wednesday was critically injured when he crashed into a power pole and fire hydrant and was pinned under his car, police said.

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HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border. Henderson Officer Rod Pena says security at the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino reported that Virginia Paris approached guards late Monday and told them she had been abducted.

NORTH HOLLYWOOD — A Los Angeles police officer was injured today in a crash during a vehicle pursue of suspects in the North Hollywood area. The crash occurred about 9:35 a.m. at Whitsett Avenue and Sherman Way, said Los Angeles police Officer Drake Madison.

LAS VEGAS — A 28-year-old ex-convict pleaded not guilty Tuesday to killing a California man with a single punch outside a downtown Las Vegas bar. James Michael Beach also is accused of menacing to harm a woman who identified him in to police.

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie demonstrated Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Three million.

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

The prime suspect in the hitting of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who resumes to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an brunt rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

PACOIMA >> Three people suspected of stealing an SUV were in custody Monday night after leading police on a pursue through the San Fernando Valley, ending in Pacoima where the suspects ran into a Food4Less store.

LOS ANGELES >> A former coach convicted of lewd acts with seven damsels while he worked at after-school programs at elementary schools in Los Angeles and Hollywood was sentenced Tuesday to one hundred five years to life in state prison.

PASADENA >> Three children were injured — one critically — after a eucalyptus branch fell on them Tuesday at a day care center near the Rose Cup in Pasadena. Around noon, about fifteen students at the Linda Vista Children’s Center were outside in the schoolyard during the lunch break when a 20-plus-foot eucalyptus tree branch fell on three children, said Lisa Derderian, spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department.

LOS ANGELES — The mother of two youthful children was shot and killed, and her spouse was wounded in an attack that took place from another car as the family drove through South Los Angles early this morning, police said.

A man suspected of fatally stabbing his wifey in front of their son in Sherman Oaks has been taken into custody after he was hit by a car in Ventura County, authorities said Monday. Suspect Aurelio Teran, 38, was walking around 12:15 p.

VAN NUYS — A man was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot, and two unidentified suspects remained at large today, police said. Officers dispatched about 11:50 p.

VAN NUYS >> A gunman today robbed a Van Nuys take-out business, prompting a perimeter search. The suspect pointed a gun during the robbery, which was reported just before four p.m. at Pollo Campero in the seven thousand two hundred block of Van Nuys Boulevard, near Sherman Way, according to Los Angeles police Officer Mike Lopez.

SANTA CLARITA >> A 31-year-old man, possibly driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, was killed when his vehicle plummeted down an embankment and burst into flames near the fourteen Freeway and Agua Dulce Canyon Road near Santa Clarita, authorities said Sunday.

A suspect was in custody early Sunday following a stabbing that occurred during a domestic dispute in Panorama City, authorities said. The stabbing was reported at Two:11 a.m. Sunday in the seven thousand nine hundred block of Willis Avenue, said Sgt.

Fresh DELHI >> Thousands of supporters of an Indian quasi-religious sect leader left his headquarters in northern India on Sunday as authorities relaxed a curfew a day ahead of his sentencing for rape.

HOLLYWOOD >> A man in his 20s is expected to get through several gunshot wounds suffered Sunday morning in Hollywood, where he was with a group of dudes who had been arguing with another group and the situation escalated into a shooting.

VAN NUYS>> A man who authorities say fatally stabbed his wifey more than six times in front of their 12-year-old son at their Sherman Oaks home before fleeing was being sought by Los Angeles police on Sunday.

LANCASTER >> A man was shot to death Saturday in Lancaster. The shooting occurred about nine a.m. in the forty two thousand block of Sierra Highway, said Deputy Joana Warren of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau.

Months after burglars ransacked his Porter Ranch home, David Lasher was astonished to learn where some of his family’s stolen property, including his wifey’s “irreplaceable” jewelry, may have ended up.

PALMDALE — A man was robbed in a Palmdale parking lot when he thought he was meeting up with someone who wished to sell him a phone, authorities said today while warning other buyers and sellers to beware.

LOS ANGELES — The coroner’s office today released the name of an armed man found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after he was holed up in his South Los Angeles apartment, prompting the evacuations of at least twenty people.

PALMDALE — One man was stabbed during an argument with his neighbor in Palmdale, authorities said today. The stabbing was reported around ten p.m. Thursday in the thirty eight thousand four hundred block of Third Street East, said Lt.

LOS ANGELES — An inmate attempted to escape today from the bus bay at the Criminal Justice Center in downtown Los Angeles but was quickly caught, authorities said. The man attempted to run about 9:15 a.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office today warned people with deep religious or spiritual beliefs to be aware of a hoax that can result in the loss of cash and valuables.

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s Department psychologist from La Cañada Flintridge could face life in prison after a jury convicted him Friday of sexually manhandling two youthfull relatives over more than two years, authorities said.

LOS ANGELES >> A grand jury indictment unsealed Friday charges the wifey of a prominent hairdresser and her reputed paramour with capital murder for the man’s stabbing death at his Woodland Hills home in January.

LOS ANGELES — An armed man who holed up in his South Los Angeles apartment today, prompting the evacuations of at least twenty people, was found dead of an apparent of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities said.

EAST LOS ANGELES — Authorities today investigated a bomb threat involving Ford Boulevard Elementary School in East Los Angeles, but found no explosives on campus. The investigation at the school in the one thousand block of South Ford Boulevard began about 6:50 a.

SAN FRANCISCO >> A voter-approved measure to speed up executions in California was upheld Thursday by the state Supreme Court, but justices rejected arguments that a provision setting a five-year limit on appeals was mandatory, raising doubts that the law will succeed in accelerating death sentences.

A Whittier man accused of stealing a pharmacist’s identity and working as an unlicensed pharmacist in the Los Angeles area for more than a decade, for the 2nd time, appeared in court Thursday.

SAN DIEGO >> A California teenager who says he bought a Bengal tiger cub on the streets of Tijuana for $300 was arrested when he attempted to bring it into the United States in his two thousand seventeen Chevy Camaro.

LOS ANGELES >> The Los Angeles Police Department will host four community meetings today to seek public input on a proposed pilot program to deploy drones as a crime-fighting instrument. “The one-year program would use a puny Unmanned Aerial System — otherwise commonly known as a petite drone — in limited tactical situations,” an LAPD statement said.

SANTA CLARITA — Authorities are seeking the public’s help today in finding a 77-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s disease who went missing in Santa Clarita. Marcia Ann Whitcomb was last seen around 9:30 p.

A man who reportedly suggested drugs to patrons at a popular Torrance restaurant and led police on a pursue early Wednesday was critically injured when he crashed into a power pole and fire hydrant and was pinned under his car, police said.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge rejects to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Three million.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an brunt rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on bruising the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood brunt; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was gravely injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie displayed Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Wrong-way driver arrested on one hundred eighteen Freeway | Sep Four, two thousand seventeen

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez striking case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the hitting of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who resumes to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Three, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

California woman believed kidnapped by ex is found in Nevada | Sep Five, two thousand seventeen

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border. Henderson Officer Rod Pena says security at the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino reported that Virginia Paris approached guards late Monday and told them she had been abducted.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge turns down to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Three million.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an brunt rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Man gravely injured during West Hollywood onslaught; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie displayed Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during warmth wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Wrong-way driver arrested on one hundred eighteen Freeway | Sep Four, two thousand seventeen

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a makeshift restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hitting case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the striking of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who resumes to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Trio, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

Stolen-ambulance pursue finishes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

California woman believed kidnapped by ex is found in Nevada | Sep Five, two thousand seventeen

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border. Henderson Officer Rod Pena says security at the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino reported that Virginia Paris approached guards late Monday and told them she had been abducted.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge turns down to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an onslaught rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood attack; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie demonstrated Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during warmth wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering fever was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Wrong-way driver arrested on one hundred eighteen Freeway | Sep Four, two thousand seventeen

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hammering case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the striking of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who resumes to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Trio, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

Stolen-ambulance pursue completes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

California woman believed kidnapped by ex is found in Nevada | Sep Five, two thousand seventeen

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border. Henderson Officer Rod Pena says security at the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino reported that Virginia Paris approached guards late Monday and told them she had been abducted.

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LOS ANGELES >> A Motel six in Sylmar will have stricter guest registration requirements and beefed up security as part of a $250,000 settlement with the office of Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer.

Wifey, her alleged paramour plead not guilty to hairdresser’s murder in Woodland Hills | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The wifey of a renowned hairdresser and her reputed paramour charged with the man’s stabbing death earlier this year in Woodland Hills pleaded not guilty Thursday. A grand jury indictment unsealed on Friday charged Monica Sementilli, 45, and Robert Louis Baker, 55, with capital murder and conspiring to kill Fabio Sementilli, 49.

Judge denies to reduce bail for fired Centinela Valley school superintendent | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

Fired Centinela Valley schools Superintendent Jose Fernandez pleaded not guilty Friday to public corruption allegations that a prosecutor alleged could have bilked the district of $1.Five million to as much as $Trio million.

Man fatally shot during drug deal gone bad in Van Nuys identified | Sep 1, two thousand seventeen

VAN NUYS >> The coroner’s office Thursday released the name of a man who was fatally wounded during a drug transaction that went awry in a Van Nuys parking lot. The victim was identified as Isidro Alba, 28, of Rowland Heights.

Suspects in Sacramento police shooting linked to stolen vehicle ring | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> Two women believed to be part of a stolen car ring led California police on a 20-mile pursue Wednesday before pointing them to a Sacramento hotel where another suspect opened fire with an onslaught rifle in a shootout that left one officer dead and two others wounded, authorities said.

North Hollywood man sentenced to 50-year-to-life prison term for raping two elderly women | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

SAN FERNANDO >> A North Hollywood man was sentenced Wednesday to fifty years to life in state prison for raping two senior citizens less than a year apart in Northridge, including an 89-year-old woman at a senior living center, and assaulting two other elderly victims.

Former Centinela Valley Superintendent Jose Fernandez arrested on public corruption charges | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

Three years after Jose Fernandez was fired from his position at the helm of the Centinela Valley Union High School District after revelations of excessive compensation, the disgraced former superintendent was arrested Wednesday on public corruption charges.

two naked brothers arrested after standoff at Irvine church evidently had fake gun | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

IRVINE – Two brothers who barricaded themselves inwards Harvest Orange County Church for two hours Wednesday night might have been armed with a fake gun and were intent on hurting the facility, a church official said on Thursday.

Man earnestly injured during West Hollywood attack; Suspect at-large | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

WEST HOLLYWOOD >> A man was earnestly injured Saturday when he was struck by what a sheriff’s sergeant called a “blunt object” at a 7-Eleven in West Hollywood, and deputies were incapable to locate his assailant.

Follower: Manson threatened grisly death if she left cult | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived.

2nd Utah police officer on paid leave over nurse arrest | Sep Two, two thousand seventeen

SALT LAKE CITY >> A 2nd Salt Lake City police officer has been put on paid leave as authorities investigate the use of force in a nurse’s arrest. The July twenty six incident captured on police body-camera movie demonstrated Detective Jeff Payne dragging nurse Alex Wubbels from a hospital and handcuffing her after she refused to permit blood to be drawn from an unconscious patient in a car-crash investigation.

Dog chained to pole outside South LA home dies during fever wave | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES >> The death today of a dog that was chained to a pole outside a home in South Los Angeles amid sweltering warmth was determined to be accidental by investigators with the Los Angeles Police Department’s Animal Cruelty Task Force.

Ex-LA undersheriff Paul Tanaka’s obstruction conviction upheld by appeal’s court | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

LOS ANGELES — A federal appeals court panel today upheld the obstruction of justice conviction of former Los Angeles County Undersheriff Paul Tanaka, who began serving a five-year prison term in January at a minimum security camp in Colorado.

Wrong-way driver arrested on one hundred eighteen Freeway | Sep Four, two thousand seventeen

CHATSWORTH >> A wrong way driver traveled westbound in the eastbound HOV lane of the one hundred eighteen Freeway today but was stopped by California Highway Patrol officers before hitting any vehicles, authorities said.

Prosecution freezes assets of fired Centinela superintendent facing embezzlement charges | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

About ten days before prosecutors arrested former Centinela Valley Union High School Superintendent Jose Fernandez on embezzlement and public corruption charges, they obtained a improvised restraining order in court to freeze his assets, including his $1.

Suspect arrested in Evan Jimenez hammering case | Aug 31, two thousand seventeen

The prime suspect in the hammering of a 15-year-old San Pedro boy who resumes to recover from a brain injury was arrested Thursday and is expected to be charged next week with attempted murder, authorities said.

Here’s why five convicted killers may benefit from the Dekraai ruling | Sep Three, two thousand seventeen

For several convicted killers, the horrific case of Seal Beach mass murderer Scott Evans Dekraai is a potential legal bounty. Last month, a Superior Court ruled that Dekraai — who admitted to killing eight people at a hair salon in two thousand eleven — should not receive the death penalty because of misconduct on the part of local prosecutors and the sheriff’s department.

Stolen-ambulance pursue finishes in Long Beach area | Aug 30, two thousand seventeen

A suspect who reportedly stole an ambulance Wednesday in Westminster and then led police on a pursue northbound on the I-405 freeway was apprehended in the Long Beach area, authorities said. The suspect was taken into custody around nine a.

California woman believed kidnapped by ex is found in Nevada | Sep Five, two thousand seventeen

HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — Police say a California woman believed kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend has been found at a Las Vegas-area casino-hotel near the Arizona border. Henderson Officer Rod Pena says security at the Railroad Pass Hotel and Casino reported that Virginia Paris approached guards late Monday and told them she had been abducted.

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