Category: Crime

  • Search underway for person missing after car plunges off SoCal cliff

    Search underway for person missing after car plunges off SoCal cliff

    Authorities launched a search for a missing person Monday afternoon after learning that a car had tumbled hundreds of feet down a steep cliff near Point Mugu two days earlier. It’s unclear why one of the occupants of the vehicle waited days to report the incident, which took place off of Deer Creek Road northwest…

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  • DOJ investigates fatal police shooting of man armed with fake gun in Santa Ana

    DOJ investigates fatal police shooting of man armed with fake gun in Santa Ana

    The California Department of Justice is opening an investigation into the fatal shooting by Santa Ana police of a man armed with a fake rifle on Sunday, authorities said. The Santa Ana Police Department responded to reports of a man loading a rifle near Broadway and 2nd streets at 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the…

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  • California lawmakers launch special session to thwart Trump

    California lawmakers launch special session to thwart Trump

    SACRAMENTO —  California lawmakers met at the state Capitol Monday to devise a plan to shield the state from President-elect Donald Trump’s conservative policies, including his vows to repeal environmental protections and initiate mass deportations. The goal of the special legislative session called by Gov. Gavin Newsom is to establish a $25 million fund for legal…

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  • California sets initial State Water Project allocation at 5%

    California sets initial State Water Project allocation at 5%

    California water managers have announced their preliminary forecast of supplies that will be available next year from the State Water Project, telling 29 public agencies to plan for as little as 5% of requested allotments. The state Department of Water Resources said Monday that the initial allocation is based on current reservoir levels and conservative…

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  • Head of L.A. Animal Services steps down amid shelter troubles

    Head of L.A. Animal Services steps down amid shelter troubles

    The head of the L.A. city agency overseeing animal shelters is stepping down, according to an city email sent Monday to shelter volunteers and animal advocates. Staycee Dains resigned effective November 30, assistant general manager Annette Ramirez, wrote in the email, which was viewed by The Times. Ramirez wrote that she had been appointed interim…

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  • Hannah Kobayashi 'intentionally' missed connecting flight, police say

    Hannah Kobayashi ‘intentionally’ missed connecting flight, police say

    The family of a missing Hawaii woman, Hannah Kobayashi, has strongly disputed the statement made by LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell that Kobayashi “intentionally” missed her connecting flight at Los Angeles International Airport. Kobayashi went missing Nov. 8 after catching a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles, with a connecting flight that would ultimately take her…

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  • Dolores Madrigal dead: Lead plaintiff in sterilization case was 90

    Dolores Madrigal dead: Lead plaintiff in sterilization case was 90

    On a fall morning in East L.A. in 1974, Dolores Madrigal and her husband, Orencio, ate breakfast while listening to ranchera radio station KWKW when a news segment aired that would change her life. The couple heard about how 100 people had protested in front of Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center to decry the hospital’s…

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  • State Sen. Omar Fateh

    State Sen. Omar Fateh to run for Minneapolis mayor

    KSTP reports State Sen. Omar Fateh announced he is running for Minneapolis Mayor against incumbent Jacob Frey Monday morning. In a post on X, Fateh said he is running to “achieve the vibrant, loving city we know Minneapolis can be.” Stephen Neukam at Axios reports Sen. Amy Klobuchar is expected to become the number three…

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  • 9-year-old boy shot at grandparent's Compton home, father arrested

    9-year-old boy shot at grandparent’s Compton home, father arrested

    Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have arrested the father of a 9-year-old boy who was recently shot and killed while he was playing in the backyard of his grandfather’s home in Compton, the Sheriff’s Department announced Monday. Homicide detectives honed in on the boy’s father shortly after the shooting on the night of Nov. 30…

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  • Cyber Monday tips for avoiding scams, pressure tactics, porch pirates

    More than 72.3 million people are scouring the internet right now looking for a deal this Cyber Monday. This is the second-most popular day, just after Black Friday, for holiday shoppers to fill their (virtual) carts with gifts for their loved ones, according to the National Retail Federation, which gave the event its name in…

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