Author: City News Service

LOS ANGELES – One person was injured in an early morning shooting in downtown Los Angeles Wednesday. The shooting took place on Sixth Street between Los Angeles Street and Maple Avenue in the Skid Row area, around 6:50 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Further details on the suspect and victim were unavailable at the time. The area was temporarily closed for investigation.

LONG BEACH – A man is in the hospital with multiple gunshot wounds after a shooting in Long Beach and the shooters Wednesday are on the loose. Long Beach Police Department officers were called at 12:03 a.m. Tuesday to the 2600 block of 56th Way regarding a shooting. When they arrived at the scene, officers found the victim with gunshot wounds to the upper and lower body, the police department said. Long Beach Fire Department personnel arrived at the scene and took the victim to a local hospital. According to police, the investigation shows the victim was in a physical…

POMONA – One person was killed and three others injured in a high-speed collision when a car rear-ended a Foothill Transit bus Tuesday evening in Pomona. The collision at the intersection of West Monterey Avenue and North Garey Avenues was reported at approximately 9:52 p.m., according to the Pomona Police Department. NBC 4 reported at least one person was killed in the collision. https://www.instagram.com/p/DFIGhCTPZsF/ According to reports from the scene, the silver, four-door sedan was traveling at a high rate of speed and struck the rear of the bus, which was stopped at a red light en route to the…

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday unanimously approved a $25,000 relief fund for northeast San Fernando Valley residents who lost income due to the multiple fires that devastated the region this month. Councilwoman Imelda Padilla, who authored the motion, called for financial assistance specifically for residents of her Sixth District, encompassing parts of Van Nuys, Panorama City, Arleta and North Hills, among other neighborhoods. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez seconded the motion. Housekeepers, pool cleaners, gardeners, personal chefs, caretakers, drivers and other service workers will be able to apply for assistance. “A stark reminder that our local economy is…

LOS ANGELES – The 2025 Greater Los Angeles Homeless Count, postponed due to recent fire emergencies that displaced thousands of residents, has been rescheduled to February, officials announced Tuesday. The Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, originally set to conduct the count from Jan. 21-23, rescheduled the annual event to take place over three nights next month: — Tuesday, Feb. 18: San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, and Metro Los Angeles; — Wednesday, Feb. 19: San Gabriel Valley and East Los Angeles; and — Thursday, Feb. 20: Antelope Valley, West Los Angeles, South Los Angeles and South Bay/Harbor areas. “The safety…

VENICE – A 49-year-old woman who was found dead near the Harbor (110) Freeway and the Santa Monica (10) Freeway exchange in downtown Los Angeles was identified Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. California Highway Patrol officers responded at 3:30 a.m. Saturday to 725 Venice Boulevard, east of Figueroa Street and north of the Los Angeles Convention Center, where they found Mina Ugrin, according to CHP Officer Elizabeth Kravig and the County Medical Examiner. Her cause of death is listed as “multiple blunt traumatic injuries”. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics pronounced Ugrin dead at the scene.

LANCASTER – A 19-year-old female passenger who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in Lancaster was identified Tuesday. The crash occurred at 8 p.m. Saturday in the area of Avenue J and 27th Street East, according to Detective Jorge Diaz of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Lancaster station. A northbound gray sedan driven by another woman on 27th Street East struck an eastbound green minivan while making a turn west onto Avenue J, Diaz said. Her passenger suffered major trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene by Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics. She was later identified by…

LONG BEACH – A man was shot by one of several suspects during a fight Tuesday morning in Long Beach, authorities said. The condition of the victim was not immediately known, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Officers dispatched a little after midnight to the 2600 block of 56th Way, near South Street and Paramount Boulevard, located the victim. Paramedics rushed him to a hospital. Police said he had been in a fight with several suspects when one of them fired shots, striking him in the upper and lower body. The suspects fled the scene prior to the arrival…

INDUSTRY – The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office Tuesday identified two Pico Rivera residents killed in a crash involving a Metrolink train in Industry. The victims were Pamela Gutierrez Guizar, 47, and Grecia Garcia Sofia, 19, who both died at the scene, according to the agency. The crash occurred at 8 a.m. Thursday at Rose Hills Road and South Capitol Avenue, involving a Metrolink train and a white Toyota Camry, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Paramedics transported two other people with moderate injuries to a hospital, fire officials said. Of the 200 people aboard the train,…

LOS ANGELES – A 32-year-old pedestrian who was killed after being hit by a vehicle on a South Los Angeles freeway was identified Tuesday. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office identified the victim as Derek Clay. The crash occurred around 5:15 p.m. Sunday in the express lane of the Harbor (110) Freeway near West Slauson Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. A SigAlert was issued soon after, closing the lane. It was unclear what Clay was doing on the freeway.

WHITTIER –  A pedestrian was fatally struck Tuesday on the San Gabriel River (605) Tuesday in Whittier. California Highway Patrol officers were called at 2:21 a.m. to the southbound freeway and Whittier Boulevard where they learned the pedestrian had been struck by multiple vehicles while walking on the freeway, according to CHP Officer Elizabeth Kravig. https://www.instagram.com/p/DFGK-MesB59/?hl=en The name, age and gender of the victim was not immediately known. Kravig said the carpool and two left lanes of the freeway were closed while the CHP investigated the cause of the crash.

LOS ANGELES – A woman is in the hospital Tuesday after she was shot during a confrontation with Los Angeles Police Department officers in Baldwin Hills. Officers were called at 11:06 p.m. Monday to the 3900 block of Ursula Street, between Pinafore and August Streets, regarding a disturbance call. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFFmYjGJ14L/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== According to the LAPD, ”the suspect was holding a large metal grate over her head and advanced toward officers. An officer deployed a Taser, but it was ineffective and an officer-involved shooting occurred.” The woman was taken to a hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics and she was reported…

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who lives in Corona pleaded guilty on Friday, Jan. 17, to assaulting a transgender man in the parking lot of a Whittier convenience store who allegedly flipped off the lawman. Joseph Benza III, 36, was charged last month with one felony count of deprivation of rights under color of law for the February 2023 confrontation. Benza entered his plea in L.A. federal court to the offense, which carries a penalty of up to 10 years behind bars, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. A sentencing date of July 25 was scheduled. Benza…

ORANGE – A 51-year-old man fell ill while in custody in the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange and died in a hospital Friday. The man, whose name was not immediately released as investigators work to notify all of his relatives, was pronounced dead about 10 a.m. Friday, sheriff’s officials said. The man was booked by Anaheim police Jan. 6 on suspicion of criminal threats, brandishing a weapon and resisting arrest, officials said. The inmate was taken to a hospital to be treated and was pronounced dead there. It does not appear to be a suspicious death. The cause will be…

PASADENA – A coalition of advocates Friday urged Los Angeles County elected officials for a just recovery for victims of the Eaton Fire, which burned down areas of Altadena — home to a diverse community and known as a historically Black neighborhood. Photos and videos from the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, January 2025. Residents and advocates gathered at the First African Methodist Episcopal Church, one of the oldest Black congregations of this denomination in Pasadena, to join a rallying cry for equitable restoration. The Eaton Fire, which started Jan.7, has so far resulted in the deaths of 17 people…