Author: City News Service

LONG BEACH – Authorities Wednesday identified a man who was hit by a pickup truck and killed while riding a bicycle in Long Beach. The crash occurred at about 7:40 a.m. Friday at the intersection of Oregon Avenue and 17th Street, near Pacific Coast Highway, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Ayomipo Lawal of Long Beach, 22, died at the scene, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported. Lawal was struck by a Ford F250 pickup truck owned by the city of Long Beach, police said. “The preliminary investigation revealed the bicyclist was traveling westbound on 17th Street and…

LOS ANGELES – A Southern California woman sued the city of Los Angeles and two police departments Tuesday, alleging in federal court that her civil rights were violated when she was held in jail for nearly two weeks after she was mistaken for a fugitive with the same name. Bethany Farber was waiting for a flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Puerto Escondido, Mexico, last April 16 when she was stopped by Transportation Security Administration officers and escorted to a private room for questioning, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles. Farber, of Los Angeles, was placed in…

LOS ANGELES – The LA Pride Parade, canceled for the past two years, is returning and taking a new route in the community where the movement started. The LA Pride Parade will be June 12 and centered in Hollywood, a shift from its traditional route in West Hollywood, it was announced Tuesday. The LA Pride Parade, produced by Christopher Street West, has been described as the second largest pride parade in the nation. It was canceled in 2020, in what would have been its 50th anniversary, because of COVID-19 precautions. The parade was canceled again in 2021 because of COVID-19…

INGLEWOOD – County firefighters knocked down a fire Monday inside a commercial building in Inglewood. The blaze inside a storage facility at 3846 W. Century Blvd. was confined to one unit and reported at 7:10 p.m., according to Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Michael Pittman. Firefighters knocked down the flames at 7:24 p.m., Pittman said. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remains under investigation, he said. Copyright 2022, City News Service, Inc.

LOS ANGELES – A man was shot Monday morning when he responded to a knock at the front door of his Westlake apartment. The shooting was reported at 12:35 a.m. at 522 S. Union Ave., according to a dispatcher at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. Paramedics took the man to a hospital where his vital signs were stable, she said. Suspect information was not immediately available. Copyright 2022, City News Service, Inc.

LOS ANGELES – The coroner Monday released the name of a man killed in a shooting across the street from MacArthur Park. Jose Gallegos, 68, was a Los Angeles resident. The shooting took place around 12:50 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The victim now identified as Gallegos was shot in the chest and died at the scene, LAPD Sgt.Kevin Gruner said. His name was withheld pending notification of next of kin. Another victim was shot in the arm and taken to a hospital. The motive for the…

ANAHEIM – A suspect in an alleged illegal drug lab that caught fire and exploded in Anaheim remained in critical condition Monday while two firefighters treated at a hospital for their injuries were released. The fire was reported at 11:22 a.m. Sunday in a single-story commercial building at 1169 N. Knollwood Circle, according to Anaheim police Sgt. Steve Pena. “It looks like they were doing some sort of honey extraction — making hash oil (and) doing a chemical process with marijuana,” said Sgt. Steve Pena of the Anaheim Police Department. The process utilizes highly flammable butane, Pena said. It turns…

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST – A motorcyclist was killed Sunday when he went down a cliff while on the Angeles Forest Highway, authorities said. The crash at Mile Marker 23.16 occurred a little before 10:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported. Firefighters were sent to the location at 10:33 a.m., according to a Los Angeles County Fire Department dispatcher. They were awaiting approval from the coroner’s office to extract the body, according to the CHP’s traffic incident information page. “It’s a steep embankment and air unit in the area available, and will expedite the process,” according to the log, “If not…

LOS ANGELES – Starting Monday, outer lanes of Lower World Way, the arrivals level of LAX, will be closed overnight for more than two weeks while crews construct a pedestrian bridge over the roadway, airport officials said. From 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night starting Monday and continuing through Wednesday March 9, the outer lanes of the Lower/Arrivals level will be closed to traffic. The closure will also occur on April 4 from 11 p.m. to 8 a.m. Traffic will be detoured to the Lower/Arrivals level inner lanes, and airport officials warned people visiting LAX to watch for posted…

SEAL BEACH – Two people were killed and another person was critically injured during a six-vehicle crash on the San Diego (405) Freeway Sunday morning in Seal Beach that may have been triggered by a wrong-way motorist, authorities said. The crash on the southbound freeway at the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway occurred a little before 1:30 a.m., the California Highway Patrol reported. Firefighters and paramedics dispatched to the location at 1:32 a.m. reported two people dead at the scene, said Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg Barta. Paramedics rushed one critically injured person to a hospital, Barta said. Two…

LOS ANGELES – Eric Weddle has agreed to be the coach of a high school football team, six days after concluding a 14-season NFL career by helping the Los Angeles Rams to the victory in Super Bowl LVI. Weddle will assist current Rancho Bernardo High School football coach Tristan McCoy for the 2022 season, then become the head coach of the San Diego County program in 2023. McCoy has been the Broncos’ coach for 11 seasons. He plans to remain on staff and support Weddle in 2023 and beyond, the team announced on its Facebook page Saturday. Weddle initially retired…

VAN NUYS – A man was stabbed to death Saturday during an argument in the Van Nuys area of Los Angeles. The stabbing was reported at 4:37 p.m. at Victory Boulevard and Sylmar Avenue, according to Officer D. Orris of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The victim — a man in his 30s — was arguing with another person when a third person – also a man in his 30s — stabbed him, Orris said. The victim was taken by paramedics to a hospital, where he died, Orris said. His name was withheld pending family notification. The suspect,…

CERRITOS – A woman who was hit head-on by a wrong-way driver and died in a fiery crash on the southbound San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Cerritos was identified Saturday. Alyssa Aragon-Ramirez, 26, was an El Monte resident, according to the coroner’s office. The collision, which was reported about 2:20 a.m. Friday south of Studebaker Road, involved a 2021 Hyundai Elantra and a 2017 Honda Civic, according to the California Highway Patrol. “A witness observed the driver of the Hyundai make a U-turn, for no apparent reason, from the right shoulder of the freeway and travel the wrong direction,”…

SAN PEDRO – Firefighters recovered the body of a woman in her 20s who was seen by witnesses jumping off a cliff Saturday at Point Fermin in San Pedro, authorities said. Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 10:55 a.m. to 1 Point Fermin to recover the woman’s body, which plummeted approximately 100 feet down a cliff, said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. No further information was immediately available.

LOS ANGELES – The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County resumed increasing Saturday, rising three- tenths of a cent to $4.784, its 14th record high in the last 16 days. A run of 17 increases in 18 days totaling 11.3 cents ended Friday when the average price was unchanged. It is 3 cents more than one week ago, 11 cents higher than one month ago and $1.18 greater than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The Orange County average price dropped one-tenth of a cent…