Author: City News Service

NORWALK – A man was fatally shot Thursday in Norwalk, and an investigation was underway. Paramedics were sent about 12:35 p.m. to the 12500 block of Firestone Boulevard, where the man was pronounced dead, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the man. No arrests were reported. Anyone with information on the case was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.

LOS ANGELES – Days before his halftime performance at Super Bowl, Snoop Dogg and his so-called “spiritual advisor” are being sued in Los Angeles for the alleged sexual assault and battery of a woman who says she worked as an onstage dancer for the rapper, according to court papers obtained Thursday. The woman — using the pseudonym Jane Doe in the complaint — alleges that after attending a Snoop Dogg club date in Anaheim in May 2013, the rapper’s associate Bishop Don “Magic” Juan offered her a ride home, but that she was taken instead to his home, according to…

INGLEWOOD – With SoFi Stadium hosting the Super Bowl on Sunday, motorists who travel near the facility could encounter street closures and lane restrictions beginning Thursday. Inglewood Mayor James Butts said the city has worked with the NFL and stadium officials to limit impacts on surrounding neighborhoods. “This is the first time the Super Bowl has ever been held in the city of Inglewood, and we are thrilled for the opportunity to feature our beloved City on a global stage,” Butts said in a statement. “We have been laser focused on making sure this event is a positive experience for…

LOS ANGELES – A man was gravely wounded in a shooting this morning in the Adams-Normandie neighborhood of Los Angeles. Officers were called at approximately 3:59 a.m. to Halldale Avenue and 27th Street near the Loren Miller Recreation Center west of Normandie Avenue where they found the victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, said Los Angeles Police Department Officer Lizeth Lomeli. Two male suspects fled the scene, Lomeli said. The victim was take to a hospital. There was no description of the suspects.

VENICE – A tourist from Florida was shot during a robbery in Venice Wednesday. The robbery was reported about 1:45 p.m. near Washington Boulevard and Dell Avenue, near Venice Beach, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police said the victim was walking with his girlfriend from the beach to their rental car when they were approached by two suspects wearing ski masks in a vehicle, ABC7 reported. The suspects exited the vehicle and demanded the victim’s watch, but he refused and one of the suspects shot him in a leg, according to police. The suspects then reentered their vehicle…

By BILL HETHERMAN LOS ANGELES – A man challenging the Los Angeles Unified School District’s student vaccine mandate said in a sworn declaration that he won’t get his 12-year-old son — a student at a prestigious school — a coronavirus shot and that the district’s alternative online learning program is unacceptable. The father is identified only as G.F. in the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit he brought Oct. 8 on behalf of himself and his son, a Science Academy STEM Magnet school student who is referred to in court papers as D.F. A hearing is scheduled March 4 on the…

LOS ANGELES – A man was in custody Wednesday on suspicion of three sexual assaults against other males, and authorities urged other possible victims to contact detectives. Aadrian Evelyn of Los Angeles, 32, was arrested Tuesday and booked on suspicion of sexual assault, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. Evelyn was being held on $300,000 bail. LAPD News: Detectives Seeking Additional Victims of Sexual Assault (NR22035ll) pic.twitter.com/9UvyXz9Zod— LAPD PIO (@LAPDPIO) February 9, 2022 “Detectives have been investigating Evelyn for three separate sexual assaults of three different males that occurred in recent months,” police said in a statement. “According to the…

INGLEWOOD – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell Wednesday hailed what he deemed a triumphant return of the league to the Los Angeles area, saying SoFi Stadium will likely be at the top of the list to land another Super Bowl when the next available locations are chosen. “We don’t have a Super Bowl (available) until (Super Bowl) 60 (in 2026). That would be the earliest we would consider L.A.,” Goodell said outside SoFi Stadium during his pre-Super Bowl LVI, or 56, news conference. “But I would be hard-pressed to think (Los Angeles is) not going to be at the top of…

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to adopt a goal for the city to end family and childhood poverty by 2035. The motion is part of Council President Nury Martinez’ priorities for the year, which she announced on Jan. 11, during one of the City Council’s first meetings of the new year. “As city leaders and as representatives of these communities, these are the very people that we need to fight for,” Martinez said during the meeting. “The L.A. that is working for those who are wealthy and have access isn’t working for the people who…

LOS ANGELES – The Federal Trade Commission has filed suit against failed fast-food enterprise BurgerIM in Los Angeles, accusing the company and its founder in federal court of enticing more than 1,500 investors to purchase franchises using false promises while refusing to pay refunds. In a complaint filed Monday on the FTC’s behalf by the U.S. Department of Justice, prosecutors allege that BurgerIM and owner Oren Loni recruited potential franchise operators by pitching the opportunity as “a business in a box” that required little to no business experience, downplaying the complexity of owning and operating a restaurant. According to the…

LOS ANGELES – One Los Angeles Police Department officer has been fired for violating the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate and termination proceedings are underway for seven others, LAPD Assistant Chief Beatrice Girmala said Tuesday. Girmala told the Los Angeles Police Commission that 10,216 LAPD employees, or 82.9% of the department, are fully vaccinated, a half-percent are partially vaccinated, and 16.6% are unvaccinated. She added that 460 employees have filed for medical exemptions and 1,831 have filed for religious exemptions from the mandate. One person who was not vaccinated was terminated after a board of rights process, and seven other terminations…

PALMDALE- Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau investigators Tuesday are investigating the death of a man in Palmdale. Deputies from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station were called at approximately 10:22 p.m. Monday to an underpass of the Antelope (14) Freeway at West Avenue Q and Division Street, said Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The man was pronounced dead at the scene. There is no additional information available. Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to call the Sheriff Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477 or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org.

By BILL HETHERMAN LOS ANGELES – Former City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo and his family are suing a noted all-girls school in Hancock Park for allegedly leasing them a home in 2013 that was rat-infested and contaminated by mold, causing health problems for the entire family. Delgadillo, his wife and two minor sons brought the Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against Marlborough School as well as property management company JRealty, alleging breach of a written lease agreement and the implied warranty of habiltability, nuisance, negligence and constructive eviction. The Delgadillos seek unspecified compensatory and punitive damages in the suit brought Friday.…

LOS ANGELES – The nonprofit law firm Whistleblower Aid filed a complaint on behalf of Mayor Eric Garcetti’s former communications director accusing the mayor of perjury for claiming he was unaware of alleged sexual harassment and assault by his former senior adviser. The complaint was sent Wednesday to the U.S. Department of Justice, California Attorney General Rob Bonta, L.A. County District Attorney George Gascón, the California State Auditor’s Office, the California State Personnel Board and the Los Angeles Ethics Commission. The mayor, who has been nominated to be the ambassador to India by President Joe Biden, was questioned during his…

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles and Inglewood officials joined with Super Bowl organizers Monday to kick off a week’s worth of events leading up to Sunday’s game at SoFi Stadium between the L.A. Rams and Cincinnati Bengals. The Rams will be just the second team in NFL history to play a Super Bowl in its home stadium. The Bengals, meanwhile, will arrive in L.A. on Tuesday. “Inglewood is proud to carry the torch of not only being a Super Bowl host city but the home of two teams in the NFL,” Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts said Monday at the Super…