PACOIMA – Authorities Thursday identified a man who was killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway in Pacoima. The crash was reported about 12:10 a.m. Tuesday at the transition to the northbound Ronald Reagan (118) Freeway, according to the California Highway Patrol. Michael Servera Jr., 46, of San Fernando died at the scene, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported. The circumstances of the crash were under investigation.
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WESTCHESTER – A man who jumped or fell from a freeway overpass in the Westchester area Thursday died at the scene. Paramedics were sent to the juncture of the Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway and the San Diego (405) Freeway about 1:30 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. “LAFD responded to reports of a person who jumped off the 105 (Freeway) overpass to the 405 (Freeway),” according to an LAFD statement. “Firefighters located one patient … determined deceased on scene.” The man apparently was in his 30s, according to the California Highway Patrol. Traffic was routed away from the…
CUDAHY – A man who was fatally stabbed in Cudahy was identified Thursday by authorities, and the investigation was continuing. The crime was reported about 4:25 p.m. Monday in the 4700 block of Live Oak Street, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Edward Franco, 38, of Bell Gardens died at the scene, the Los Angeles County coroner’s office reported. Deputies found Franco with stab wounds to his upper body, the sheriff’s department reported. No arrests were reported, and no suspect information was available. Anyone with information about the stabbing was urged to call the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at…
LOS ANGELES – The city of Los Angeles celebrated the grand opening of the Dolores Huerta Apartments Thursday, the first completed permanent supportive housing building funded by the $185 million SDS Supportive Housing Fund. Civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, Councilman Curren Price and Veronica Lewis, executive director of Homeless Outreach Program Integrated Care Systems joined Deborah La Franchi, CEO and founder of SDS Capital Group, for the unveiling of the building. The 40-unit permanent supportive housing project at 5215 S. Figueroa St. was built with a $6.6 million investment from the SDS Supportive Housing Fund.…
LANCASTER – A man was killed Thursday when the SUV he was driving crashed into two other vehicles at an intersection in Lancaster, authorities said. KeyNews TV The man died at the scene of the crash, which occurred about 12:30 a.m. on Avenue J at 40th Street West, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. Authorities withheld his name, pending notification of his relatives. According to the sheriff’s department, the man was driving a Dodge Journey SUV west on Avenue J “at a high rate of speed” when it hit the rear of a Ford F-450 Spectrum utility truck that…
LOS ANGELES – A vehicle hit a man who was walking in the downtown Los Angeles area Thursday, leaving the pedestrian and the motorist dead, authorities said. KeyNews TV The collision occurred about 1:25 a.m. on Sixth Street west of Alameda Street, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. “A 25-year-old male pedestrian was walking westbound on the sidewalk of 6th Street when a vehicle traveling westbound collided with him,” police said in a statement “The vehicle continued in a westbound direction and collided with a building.” Paramedics took the motorist and the pedestrian to a hospital, where both died, the…
LOS ANGELES – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s SuperLotto Plus drawing and the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing will grow to $54 million. There were five tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, including one each at a supermarket in Northridge, a doughnut store in San Dimas and a convenience store in El Segundo. They are each worth $9,905, the California Lottery announced. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 4, 7, 11, 23, 46 and the Mega number was 8. The jackpot was $53 million. The drawing was the 47th…
LOS ANGELES – Police pursuits increased in Los Angeles over the last five years, and 49% of the crashes from those pursuits involved civilian injuries or deaths, officials told the city’s Police Commission. The report indicated that from 2018 to March 2023, the Los Angeles Police Department initiated 4,203 pursuits, resulting in 1,032 collisions with injury or death. Of those crashes, 496 third-party individuals were injured, nine were killed, and 462 suspects were injured, with five dying. About 60 officers were injured during chases, with no deaths. In 2018, the total pursuits numbered 665, with 651 in 2019, 869 in…
SANTA MONICA – Santa Monica will pay $122.5 million to 124 people who alleged they suffered sexual abuse as children at the hands of a former city employee who volunteered with the Police Activities League, attorneys said Wednesday. The settlement, approved Tuesday night by the Santa Monica Council, brings to nearly $230 million the total amount paid by the city to resolve legal claims brought against the city over the alleged actions of Eric Uller, who killed himself in 2018 after being charged with various molestation counts. Uller, 50, worked with the city as a systems analyst when he was…
COMPTON – Authorities are seeking the public’s help to find a man with autism who went missing Wednesday from Compton. Joshua Isaiah Gibson, 24, was last seen at about 6 a.m. Wednesday in the 600 block of Harris Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. Gibson is Black, 6-feet-3 inches tall, weighs 200 pounds, and has black hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a blue-and-gray jacket, a red polo shirt, blue jeans, and was possibly carrying a green-and-orange backpack. Anyone with information on his whereabouts was urged to call the sheriff’s department at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at…