VAN NUYS – A man and two teenagers were arrested for allegedly robbing a man at what was supposed to be the sale of an expensive wristwatch at his Van Nuys home, authorities said Saturday. The robbery occurred at about 7:45 p.m. Thursday in the driveway of the victim’s home, after he had advertised the high-end watch for sale on a social media platform, the Los Angeles Police Department reported. The suspect contacted the seller and agreed to meet him at his home, driving in a vehicle described as a black, four-door BMW sedan. After the victim showed the suspect…
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PLAYA DEL REY – Firefighters Saturday discovered the lifeless body of a man inside a burning motorhome parked on the shoulder of a road in Playa del Rey. Firefighters dispatched at 11:23 a.m. to 13799 W. Jefferson Blvd. regarding a vehicle fire came upon a burning motorhome parked on the shoulder a couple blocks west of the San Diego (405) Freeway, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. They discovered the body while knocking down the fire. “Beyond medical help, he was determined deceased and remains at the scene,” said Brian Humphrey of the LAFD, who added that no other injuries…
BURBANK – Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian announced Saturday that he will not run for the congressional seat held by Burbank Democrat Adam Schiff, who is running for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by the retiring Dianne Feinstein in 2024. “Since Representative Adam Schiff declared his candidacy for the United States Senate, many friends and colleagues have urged me to run for the open seat in the U.S. House of Representatives,” Krekorian wrote in a statement released Saturday. “I am honored by the suggestion that I follow my friend Adam in this office to represent a district…
LOS ANGELES – A person was shot in the head with a BB gun in the latest of a string of six predawn projectile shootings in the Westlake district since mid-December, police said Friday. The shooting occurred around 3:15 a.m. Thursday in the 1200 block of Wilshire Boulevard, between Alvarado Street and the Harbor (110) Freeway. The shootings began around 12:40 a.m. Dec. 14 where one victim was standing outside a tent near Wilshire Boulevard and Lucas Avenue and another victim was asleep inside the tent when the first victim was struck by an unknown projectile an the second victim…
LOS ANGELES – Former City Council President Herb Wesson will be immortalized at City Hall, following approval of a resolution calling for the stairs entering the south side of the building to be renamed the Herb J. Wesson Jr. Steps. City Council members approved the resolution Friday. Wesson, who served on the council from 2005 to 2020 and was president from 2012 to 2020, was honored in the chamber earlier this month as part of a celebration on the first day of Black History Month. “When people visit the south steps of L.A. City Hall, they’ll know they are standing…
VAN NUYS – A 35-year-old homeless man was wounded Saturday in what police say was a gang-related drive-by shooting near Van Nuys. Los Angeles Police officers were called at approximately 12:51 a.m. to 13136 Vanowen St. between Fulton and Coldwater Canyon avenues where they learned a dark sedan drove past the victim and shot at him multiple times, according to an LAPD spokeswoman. The victim was taken to a hospital by Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics in stable condition. The suspects drove away west on Vanowen. There was no further information available.
LOS ANGELES – There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing will grow to $104 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. The numbers drawn Friday were 2, 33, 38, 57, 70 and the Mega number was 13. The estimated jackpot was $84 million. The drawing was the fifth since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The odds of matching…
SANTA MONICA – A parolee suspected of committing a carjacking at a Santa Monica State Beach parking lot was in custody Friday. Officers were dispatched at 7 p.m. Thursday to Beach Parking Lot 1 North at 1550 Pacific Coast Highway where they met with a woman who told them two men approached her and demanded the keys to her gray Ford Focus while one brandished a handgun, Santa Monica Police Department Lt. Rudy Flores said. The victim complied and the suspects fled in her vehicle, a gray Ford Focus. The vehicle description was broadcast to all assisting units. Officers located…
SANTA ANA – A 26-year-old felon pleaded guilty Friday and was immediately sentenced to 15 years in prison for shooting a friend when they got into a dispute while driving in Santa Ana. Christopher Samael Sandoval pleaded guilty to attempted murder, assault with a semiautomatic firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon, all felonies. He also admitted a sentencing enhancement for the personal use of a firearm. As part of the plea deal he accepted from Orange County Superior Court Judge Scott Steiner, a sentencing enhancement for attempted premeditated murder, which would have mandated a life sentence, was…
HOLLYWOOD – Saying “I never thought I would get a star,” rap icon and actor Ice-T nonetheless got one Friday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, becoming the 2,747th celebrity so honored along Hollywood Boulevard. “The way my life was going, it was like, what can we come up in Hollywood and steal?” Ice-T told the crowd gathered in front of 7065 Hollywood Blvd., recalling his early days in Los Angeles — before hip-hop, the idiom he helped shape, changed his life and altered the musical landscape. “We were really out here causing real problems,” Ice-T said. “And this was…