VAN NUYS, Calif. – A bicyclist in his 40s who police said they saw with a firearm as they attempted to detain him was shot by Los Angeles Police Department officers Tuesday in Van Nuys. The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. near Victory Boulevard and Tyrone Avenue. The suspect ran southbound on Tyrone Avenue when officers shot at him again, police said. The suspect was wounded and taken into custody, police said. He is hospitalized in stable condition. There were no reports of officers or bystanders sustaining any injuries during the shooting. The firearm was found at the scene, police…
Author: City News Service
LOS ANGELES – LeBron James Tuesday evening became the NBA’s career scoring leader when he sank a 21-foot shot with 10.9 seconds left in the third quarter of the Los Angeles Lakers game against the Oklahoma City Thunder at Crypto.com Arena. The basket increased James’ career total to 38,388 points in 1,410 games over 20 seasons. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who held the record since 1984, scored 38,387 points in 1,560 games over 20 seasons. The game was stopped after James set the record, with Abdul-Jabbar handing James a basketball to symbolize the passing of the torch. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver praised…
LOS ANGELES – In recognition of Black History Month, the Los Angeles Police Department Tuesday honored the late Officer Randal Simmons, the agency’s first SWAT officer to die in the line of duty. Simmons, a 27-year LAPD veteran, was fatally shot Feb. 7, 2008, as officers stormed a Winnetka home at the end of a 10-hour standoff with a triple murder suspect, who was himself killed by police. Simmons was 51 at the time of his death. “Randy was a man of faith, a husband, a father and a mentor,” the LAPD tweeted Tuesday in Simmons’ honor. “15 years after…
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A 42-year-old man was charged Tuesday with breaking into two homes in Costa Mesa and sexually assaulting one woman and exposing himself to other victims. Jorge A. Henriqueztrigueros was charged with single counts each of assault with the intent to commit a sex offense, burglary, and attempted burglary, as well as two counts of indecent exposure, all felonies. The defendant is accused of breaking into two separate, neighboring residences about 3:15 a.m. Sunday. The criminal complaint shows two female victims and one male victim. Henriqueztrigueros did not enter a plea Tuesday in the jail courtroom in…
LOS ANGELES – Gustavo Dudamel, the music and artistic director for the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2009, will leave the organization in 2026 to assume the same position with the New York Philharmonic, it was announced Tuesday. “Today, above all, I am grateful,” Dudamel, 42, said in a statement released by the New York Philharmonic. “I am grateful to the musicians and leadership of the New York Philharmonic as we embark upon this new and beautiful journey together. As the great poet Federico García Lorca said: `Every step we take on earth brings us to a new world.’ “I gaze…
LOS ANGELES – Following its Jan. 10 declaration of a countywide homeless emergency, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday authorized its largest-ever annual budget allocation for the county’s Homeless Initiative — $609.7 million. “Budgets reflect priorities and I’m pleased this year’s allocation includes funding our city partners so they have adequate resources to do their part,” Supervisor Kathryn Barger said in a statement following the vote. “I’ve consistently voiced my belief that municipalities know their communities best and can craft housing solutions developed and supported locally.” According to the county, the 2023-24 funding allotment targets programs aimed at…
VAN NUYS – A suspect was shot by Los Angeles police Tuesday in Van Nuys. The shooting occurred around 4 p.m. near Victory Boulevard and Tyrone Avenue, police said. There was no immediate word on what prompted the shooting, and the suspect’s condition was unknown. Story is still developing.
LOS ANGELES – The City Council adopted an ordinance Tuesday requiring landlords to pay relocation assistance to tenants in Los Angeles who move out following certain rent increases. The ordinance — which the council preliminarily approved last week — is the final part of a package of tenant protections the council sought to implement after it voted to end the local state of emergency due to COVID-19 at the end of January. The ordinance contains an urgency clause, but will not move forward immediately because two council members — John Lee and Traci Park — dissented in the 10-2 vote.…
LOS ANGELES – A judge Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit by five Los Angeles County workers who sued their employer, alleging that the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for county workers is unconstitutional. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gail Killefer heard arguments on a motion by county attorneys to toss the case, then briefly took the issues under submission before issuing her ruling dismissing all three causes of action for declaratory and injunctive relief, two under the Emergency Services Act and one under the state constitution. County attorneys maintained in their court papers that compulsory vaccination is different from compulsory medical procedures because…
LOS ANGELES – Attorneys for the estate of the late husband of former Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey can have access to the Cal State Los Angeles teaching curriculum of a Black Lives Matter member who along with two colleagues allege they suffered emotional distress when confronted at gunpoint by Lacey’s spouse in 2020, a judge ruled Tuesday. Lawyers for the estate of David Lacey maintained that the motion by plaintiff Melina Abdullah’s attorneys to quash the subpoena for information on privacy grounds was both “procedurally defective and substantively without merit.” In her ruling, Judge Theresa Traber also…