SUN VALLEY – Authorities Thursday identified a man who was killed when a Metrolink train struck a vehicle in the Sun Valley area. The crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday near Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Raymer Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Jesus Acosta Lopez, 57, of Los Angeles was trapped in the vehicle and died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office and the LAFD. According to Metrolink, the train that struck the vehicle was heading from downtown Los Angeles to Moorpark on the Ventura County Line. The tracks were closed in the…
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NEWPORT BEACH – Newport Beach officials have paused a new building for junior lifeguards due to an issue with the way concrete was poured for the walls and are now anticipating completing the project by early next year. The grand opening of the Junior Lifeguard Building near the base of Balboa Pier was expected this Memorial Day weekend, but city inspectors noticed a problem with the concrete walls, city spokesman John Pope said. Because the beaches are so busy during the summer, city officials decided to pause construction this summer and resume work after Labor Day, Pope said. In the…
COMPTON – A man was fatally shot in Compton Tuesday and an investigation was underway. The crime occurred at about 10:55 a.m. in the 200 block of West Rosecrans Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the victim, who died at the scene. No arrests were reported. Anyone with information on the death was urged to call the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Tipsters may also use the website lacrimestoppers.org.
LOS ANGELES – A scheduled arraignment Tuesday was put over to Wednesday for a former Los Angeles Police Department officer who is facing charges of committing lewd acts on four young boys. Paul Razo, 46, was arrested May 10, five days after he was charged by prosecutors with eight counts of lewd acts on a child, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Razo was scheduled to appear in court Monday, but his arraignment was delayed until Tuesday, then Wednesday. He remains jailed in lieu of $2.5 million bail. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Razo committed the lewd…
SUN VALLEY – One person was killed Tuesday when a Metrolink train struck a vehicle in the Sun Valley area. The crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. near Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Raymer Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Responding crews found the mangled vehicle on the scene, and one person was reported to be trapped in the wreckage. Fire officials quickly determined the person in the vehicle had died at the scene. According to Metrolink, the train that struck the vehicle was heading from downtown Los Angeles to Moorpark on the Ventura County Line. The tracks were closed…
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass Tuesday released an update on her plan to identify city-owned lands that could be used for interim and permanent housing, as well as “next steps and timelines” to scale up the plan. “Part of urgently addressing this crisis is identifying land to build housing in ways we haven’t before, which will bring the overall cost of housing (for) Angelenos down and it also allows us to act quicker,” Bass said in a statement. “Today’s report shows groundbreaking progress in our effort and I look forward to continuing collaboration with all levels of government as…
SAN FERNANDO – Two people were injured Tuesday when a work truck rear-ended a Los Angeles County Fire Department truck on the Golden State (5) Freeway in San Fernando. The crash occurred shortly after 3:30 p.m. on the southbound 5 Freeway near San Fernando Mission Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Crews on the scene reported two people were injured, but there was no word on whether either person was taken to a hospital. The work truck sustained major damage in the crash, appearing partially crumpled. It was unclear if the fire truck sustained major damage. The crash…
SANTA ANA – A 60-year-old sex offender previously convicted of child annoyance and secretly recording someone without their consent was charged Tuesday with doing the same at a grocery store near UC Irvine. Roland Moreno was charged with burglary and child annoyance, both felonies, as well as a dozen misdemeanor counts of using a concealed recording device to record another without their consent, according to court records. Moreno pleaded guilty to child annoyance and using a concealed recording device to record another without their consent as well as failure to register as a sex offender at all residential addresses –…
SANTA ANA, Calif. – A former Orange County elementary school teacher and high school wrestling coach pleaded guilty today to possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including at least one video portraying masochistic sexual conduct involving a child. Richard O’Connor, 45, of Anaheim, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. O’Connor formerly was employed as a fourth-grade teacher at Crescent Elementary School in Anaheim and volunteered as a boys’ wrestling coach at Canyon High School, also located in Anaheim. He is not accused of victimizing students. According to his plea agreement, in October 2022, law enforcement served a…
LONG BEACH – A man who was fatally shot — allegedly by the ex- boyfriend of the woman he was living with in Long Beach — was identified Monday. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified the 44-year-old victim as Mario Gallegos. The shooting was reported about 6:30 a.m. Wednesday in the 6200 block of California Avenue, about a block east of Houghton Park, according to the Long Beach Police Department. “Upon arrival, officers located a male adult victim with life- threatening injuries to his upper body,” police said in a statement. “The suspect fled the scene before officers arrived.”…