LOS ANGELES – The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped three-tenths of a cent Saturday to $4.844. The average price is 2.1 cents less than one week ago, 9.7 cents less than one month ago and $1.075 less than one year ago, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. It has dropped $1.65 since rising to a record $6.494 on Oct. 5. The Orange County average price also decreased three-tenths of a cent, to $4.796. It is 1.2 cents less than one week ago, 13.3 cents less…
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LOS ANGELES – A 36-year old man was shot and killed in downtown Los Angeles outside of a Metro B Line (Red) Station during a confrontation and the suspect is on the loose, authorities said Saturday. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded at approximately 11:58 p.m. Friday to First and Hill streets where they learned the victim was arguing with the suspect, a 23-year-old man, when the suspect drew a gun and shot the man, an LAPD spokeswoman told City News Service. The man pronounced dead at the scene. The suspect ran away in an unknown direction. Copyright 2023,…
BEVERLY HILLS – Three children of a 65-year-old man who was fatally injured when struck by an Expo Line train at the 17th Street Station in Santa Monica in 2019 have tentatively settled their lawsuit against Metro. The death of Ronnie Solomon occurred about 8:30 a.m. Jan. 15, 2019, according to the coroner’s office and the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau. Solomon’s children, Deonta Tyree Solomon, Jeris Venwalas King and Esther Valery Person, brought the suit in September 2019. On Friday, their attorneys filed court papers with Beverly Hills Superior Court Judge Edward B. Moreton, Jr. stating that a “conditional” settlement…
The Federal Reserve expressed concern over the commercial real estate market in its latest Financial Stability Report, and revealed closer monitoring by officials. More than three years since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, office buildings remain empty as many office jobs shifted to remote work. That shift “could lead to a correction in the values of office buildings and downtown retail properties that largely depend on office workers,” The Fed said in its report. “Commercial Office is on the edge of falling off the cliff, and there’s no doubt it’s going to fall,” said real estate investor Steven Pesavento,…
LOS ANGELES – A jury has found the city of Downey and one of its officers liable for bringing false murder charges against a resident in 2017. On June 12, 2017, a violent exchange occurred between suspected associates of a Mexican drug cartel, resulting in the wrongful arrest of Fernando Garcia for a double homicide. “This is a case that highlights how police sometimes abuse their power and maliciously construct narratives that are not backed with evidence,” said attorney Anthony Willoughby, who represented Garcia. “We are fortunate that we were able to have a jury listen to the facts and…
SUN VALLEY – A man was found dead Thursday in Sun Valley in an apparent hit-and-run, and police sought the public’s help in the investigation into his death. Officers were sent to Saticoy Street and Hinds Avenue about 3:50 a.m. on a report that a man was lying in the roadway, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Paramedics from the Los Angeles Fire Department were called to the scene, but the man was pronounced dead at the location, police said. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office withheld the man’s identity pending notification of relatives. A standing reward of up…
LOS ANGELES – A Los Angeles Police Department motorcycle officer was injured Thursday in a hit-and-run collision near downtown, prompting a search for the suspect. The officer was struck around 3:20 p.m. on the transition road from the eastbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway to the southbound Harbor (110) Freeway, according to the LAPD. The transition road was briefly closed while the officer was treated and loaded into an ambulance in unknown condition. The heavily traveled ramp was reopened by about 4 p.m. Police said the officer was struck by a Tesla, the driver of which continued south on the 110…
LOS ANGELES – Major reforms are needed to increase housing production in the city of Los Angeles to meet a goal of producing more than 450,000 units by 2029, according to a new report released Thursday by the Los Angeles Business Council. The report authored by UCLA and California State University Northridge examined how the long and complex housing development process has contributed to the city’s failure to keep pace with housing needs. According to California’s Regional Housing Needs Assessment (RHNA), the city must add approximately 456,643 units from 2021 to 2029, which is a five-fold increase over the 83,865…
SANTA ANA – A Lyft driver was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl last month. Fredi Rojas, 30, of Orange, was arrested Wednesday and booked on suspicion of kidnapping and sexual assault, according to Santa Ana police Sgt. Maria Lopez. He was being held on $1 million bail, according to jail records. Rojas was accused of attacking the teen on April 13, Lopez said. The alleged victim saw Rojas driving by slowly and flagged him down to help charge her phone, Lopez said. Rojas stopped and offered to help and “forced” her into the car,…
LONG BEACH – Police Thursday continued their search for at least two suspects who fled in a vehicle following a shooting in Long Beach that left a 12-year-old boy dead and a 14-year-old girl wounded. Officers were sent to the 2200 block of Lewis Avenue, between Martin Luther King Jr. and Orange avenues, at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Eric Gregory Brown III of Long Beach died at a hospital, police said. The wounded girl was treated at a hospital for a non-life-threatening wound to her lower body, police said. Last night, a child’s…