Homelessness Declining in LA? LAHSA Anticipates Need for More Housing to Continue Trend

The Greater Los Angeles region experienced a second consecutive year-over-year decline in people experiencing homelessness, according to figures released Monday, but authorities warned that more housing will be needed to continue the downward trend. The annual point-in-time homeless count showed there was a 4% decrease in homeless people across the county, while in the city […]

Trump Files Intent to Appeal Judge’s Ruling on LA ICE Raids

The Trump administration has filed a legal notice formally announcing its intent to appeal a Los Angeles federal judge’s orders limiting the ability of federal agents to detain people without reasonable suspicion beyond their race, ethnicity or occupation. According to court records, the federal government on Sunday filed a formal notice of appeal with the […]

Man Commits Suicide in Custody; Expected to Plead Guilty to Murdering Wife, In-Laws

A Tarzana man whom a prosecutor said was expected to enter a guilty plea Monday in connection with the 2023 killings of his wife — whose dismembered body was found dumped in a trash bin — and his in-laws has died in jail. Deputy District Attorney Beth Silverman told Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge […]

Looters Hit Long Beach Convenience Store During Weekly Street Takeover

A large crowd looted a convenience store in Long Beach after a street takeover early Monday. In the latest example of what’s become an almost weekly ritual in the Los Angeles area, a group of motorists drove recklessly and blocked the intersection of Orange Avenue and Harding Street around 12:40 a.m. Monday, according to the […]

24-Year-Old Hiker Missing in Llano

Detectives Monday sought the public’s help in locating a man who went missing while hiking in Llano. Alfredo Nieto De Jesus, 24, was last contacted at 4 p.m. Sunday in the area of Big Rock Creek, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. De Jesus is described as Hispanic, 5-foot-6 and 150 pounds with […]

Medical Examiner ID’s Passenger Killed During Off-Road Vehicle Crash

The medical examiner’s office Monday identified a man who was killed when he fell from an off-road vehicle that crashed in Lancaster. The crash occurred about 2:25 a.m. Sunday on Avenue H, west of 35th Street, and involved a Can-Am Maverick and Nissan Sentra, said Detective Ryan Ament of the sheriff’s Lancaster Station. A passenger […]

Two Deputies Plead Guilty to Leveraging Positions to Work Security for Crypto Fraudster

A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy pleaded guilty Monday and a second LASD deputy agreed to plead guilty to federal charges for leveraging their law enforcement jobs during off-duty work as private security for clients including a now-jailed cryptocurrency businessman. David Rodriguez, 43, of La Verne, pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles to one […]

SFV Man Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Medicare of $16M

A San Fernando Valley man pleaded guilty Monday to his role in defrauding Medicare of nearly $16 million through sham hospice companies and laundering the illicit proceeds. Juan Carlos Esparza, 33, of Valley Village, pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles to federal charges of health care fraud and transactional money laundering and is scheduled to […]

LAPD Seeks Location of Hit-and-Run Suspect

Police sought the public’s help Monday in locating a hit-and-run driver who fatally struck a 30-year-old bicyclist in South Los Angeles. The collision occurred around 10:10 p.m. July 1 when a black Tesla Model X being driven at a high rate of speed heading east on 67th Street from Flower Street crashed into a bicyclist, […]

Man Charged for Sexually Assaulting 6-Year-old Girl in Orange

A 43-year-old man was charged Monday with molesting a girl, starting when she was 6 years old, in the city of Orange. Cupertino Nava Santiago was charged with sexual intercourse or sodomy with child 10 years old or younger, four counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child younger than 14, and three counts of […]

Getaway Driver from $1M Beverly Hills Watch Robbery Sentenced Over Two Years

The getaway driver in the armed robbery of a $1 million emerald-encrusted watch from a tourist sitting on the patio of a restaurant at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel last year was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years behind bars and ordered to pay $30,000 in restitution. Jamer Mauricio Sepulveda Salazar, 22, of Colombia, pleaded guilty […]