| | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Man Ordered to Stand Trial in Crash That Killed 4 Pepperdine Students A young man was ordered Wednesday to stand trial on murder and vehicular manslaughter charges for allegedly speeding when he crashed into three parked vehicles on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu in 2023 — killing four Pepperdine University sorority sisters. Superior Court Judge Diego H. Edber ordered Fraser Michael Bohm, now 23, of Malibu, to […]

LAPD: Firearm Owners Can Apply for Recovery After Palisades Fire Owners who believe they lost firearms in the Palisades fire can now apply to recover them, authorities announced Wednesday. Roughly 500 firearms were retrieved and rendered “safe” during debris removal in the burn area, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Many of the weapons sustained severe fire damage, making identification difficult, police said. Despite […]

On Duty Firefighter Attacked in Historic South-Central, Hospitalized A firefighter on duty was assaulted Wednesday in the Historic South-Central neighborhood, and the suspect was at large. The battery assault took place around 6 a.m. Wednesday, in the 300 block of West 28th Street, by the Harbor (110) Freeway, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The firefighter was responding to a “rubbish fire” […]

Controlled Fire Testing in Santa Monica Mountains Concludes Early Controlled fire testing on the Temescal Ridge Trail in the Santa Monica Mountains concluded earlier than scheduled, authorities said Wednesday. The testing, conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, began Tuesday evening between Skull Rock and Green Peak, and was expected to be completed by Thursday, according to Brian Humphrey of […]

CBP: Liquid Meth Hidden in Dog Shampoo Bottles Intercepted at LAX A dozen bottles of liquid methamphetamine concealed as dog shampoo were seized at Los Angeles International Airport, authorities said Wednesday. On April 1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers intercepted an outbound shipment to Australia labeled “Assorted Dog Shampoos,” according to CBP. Inside the bottles, officers allegedly discovered a crystallized white substance that tested positive […]

USC Recruit Alijah Arenas Released from Hospital Top USC basketball recruit Alijah Arenas, who was seriously injured in a Winnetka car crash last week and was briefly in a medically induced coma, has been released from a hospital, his family said Wednesday. According to the family, the 18-year-old Arenas, a Chatsworth High School basketball star and son of former NBA All-Star Gilbert […]

Brisk, Rainy Weather Predicted Next Weekend Across Inland Region The month of May is likely to start off cold, wet and windy in parts of the Inland Empire, as a storm system plunges down the California coast from the Gulf of Alaska for the weekend, according to the National Weather Service. “The system moves down the coast Saturday,” the NWS said in a statement […]

Warner Bros., Ample Seek Dismissal of Chris Brown Suit on Free Speech Grounds Attorneys for Warner Bros. and Ample LLC state in new court papers that a defamation suit brought by R&B singer Chris Brown regarding the documentary “Chris Brown: A History of Violence” should be dismissed as an attempt to “penalize protected speech.” Brown’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit seeks $500 million for what he says were […]

Man Sentenced for Killing Mother, Younger Brother A man convicted of killing his mother and younger brother in the Diamond Bar home the three had once shared was sentenced Wednesday to 40 years to life in state prison. Jurors found Eric Kwan, now 32, guilty April 2 of first-degree murder for the May 21, 2021, shooting and stabbing death of his brother, […]

Police Ask for Help Identifying Suspect in Van Nuys Murder Case Police asked for the public’s help Wednesday in locating a man suspected of killing another man inside a Van Nuys apartment. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Van Nuys Division responded around 2:30 p.m. Saturday to the 12600 block of Riverside Drive for a welfare check, according to the LAPD. Inside the residence, officers […]

LA City Council Defers Vote to Ban Racial Slur, Obscene Word The Los Angeles City Council postponed a vote Tuesday on a proposal to ban the use of a racial slur and an obscene term for a woman during council and committee meetings. Council members sent the proposal back to committee for up to 60 days, where a decision will be made whether to move forward […]

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