Riverside Honors Fallen Soldiers with Annual Motorcycle Ride, Concert

A celebrated motorcycle ride through Riverside intended to honor members of the U.S. Armed Services is slated for Memorial Day, featuring a trip through parts of the city, including Riverside National Cemetery, and ending with a concert. “West Coast Thunder” is scheduled roar to life on the morning of May 26. “For over two decades, […]

Mayor Bass Appoints New Charter Reform Commission Members

Mayor Karen Bass Friday announced several appointments to the Los Angeles Charter Reform Commission, an entity tasked with recommending changes to a wide range of government procedures, including a possible expansion of the City Council. In June 2024, the City Council and Mayor Bass established the commission, culminating months of work by the Ad Hoc […]

Judge Approves Plan to Depopulate Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall

A judge Friday approved plans by the county Probation Department to draw down the number of youth detainees being held at the troubled Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, which has continued to operate despite state regulators declaring it unsuitable to house youth. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Espinoza in April ordered the department […]

Man Sentence 40 Years for Soliciting, Filming Lewd Acts with Minors

A resident of the Westside of Los Angeles was sentenced Friday to 40 years behind bars for using websites and apps such as Snapchat to meet and entice children to engage in sexually explicit conduct via video-chat then take screen shot images and videos of them. Mark David Wallin, 44, of the Del Rey area […]

Burbank PE Teacher Charged with Sexually Abusing Minor

A gym teacher at a private school in Burbank was charged Friday with five felony counts of lewd acts on a minor involving a student. Dimitri Altobar, 33, pleaded not guilty and was ordered to be held without bail while awaiting his next appearance June 27 in a Burbank courtroom, according to the Los Angeles […]

LA Non-Profit Launches Billboard Campaign Spotlighting Unsolved Child Murders

The group Justice for Murdered Children unveiled its latest billboard campaign Friday in South Los Angeles in hopes of raising awareness and generating tips in four unsolved homicide cases. The new billboard — at 104th Street and Vermont Avenue — displays the faces of four young murder victims, two men and two women, whose cases […]

Dead Man Found in Car Near Baldwin Park

A man found dead inside a vehicle in Baldwin Park was publicly identified Friday. Baldwin Park police responded at 10:30 p.m. Thursday to North Larry Avenue and Nubia Street, where they found the shooting victim inside an SUV, NBC4 reported. Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel pronounced the victim dead at the scene. The man […]

Authorities, Family Release Details on Missing 53-Year-Old Woman in Compton

Authorities Friday asked for the public’s help locating a 53-year-old at-risk woman with a mental health condition who was reported missing in Compton. Antonia Galin Torres was last seen around 5 a.m. in the 2300 block of North Santa Fe Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Torres was described as a 5-foot-3-inch-tall […]

Four Men Charged in Connection with Fatal Hunting Beach Shooting

Four men were charged Friday in connection with the fatal shooting of an Anaheim man in Huntington Beach in September.. Huntington Beach residents Arnaldo Malaca, 33, Michael Cardoso, 29, and Roberto Lopez, 25, were all charged with murder. Jesus Torres-Martinez, 22, was charged with a felony count of being an accessory after the fact. They […]

Family Sues Mortuary Over Allegedly Dressing Wrong Body

Relatives of an 80-year-old man who died earlier this year are suing a Los Angeles mortuary, alleging the staff dressed the wrong corpse for a subsequent viewing with clothing supplied by the family. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit filed against Harrison-Ross Mortuary alleges negligence, breach of contract and both intentional and negligent infliction of […]

10x Ex-Con Charged in Four Fatal Fentanyl Deaths

A 10-time convicted felon from the Antelope Valley has been arrested on federal charges alleging he distributed fentanyl that caused the overdose deaths of four people at a Palmdale house last year, officials announced Friday. Damian Michael Evans, 46, of Palmdale was arrested Thursday and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday afternoon in U.S. District […]