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Horror Of Innocent Paramount Victim, 73, Set On Fire For No Reason: Reward In Hunt For Monster

LA Sheriff's Department cruiserThe horror of a 73-year-old Paramount man being set on fire for no reason in an unprovoked midday attack outside the victim’s home has led the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors to approve a $10,000 reward for information that leads to the assailant. Supervisor Janice Hahn recommended the reward in the case of Leonard […]
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Arraignment of Orange Shooting Defendant Up in the Air Due to His Injuries

After three previous postponements, arraignment for the man charged with killing four people, including a 9-year-old boy, in a shooting rampage in Orange is tentatively rescheduled for Wednesday. The arraignment of Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez, 44, had been delayed three times, including Tuesday, due to the defendant’s apparent incapacitation. Gonzalez was shot last Wednesday by police […]
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Bloody Slashing Attack By Woman Passenger On Woman Driver’s Face On Riverside Freeway: Mystery Motive

Picture of a knife, not the one in story.A 50-year-old woman passenger was in custody Wednesday after she allegedly repeatedly slashed the face of the woman driving the vehicle in Riverside. There was no immediate word of a motive for the bloody attack. California Highway Patrol officers Tuesday reported to the eastbound Riverside (91) Freeway, west of Central Avenue, and found the victim […]
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Details of Investigation into Crash Involving Tiger Woods to be Announced

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has changed plans and decided to provide an update Wednesday morning on the investigation into the February crash that seriously injured pro golfer Tiger Woods. Last Wednesday, Villanueva announced the investigation into the Rancho Palos Verdes rollover crash had been completed — but that details were being withheld due […]
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Tinhorn Flats Co-Owner Arrested for Third Time and Released

The co-owner of the Tinhorn Flats restaurant in Burbank was home Wednesday morning after being arrested by police for removing sandbags the city had put in place to block the front doors of the restaurant. Lucas Lepejian, 20, was taken into custody about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday after Burbank police said he was seen removing the […]
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LAPD Body Cam Footage Showing Alleged Racial Profiling Released

A federal judge has unsealed Los Angeles Police Department body camera video showing an incident where a Black man who alleges he was racially profiled by officers was arrested in Hollywood, according to documents obtained Wednesday. Antone Austin, 42, claims he was taking in his trash cans at his apartment on May 24, 2019, when […]
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Wind Advisory in Effect Wednesday evening Through Friday for L.A. County Mountains

A wind advisory will be in effect for the Los Angeles County mountains, excluding the Santa Monica Range, starting at 11 p.m. Wednesday evening and extending to 3 a.m. Friday, the National Weather Service said. The weather service was forecasting northwest to north winds of 20 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 50 mph. […]
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OC Keeps on Mostly Positive Path for COVID-19 Statistics

Orange County will remain in the orange tier of the state’s COVID-19 reopening plan this week after the latest statistics show case counts ticking up but positivity rates declining. The weekly update from the state, issued on Tuesdays, showed the county’s test positivity rate improved from 1.7% to 1.6%, while the adjusted case rate per […]
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Judge Issues Tentative Ruling Dismissing Daily Mail From Revenge Porn Suit

Rep. Katie HillA judge is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday before issuing a final ruling on the Daily Mail’s effort to be dismissed as a defendant in former Rep. Katie Hill’s revenge porn suit, which stems from the unauthorized publication of nude images of her. In a tentative ruling issued Tuesday, Judge Yolanda Orozco said was inclined […]
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LA County New COVID Case Rate Holds Steady After Weeks Of Decline

Los Angeles County’s weeks-long decline in new COVID-19 case rates has stalled with the release of updated state figures, confirming the county will be unable to advance to the less-restrictive yellow tier of the economic reopening blueprint for three weeks or more. The state’s weekly update of county-by-county figures, released Tuesday, put Los Angeles County’s […]
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