Parole agents to keep a closer eye on sex offenders
California parole officials issued new rules this week that will increase monitoring of thousands of sex offenders already required to wear global positioning system tracking devices, a move that comes after sharp criticism of high-profile lapses by the department. Parole...
Gang member sentenced in killing of Echo Park boy, 4
A parolee and documented gang member was sentenced Thursday to 93 years to life in state prison for the 2009 slaying of a 4-year-old boy in Echo Park. Howard Astorga, 26, was convicted in February of the killing of Roberto...
Man shot dead on street in Bell Gardens
Police in Bell Gardens looked Thursday for a man who walked up to another man on the street and fatally shot him in what investigators described as a gang-related act of violence. Three men were drinking alcohol on the 6800...
Sheriff's detectives solve 1976 murder in Castaic area
Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department detectives said Wednesday that they have solved the case of a woman who was killed nearly 34 years ago. The suspect, who was identified using DNA evidence, died in 1997, the department said. The slaying...
Teenage girl shot dead while walking home with friend in Pomona
A 17-year-old girl walking home with a friend in Pomona was shot and killed Tuesday night, police said. The girl and teenage boy were confronted by two men about 11 p.m. at the corner of Olive and Glenroy streets, said...
Pacoima man fatally wounded in his front yard
A Pacoima man who was standing in his front yard with friends and family was shot dead, police said Tuesday. Jorge Rueda was with the group in 11400 block of Magee Avenue when someone fired from a distance around 11:30...
Homicide Report: 10 killings last week in Los Angeles County
There were 10 homicides in Los Angeles County last week, bringing the monthly tally to 28 and the yearly total to 119, according to the Times' Homicide Report database. From Jan. 1 to March 14 of last year, there were...
Man involved in fight is stabbed to death in South Los Angeles
A man was stabbed to death during a fight outside a liquor store in an unincorporated area of South Los Angeles on Friday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. The fatal stabbing was reported about 11:45 p.m. in the...
Homicide Report: 18 killings in L.A. County first week in March
There were 18 homicides in Los Angeles County during the first week of March, according to the Times' Homicide Report database. The year-to-date total of homicides for the county is 108 – down from 138 for the same period last...
Boy, 15, slain and another wounded in Pacoima shooting
A 15-year-old boy was shot dead and a 16-year-old was wounded Monday night in an apparent gang-related attack in Pacoima, police said. The gunfire broke out about 7:15 p.m. as a car pulled up to the two youths who were...
17-year-old shot to death in Pasadena
A youth was killed in a shooting on a Pasadena street Sunday, police reported. About 9:50 a.m., police saw a 17-year-old man running near the intersection of Tremont Street and Fair Oaks Avenue. The officers discovered that he had seen...
Man fleeing a would-be robber is hit by car and killed
An 18-year-old was struck by a car and killed in Canoga Park while running from a would-be robber on a bicycle, the Los Angeles Police Department said Saturday. Officers responded about 8 p.m. Thursday to a report of a traffic...
Man found slain in Harbor City
A man was found dead in a Harbor City residence Wednesday in a case that detectives are investigating as a homicide, police said. The man, 47, had suffered head trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene in the 1000...
Woman slain by gunfire in Lancaster
Detectives were investigating the circumstances involving the slaying of a woman Tuesday night in Lancaster, authorities said. The woman was shot at least once about 8 p.m. in the 4400 block of East 15th Street, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's...
Car-to-car shooting in Watts ends with 1 dead, 1 critically wounded
One man died and another remained in critical condition Monday after a car-to-car shooting in Watts, police said. Ricardo Mendoza, 27, and Robert Gipson, 23, began to shoot at one another from separate cars about 11:55 p.m. Sunday “for no...
Police search for shooter who killed man in South L.A.
Los Angeles police searched Thursday for the person who fatally shot a man on a sidewalk in South Los Angeles. The shooting took place at East 93rd Street and Avalon Boulevard about 2:20 a.m., said LAPD Officer Norma Eisenman. Police...
Long Beach man charged with killing girlfriend with machete
A Long Beach man is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of killing his girlfriend with a machete before turning the weapon on himself, police said. Mireya Lopez Medina, 50, was found dead Thursday in the bedroom of the...
Woman stabbed to death, man hurt in Long Beach
A woman was slain and a man was critically injured in a stabbing attack Thursday morning in a Long Beach apartment, police said. Mireya Lopez Medina, 50, was found stabbed to death by a relative at the apartment in 1900...
Family files claim on behalf of daughter shot after homecoming game in Long Beach
The family of a Wilson High School honors student who was fatally shot after a homecoming football game has filed claims against the Long Beach Unified School District and the city of Long Beach alleging that the agencies failed to...
Man slain by gunfire in Compton
A man was gunned down and died Monday night on a Compton street, authorities said. The shooting occurred about 7:15 p.m. in the 200 block of West Caldwell Street, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said. The victim was pronounced...
Car driven by wounded man in Nevada is traced to shooting scene in Westminster
Police found a woman shot to death and a gravely wounded man at their Westminster home after their car was found in Nevada being driven by a wounded man. Authorities are not yet releasing the names of the victims or...
Pacoima man dies when assailant pulls gun during fistfight
A Pacoima man died of gunshot wounds from a confrontation that began as a fistfight near a bar in North Hollywood. Carlos Martinez, 18, was struggling with two men when one pulled out a gun and began firing. “It was...
West Covina SWAT officer kills suspect in hostage drama
A man holding one person hostage in a West Covina home was fatally shot early Sunday by a SWAT officer, authorities said. West Covina police responded to a report of shots fired in the 1800 block of West Badillo Street...
Wife arrested in slaying of Olympic medalist found shot in his Oxnard backyard
In a new twist in a Ventura County mystery, Oxnard police have arrested the wife of former Olympic medalist David Laut in connection with his slaying last year. Laut, a bronze medalist in the shot-put at the 1984 Olympics, was...
Victim identified in fatal La Puente shooting
Authorities identified the victim of a fatal shooting in La Puente Friday evening as Carlos Torres Valencia, 30. Valencia, of La Puente, was one of three men who were shot about 8:15 p.m. in the 300 block of South Stimson...