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LOS ANGELES - A judge Friday sentenced former La Puente Mayor Louie Lujan to three years of probation and a $1,000 fine for lying on his campaign finance statements. Read Full Artice...
WHITTIER - Three more victims have come forward alleging that former Whittier police Officer Paul Ayala molested them, sheriff's officials said Friday.
Sheriff's Special Victims Bureau Sgt. Read Full Artice...
WHITTIER - A gang member named in a city injunction against Whittier Varrio Loco is facing a murder charge in the shooting of a 30-year-old man in Uptown last year. Read Full Artice...
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WHITTIER - A shooting Wednesday that left a 58-year-old Whittier with multiple bullet wounds started off as an argument between two co-workers over job performance, police said Thursday. Read Full Artice...
An argument between two friends at an apartment complex led to the shooting of a 21-year-old man, police said Thursday.
The shooting, reported at 10:15 p.m. Read Full Artice...
WHITTIER - Police arrested two men suspected of shooting a 58-year-old Whittier man in an alley Wednesday afternoon.
Officers also recovered a handgun.
The resident was shot in the leg, forearm and upper torso, said Officer Mike Dekowski. Read Full Artice...
Police and sheriff's deputies impounded 176 vehicles and arrested six impaired drivers at DUI checkpoints in five area cities on the weekend before St. Patrick's Day.
Officers hold the checkpoints before holidays that typically involve drinking. Read Full Artice...
The older brother of a 17-year-old boy who was shot to death by his Los Angeles Police Department officer father has also died.
Paramedics found the body of Gregory Macias, 24, about 1 p.m. Read Full Artice...
NORWALK - An attorney for a man whose tagging allegedly touched off a shooting that left a Pico Rivera grandmother dead when she tried to intervene said Monday his client will fight the murder charge. Read Full Artice...
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POMONA - Five party- goers at a Buena Vista Street apartment complex were wounded in a shooting late Saturday.
Police responded just after 11 p.m. Read Full Artice...
MONTEBELLO - Officers and firefighters checking out a possible brush fire on Lincoln Avenue near Whitter Narrows Dam made a grisly discovery in the early morning hours of Jan. 18, 2009.
Instead of burning grass, what they found was a body set ablaze. Read Full Artice...
Pico Rivera, Montebello, Monterey Park, La Puente, Industry and Temple City.
These local cities have recently had officials investigated or charged by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Public Integrity Division. Read Full Artice...
LOS ANGELES - A judge ruled a man is mentally competent to stand trial for fatally shooting a grandmother who tried to stop his companion from tagging a wall on Aug. 10, 2007. Read Full Artice...
SANTA FE SPRINGS - As a precursor to St. Patrick's Day celebrations, the California Highway Patrol's Santa Fe Springs office conducted a class Friday for local bar and restaurant employees to identify intoxicated customers. Read Full Artice...
NORWALK - The person on the other end of the phone line was a frightened child begging for help.
"Can you come really fast? Bring police, a lot of them. Bring some soldiers too," the small, pleading voice asked. Read Full Artice...
NORWALK - The Medical Board of California suspended the license of a doctor who pleaded no contest to touching two women patients during an exam at a Whittier medical facility.
Dr. Read Full Artice...
SANTA ANA - A California jury on Tuesday recommended a death sentence for convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala, only hours after the 66-year-old pleaded for his life to be spared. Read Full Artice...
Serial robber receives whopping prison sentence
By Ruby Gonzales Staff Writer
ALHAMBRA - Authorities on Monday threw the book at a 35-year-old serial bank robber dubbed the "Mickey Mouse Bandit," sentencing him to 1,948 years in prison. Read Full Artice...
Former Pico Rivera Mayor Ron Beilke was due to be arraigned Monday at L.A. Superior Court's Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center, but the hearing was pushed to April 14. Read Full Artice...
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