Woman Who Allegedly Abandoned Newborn Baby Boy Arrested
The newborn was found in a stroller near a church in Exposition Park.
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The newborn was found in a stroller near a church in Exposition Park.
The use of the hashtag "#100daysand100nights" has surged over the past week, sparking fears of what many perceive to be a threat that two gangs are competing to be the first to kill 100 people in South Los Angeles.
Police said the shooting is believed to be gang-related.
The victim was shot in the back around 2:15 p.m
The driver apparently ran through a red light and rear ended a tanker truck.
Authorities say a man has been taken to a hospital after being shot in the back in South Los Angeles.
Deputies were called around 11 p.m. to Berendo Avenue and West 111th Street, where KCAL9's Joy Benedict reports a birthday party for a woman in her 20s was underway.
Authorities Thursday extinguished two fires that erupted in separate churches early this morning.
Police Thursday searched for a shooting suspect who fatally shot a 50-year-old man during an argument on a South Los Angeles street.
Four firefighters were injured and damage to three separate warehouses in Florence totaled between $1 to $3 million after a fire was sparked by what investigators suspect may be illegal fireworks.
Officers were called to the 13000 block of Broadway Avenue near West 130th Street, the LAPD reports.
A felon convicted in the hit-and-run death of a woman in Orange County has been linked through DNA evidence to the 2004 rape and murder of a woman in South Los Angeles.
Police say 30-year-old Alvaro Mata-Rico, of Bell Gardens, was killed on East 51st Street and McKinley Avenue just after 11 p.m. Friday — about 15 minutes before another taco vendor was shot at about a mile away.
Police say 30-year-old Alvaro Mata-Rico, of Bell Gardens, was killed on East 51st Street and McKinley Avenue just after 11 p.m.
L.A. County Sheriff's deputies were called around 8:30 p.m. to 115th Place and Berendo Avenue following a report of shots fired.
A woman with a knife was barricaded in a South L.A. home Friday afternoon.
Three people were wounded, one fatally, in a shooting in the southwest Los Angeles area Wednesday.
Ford's family told CBS2/KCAL9's Adrianna Weingold they were not participating in the demonstration. But they are upset at a report that began circulating Friday that the LAPD had determined the officers' actions were justified and that they'd make that recommendation to the L.A. Police Commission.
Officers responding to a burglary report at a South L.A. home say they arrived to find the suspect leaving out the back.
Crews Friday were battling a fire at an old fire station in South Los Angeles.
A man's body was found burning early Monday morning on a sidewalk in South Los Angeles.
Police Monday were investigating the fatal shooting in South Los Angeles.
When 41-year-old Ruth Noemi Duarte was killed by a hit-and-run driver on Saturday night, it marked the second devastating tragedy to befall her five children in a year's time.
One of the two vehicle fled the scene, police said.
A man wanted for driving under the influence was in custody Wednesday after leading police on a pursuit from Burbank to South Los Angeles.
