4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (775+ words) SANTA MONICA — Police released body-worn-camera footage Saturday of an officer fatally shooting Michael Rodriguez, 44, during an Aug. 22 confrontation in Palisades Park. Police said Rodriguez was not involved in the reported domestic violence incident that originally brought officers to the 1400 block…...

5+ hour, 15+ min ago   (736+ words) VALLEY CURRENT — A man was arrested on suspicion of arson after five small grass fires were found Saturday near a freeway transition road in Sherman Oaks, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol closed the transition from the southbound San Diego…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (570+ words) MARINA DEL REY — A pedestrian was killed Tuesday night after a vehicle struck them on Lincoln Boulevard at the eastbound 90 Freeway entrance, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The crash occurred about 9:58 p.m. as the vehicle traveled south on…...

5+ day, 23+ hour ago   (889+ words) The pending City Hall motion, introduced by Councilmember John Lee and seconded by Park, asks the City Attorney to draft an ordinance authorizing 30-day impounds for vehicles used in repeat illegal-dumping offenses. Illegal dumping is already a crime. The question…...

6+ day, 9+ hour ago   (656+ words) The hearing is set 17 months before the brothers would have been eligible to apply for one. The California Board of Parole Hearings moved the date forward under a state law permitting an earlier review when changed circumstances or new information…...

1+ week, 15+ hour ago   (542+ words) VALLEY CURRENT — A driver got away on foot after Los Angeles police tried to stop him on suspicion of reckless driving near Topanga Canyon Boulevard and Cohasset Street early Friday, authorities said. Officers tried to apprehend the driver about 1:16 a.m.,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (740+ words) MALIBU — The FBI is offering up to $150,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Bernhard Eugen Fritsch, the former Malibu resident who fled the country before receiving a 15-year federal prison sentence for wire fraud. Fritsch, 65, founded and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (684+ words) CULVER CITY — Four people were arrested Wednesday after a family outing at Westfield Culver City turned violent, with police saying two young children were knocked from their stroller as a group assaulted a man and robbed his girlfriend. The man…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (917+ words) SANTA MONICA — Santa Monica police reported 111 arrests in its latest “Blue Notebook” recap, marking the department’s fifth consecutive week with more than 100 arrests. The arrests included cases involving a nearly $100,000 jewelry theft near Montana Avenue, organized retail theft at three…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (648+ words) Police outside of the Pearl Apartments after a shooting in 2024. MARINA DEL REY — Prosecutors have declined to file charges after two people were hospitalized in a stabbing at the Pearl Apartments in Marina del Rey last month, saying there was…...