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Top LA news: Disqualified marathon runner has committed suicide; Colton gang member sentenced; more

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Published on July 09, 2019
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Here's what you need to know about what's happening in Los Angeles.

LA gang member from Colton caught with ‘meth burritos’ sentenced to 15 years in federal prison

A member of a downtown Los Angeles street gang caught with thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine packaged to resemble 14 foil-wrapped burritos was sentenced Monday to 15 years behind bars.

Read the full story on San Bernardino Sun.

70-year-old disqualified LA Marathon runner committed suicide: coroner's office

The coroner's office confirmed Monday a runner disqualified from the Los Angeles Marathon died from suicide.

Read the full story on ABC7.

Investigators: SUV involved in chase, deadly shootout registered to rapper YG

A 2018 black Cadillac Escalade is reportedly a company car registered in the name of Keenon Jackson with an address in Sherman Oaks, according to Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials. Keenon is the rapper known as YG.

Read the full story on CBS Los Angeles.

How the aviation industry shaped Los Angeles

The SoCal spirit of making the impossible possible nurtured the early aviation and aerospace industry.

Read the full story on Curbed Los Angeles.


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