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Top LA news: Danny Trejo saves baby trapped in car; teen bicyclist injured in hit-and-run; more

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Published on August 08, 2019
Top LA news: Danny Trejo saves baby trapped in car; teen bicyclist injured in hit-and-run; morePhoto: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

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Hit-and-run driver critically injures teenage bicyclist in South Los Angeles 

Share this article:The driver of a vehicle that struck and critically wounded a 15-year-old boy riding his bike in South Los Angeles was at-large Wednesday morning and the boy’s mother pleaded for the hit-and-run motorist to surrender to authorities. 

Read the full story on MyNewsLA.

Fuel tanker crash blocks Los Angeles freeway for hours

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A fuel tanker that overturned on a Southern California freeway during morning rush-hour traffic has forced an hours-long shutdown as crews clean up spilled diesel. The crash was reported around 7 a.m. Wednesday on northbound Interstate 5 north of downtown Los Angeles. 

Read the full story on MySanAntonio.

Los Angeles County gas price drops for seventh consecutive day 

Share this article:The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday for the seventh consecutive day, decreasing eight-tenths of a cent to $3.669. 

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Live action hero: Actor Danny Trejo saves baby trapped in car in Los Angeles collision

Actor Danny Trejo saved a baby that was trapped in a car during a Wednesday traffic collision in Los Angeles.

Read the full story on New York Daily News.

Manson case: A timeline of the murders that terrorized Los Angeles and stunned the nation

Fifty years ago this week, Charles Manson orchestrated the slaughter of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people over two nights in Los Angeles.

Read the full story on ABC Los Angeles, KABC.


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