Detectives released a suspect description after a May 16 sexual assault at Lynwood Park and are asking the public for tips. Contact information and anonymous tip lines were posted.

A pressure-washer tank ignited on Santa Monica Boulevard, forcing crews to stop using water as fuel ran down the street and closing Formosa Avenue.

A pickup ran through a center median on Studebaker Road early July 22 and plunged into the Los Cerritos Channel. A man was critically injured and a passenger waded ashore to summon help.

Los Alamitos and Long Beach police responded Wednesday to an active situation around UCI Health — Los Alamitos; authorities asked people to avoid the area while officers worked on scene.

Orange County sheriff's SWAT executed a pre‑dawn search‑warrant at a South L.A. warehouse; aerial footage shows officers cutting a door and searching a shipping container.

CBP intercepted a suitcase from Thailand at an L.A. port of entry that held nearly 99 pounds of contraband — meat, mangoes and parts of a Bengal monitor lizard. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service took custody and authorities are reviewing potential penalties.

Firefighters recovered a body Tuesday near 500 W Paseo Del Mar in San Pedro’s Sunken City. LAPD is investigating and officials say the circumstances remain unclear.

An Israeli‑American reality TV figure identified as Yakir Levi, 45, fell from the 28th floor of the Acqualina in Sunny Isles Beach. Miami‑Dade investigators have opened an unclassified probe and an autopsy is pending.

A Simi Valley neighborhood was sealed off Tuesday after a body was found near the 2500 block of Dusan Street; aerial footage showed a damaged pickup and a SWAT vehicle at the scene.

A Los Angeles judge will reconsider next week whether to keep discovery frozen in the defamation suit tied to A$AP Rocky and his attorney. The appellate fight over media statements will largely decide whether claims against the lawyer proceed.

LAFD crews fought a house fire Tuesday in Green Meadows; initial alerts list FS65 as first on scene and Battalion 13 in command. Investigators are on scene.

A disbarred Manhattan Beach lawyer pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $300,000 from clients to feed a gambling habit. Sentencing is set for Sept. 21 in downtown LA.

LAFD crews from Fire Station 14 responded to a two‑story house fire at 2624 S Maple Ave in Historic South‑Central. Heavy smoke was reported from the first floor and crews were operating offensively.