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Kick streamer N3on and friend Benjy Chavez were briefly detained on Melrose Avenue during a livestream after a false 911 call; deputies later determined it was a swatting hoax.
A man was hospitalized after a Saturday night stabbing on Pacific Coast Highway in Long Beach; police say the suspect fled and the investigation is ongoing.
A hang glider pilot was seriously injured after striking power lines near the Salton Sea. Emergency crews airlifted the pilot; officials say the lines were not damaged.
LAFD knocked down a blaze at a two‑story El Sereno apartment building; two residents were treated and two units were left uninhabitable. Relief partners are assisting displaced occupants.
A jury awarded $1.4M to a man whose eye was injured when a mower propelled a golf ball through a café window at Heartwell, causing nerve damage and chronic pain.
A suspected robbery suspect in a U‑Haul led officers across Boyle Heights and East L.A. Saturday before abandoning the truck and being arrested on foot.
LAFD located a hiker in the Chatsworth hills Saturday and listed the scene "now static" at 11582 Browns Canyon Road; FS28 was among responding units. Details remain limited.
A Ventura County jury convicted Kristian Fonseca of two first‑degree murders tied to shootings in 2019 and 2020. Special‑circumstance findings make him eligible for life without parole.
A driver led LAPD on a dangerous surface-street chase through North Hollywood, briefly driving the wrong way before surrendering near a NoHo encampment.
A motorcyclist died after a head-on collision with a bicyclist on the San Gabriel River Trail Friday night. Police say witnesses reported the rider was speeding without a helmet or lights.
Project Veritas released undercover footage of a chaotic Skid Row confrontation claiming cash‑for‑signatures and an assault on its crew; officials say probes may follow.
Belmont Shore neighbors say late‑night drunkenness, fights and a deadly shooting have made the neighborhood unsafe. They want sustained patrols and clear enforcement now.
South Gate police say K-9 Otis helped recover roughly 500 pounds of crystal meth and a handgun; the department estimated the drugs' street value at over $1 million.
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