Two men beat, rob victim of watch at shop on Melrose Avenue

Police are asking for the public's help tracking down one of two suspects - and the victim - in a vicious beating and robbery caught on camera on Melrose Avenue. The video shows a victim followed into a salon business in the 8200 block of Melrose Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.The victim is seen being thrown to the ground and chased through the salon by one suspect, who continues to assault and pistol-whip the victim in an effort to get his watch.

ABC7

LA Mayor Karen Bass Wants Public Input On Police Chief Search.

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore is retiring at the end of February, which means L.A. is on the hunt for a new leader in one of its most challenging jobs.Turnover in the police chief role happens every five to 10 years. Here’s your refresher on what the chief does, how the selection process will work, and how you can make your voice heard.

LAist

Officers Rescue Teen Being Sexually Assaulted In Skid Row: LAPD

A teenage girl is recovering today thanks to two police officers who heard her screams and rescued her from an attacker on Skid Row, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Such sexual assaults are all too common in the area where the unhoused are often at the mercy of those who would prey upon them, said LAPD Central Area Commanding Officer Capt. Raul Jovel. The unnamed officers who saved the teen are being lauded for their work.

Patch

1 dead, 1 hospitalized after San Fernando shooting

A shooting in San Fernando Tuesday evening left one man dead and another hospitalized, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The shooting, which occurred at about 5:30 p.m. in the 2200 block of San Fernando Road, sent both victims to a local hospital, the LAPD said in a news release. One man, 49, succumbed to his wounds, while the other remains in stable condition, police said.

KTLA

Arrests announced in graffiti at unfinished downtown LA high-rise

Two arrests have been made in connection with a vandalized high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles, police announced Thursday. On Tuesday, LAPD Central Area officers responded to a vandalism call on South Figueroa Street, where a Tactical Flight Officer observed over a dozen people trespassing and potentially spray-painting in a building.

NBC 4

Organized Retail Crime Task Force Arrests Flash Robbery Suspect 

On January 31, 2024, the Organized Retail Crime Task Force served a search and arrest warrant in Lancaster, California. The warrant service was in connection to a suspect, identified by Glendale Police Department detectives, who was involved in the Topanga Nordstrom flash-robbery that occurred on August 12, 2023. During the search of the location, an unregistered handgun, an extended magazine, ammunition, and approximately $4,500 cash was recovered.

LAPD Online

Loved ones search for missing L.A. County teenager

Loved ones are searching for a teenager who disappeared in Paramount. The at-risk missing girl, Rabeka Lin Vallejo, 15, went missing on Jan. 31, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.She was last seen on the 16800 block of Passage Street at around 6:30 p.m.

KTLA

About 100 chickens escape Chinatown poultry market

LAPD officers and bystanders joined in on a chaotic effort to chase and catch about 100 chickens who briefly found themselves free from a market in Chinatown early Thursday morning. The great chicken escape happened around 2 a.m. near Peking Poultry on Broadway. There was apparently a mishap as the birds were being transferred onto a truck. Police responded to help with traffic control, and try to round up the errant chickens themselves.

ABC 7

Second suspect arrested in Los Angeles in connection to deadly Las Vegas shooting

A second suspect was arrested in Los Angeles in connection to a deadly east valley shooting that happened two weeks ago, according to Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. On Sunday, Jan. 28, 56-year-old David Lynn Coulson, Sr. was taken into custody by the Los Angeles Police Department and booked into a Los Angeles area jail for one count of open murder pending extradition to Las Vegas.

News3LV

City officials call on LAPD to hire more multilingual emergency dispatchers

Amid significant vacancies in the Los Angeles Police Department, city officials are raising concerns over the department’s ability to serve non-English-speaking communities in emergency situations. Dispatchers who handle 911 calls, also known as police service representatives, received 2.2 million calls between January and September of 2023. More than 5,000 of those calls came from individuals speaking a language other than English or Spanish. It can take up to 45 seconds to get an interpreter on the line, according LAPD Capt. Raymond Valois.

LA Times

Thousands of California homeowners can cut their property tax bill. Here’s how

With property tax bills as high as they are in Southern California, you’d think that homeowners would sign up for every break they could get. You would be wrong. Since 1974, the state of California has offered to reduce the assessed value of any owner-occupied home by $7,000. That, in turn, reduces the home’s annual tax bill. You just have to apply once, and the “homeowners exemption” will be applied automatically to your assessment until you move out or sell.

Los Angeles Times

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