Good Morning. It's been two months since the Parker Foundation's 1951 LAPD Squad Car was sent off for much-needed repairs, but as of August 1, 2021, the ol '51 is back home at the Elysian Park Police Academy. If you would like to come by and get your photo taken with the Foundation's LAPD vintage patrol car, click here to see details on how you can schedule a time to do that. Law Enforcement News Man Shot To Death In Front Of South Los Angeles House Identified A 39-year-old man who was fatally shot in the Green Meadows area of South Los Angeles was identified Monday. Cole Haywood, whose city of residence was unknown, was standing in front of a house at 823 E. 116th St. around 8:35 p.m. Sunday when he was approached by a suspect who fired shots at him before fleeing the scene, according to police and the coroner’s office. Haywood was pronounced dead at the scene. No suspect description was provided. The shooting was believed to be gang-related, police said. MyNewsLA.com Police Commission to Consider Plan with More Funding, Training for LAPD The Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday will review a report from the police department outlining a $18.5 million plan to improve how it handles protests and civil unrest. The department had initially submitted a budget of $66.7 million to incorporate 106 recommendations from three reports that found the department mishandled aspects of its response to last year's protests against racism and police brutality sparked by the May 25, 2020, killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. "When we looked back at our training, we found that issues of dealing with crowd control, civil unrest, crowd management, interactions with the media... during those highly volatile events did not keep up with the perishable skill that that represents. So our proposal tomorrow is to identify the added resources that is necessary so that one of those perishable skills -- dealing with civil unrest, crowd management, dealing with the interactions with media and those types of circumstances -- is improved," Moore said. NBC 4 Shoplifters casually rob California Marshalls as people watch, employees do not report crime Multiple shoplifters in California were seen brazenly stealing from a Marshalls location as the crime continues in the state. "People shopping there were just kind of standing there watching. The only thing I figured I could do was get their identities and their license plates and give them to somebody who will do something with them," witness Lindsey Rodriguez, a resident of Hemet who recorded the suspects, told NBC4. Rodriguez said she saw one man stroll out of the store with his arms full of clothing on Saturday evening in Hemet, and said one woman used wire cutters to sever security tags on expensive purses. Los Angeles Police Department Sgt. Jerretta Sandoz added after the TJ Maxx incident that she blames Prop 47, a 2014 referendum that lowered criminal sentences on crimes such as shoplifting, for the recent increases. "If they’re caught, they’re probably given the equivalent of a traffic ticket," she said. "So it’s not taken seriously. If you let these criminals think that they can go in and steal merchandise and steal things, what happens when someone tries to stop them," Sandoz added. Fox Business News Well-Known LAPD Critic Arrested In Hollywood On Criminal Threats Charge Los Angeles police arrested one of their most well-known critics Monday on suspicion of threatening a homeless person in Hollywood, a move that drew immediate outcry from area activists. William Gude — better known to his 10,000 Twitter followers as @FilmThePoliceLA — was arrested on suspicion of making criminal threats about 1:30 p.m. near Las Palmas Avenue and Leland Way, said LAPD Capt. Brent McGuyre, who oversees Hollywood Division. McGuyre said Gude and a homeless person became involved in a dispute “over the victim throwing trash in the street.” The homeless man accused Gude of threatening harm, which led to the arrest. McGuyre said no other witnesses to the alleged threat had been identified as of Monday evening. Gude, who works in finance and lives in Hollywood, has gained a following online by documenting crime scenes and police work. He has frequently filed complaints against officers at Hollywood Division over what he views as abuses by officers, often against young Black men. Los Angeles Times Man Allegedly Tried To Run Over Members Of A Fairfax Synagogue With His Car Wednesday A man who witnesses say was yelling anti-Semitic threats to dozens of people at a synagogue Wednesday allegedly tried to drive his car into the crowd. On what was supposed to be an evening of celebration and faith, members of Fairfax area synagogue say a man they had never seen before disrupted their concert Wednesday and began making threats. “He was in an absolute rage and he was screaming, ‘I’m a real Muslim and I’ll show you what real terrorism looks like,’ and my wife and kids are this event,” said security guard David K. A member of the community and a trained security guard, David was at Wednesday’s concert outside at the Shaarei Tefila Synagogue. “He was shouting that he was going ‘F’ all the Jews ,and I could see it in his eyes that he wanted to attack,” David said. People who were nearby also saw the man shouting. They said he was walking two dogs and confronting the worshipers. A man working as a valet across the street said he heard the violent exchange, with the stranger cursing, saying, “I’m going to come back.” The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that a police report was filed regarding Wednesday’s incident, but said the matter is still under investigation and that, so far, no one has been arrested. CBS 2 LA County DA George Gascón Dismissing Nearly 60,000 Cannabis Convictions Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Monday that nearly 60,000 cannabis convictions will be dismissed. Ingrid Archie benefited from Prop 64. Along with legalizing marijuana in California, the 2016 measure helped pave the way for some old cannabis convictions to be cleared, including Archie's. In a Zoom conference Monday morning with L.A. County government leaders and community advocates, Archie described the obstacles tied to a cannabis conviction. "The barriers that are created when a person cannot get a job, when a person cannot find housing, when a person cannot get the necessary resources that they need because of the barriers that are created by archaic laws that target poor people from our community," Archie said. Gascón, with the support of several nonprofit leaders, announced nearly 60,000 more dismissals like these are on the way and his office is taking it one step further, not only expunging the criminal records, but also sealing them. "Cases of people that went in for cultivation, for possession, for sale, perhaps transportation, in some cases, many, many decades ago," Gascón said. ABC 7 Local Unhoused Man Creates Wall Of Bicycles In Koreatown A large wall of bicycles created by a local unhoused man is lending a window into the increasing number of people living on the 4th Street sidewalk in Koreatown since the pandemic began. “It’s been extremely neglected as far as the sanitation stations and restrooms they have put there,” said Jamie Penn, a Wilshire Center Koreatown Homeless liaison. Penn added at one point about 50 people lived in the encampment. Some local businesses said the encampment is costing them potential customers and patients. “I have a few who have left our practice,” said Dr. Charisma Lasan who works at a dental office across the street from the encampment. “They actually came and turned around and just went home, after they saw that happened outside.” CBSLA reached out to Councilmember Mitch O’Farrell’s office who represents the district. He said an outreach team has been to the area more than 50 times since April and that they have been working to connect people to several hundred beds in the district. CBS 2 Sunland Man Gets 3 Years In Prison For $650K Paycheck Protection Program Fraud A Sunland resident has been sentenced to more than three years in federal prison for fraudulently obtaining a $650,600 Paycheck Protection Program loan under a program intended by Congress to help small businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic, prosecutors announced Friday. Andranik Amiryan, 42, was sentenced late Thursday to 41 months by U.S. District Judge Dolly M. Gee, who also ordered him to pay $650,600 in restitution. Amiryan pleaded guilty in April to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Gee described as “despicable” Amiryan’s theft of funds provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, the U.S. Department of Justice said. Amiryan opened a bank account by using a stolen identity, then, posing as the identity theft victim, falsely told the bank that he was the CEO of ACBA Technologies Inc., a Northridge-based software company. In fact, ACBA existed only as a corporate shell. Amiryan’s co-conspirators arranged to wire into that account $650,600 of CARES Act relief funds by falsely claiming that ACBA Technologies had a monthly payroll of more than $500,000 and attaching forged tax forms as support. Los Angeles Daily News Man, His Father Charged In Connection With 3 East LA Cold Case Murders A man was charged Monday with the killings of three people in the East Los Angeles area between 2014 and 2018, while his father was charged in connection with one of the slayings. Anthony Velasquez, 31, is charged with three counts of murder along with allegations that he personally used a firearm in the Feb. 11, 2014, killing of Jesus Antonio Avalos; the July 6, 2015, slaying of Eduardo Robles; and the April 22, 2018, killing of Amanda Nicole Lopez. His father, Manuel Velasquez, 51, is charged with one count of murder for Robles' killing, two counts of being an accessory to the other two murders and helping his son avoid arrest. Anthony Velasquez was ordered to be held in lieu of $6 million bail, while his father's bail was set at $2 million. A Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department SWAT team descended on a residence about 4:30 a.m. Thursday and took the men into custody. News video from the scene showed deputies placing a shirtless Anthony Velasquez into a patrol vehicle after he was apprehended. The arrests came after an $80,000 reward was offered in the case and investigators received multiple tips. ABC 7 16-Year-Old Ricardo Ramirez Shot To Death On Compton Street Authorities have identified the victim of a fatal shooting in Compton late Friday night as a 16-year-old boy. Ricard Trujillo Ramirez of Lomita was shot and killed on a Compton street, the Los Angeles County County coroner’s office reported Monday. At 11:50 p.m. Friday, L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 900 block of East Pine Street, near North Locust Avenue, on an assault with a deadly weapon call. They arrived to find Ramirez lying in the street with at least one gunshot wound to the upper torso, the sheriff’s department said. He died at the scene. There was no word on a motive. It’s unclear if the shooting was gang-related. There was also no suspect information. Anyone with information on the case should call the LASD Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500. Anonymous tips can be called in to Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477, or submitted online at lacrimestoppers.org. CBS 2 LASD Searching For Missing San Fernando Woman Sheriff’s detectives continued searching Sunday for a 24-year-old woman last seen near a hospital in the city of San Fernando. Ashley Katelyn Cobain was last seen about 9 a.m. Wednesday in the area of Pacific Hospital, at 9449 San Fernando Road, according to Deputy Shawn Du Busky of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Cobain is Hispanic. She stands 4 feet, 11 inches tall, and weighs 115 pounds. She has hazel eyes and straight brown hair. Anyone with information was asked to call detectives at 323-890-5500 or 011. Tipsters can also call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-8477. MyNewsLA.com Rise In California Homicides Echoes The Nation, But State Fares Better In Violent Crime, FBI Stats Show California’s 31% jump in homicides in 2020 reflected a national trend that saw the largest one-year increase since the FBI began collecting numbers in the 1960s, the bureau said Monday. The national increase was 29.4%, according to FBI statistics. The numbers also showed an increase in fatal gun violence. Nationwide, guns accounted for 76% of the weapons used in slayings last year, up from 73% in 2019, according to the FBI report. That, too, echoed California’s Department of Justice numbers released in July that showed gun fatalities in 2020 accounted for nearly 3 out of 4 of 2,202 homicides in the state compared with 69% the year before. “What is really striking is that this was a universal increase from the big cities to the smaller communities,” said Richard Rosenfeld, a criminologist at the University of Missouri St. Louis. “When you see it ... everywhere in the U.S. that isn’t a local phenomenon.” The fact that California and the rest of the nation behaved similarly when it comes to more homicides, he said, would seem to suggest that “all the ideas that red states differ from blue states are nonsense.” Los Angeles Times FBI Urges Victims To Report Hate Crimes After Incidents Surge In Some Areas The FBI has launched a nationwide campaign to encourage victims of hate crimes to report the incidents to federal authorities. The Los Angeles field office, which covers Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino and three other counties, is participating in the multi-language outreach at a time when Orange County authorities are reporting an increase in anti-Asian hate crimes and discriminatory incidents. The FBI is the lead investigative agency for criminal violations of federal civil rights statutes. The FBI defines a hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender or gender identity.” Kristi Johnson, the assistant director in charge of the Los Angeles office, said that offenses against a person because of political ideology are not considered hate crimes. Los Angeles Daily News Fentanyl-Laced Counterfeit Pills Prompt DEA Warning The Drug Enforcement Administration, DEA, issued a Public Safety Alert Monday warning Americans about fake prescription pills that contain fentanyl and methamphetamine, following an alarming rise in deaths across the country and in Los Angeles. The chemicals for the drugs are made in China and India and then sent to Mexico for production by criminal drug networks and they're marketed as legitimate prescription pills. "These pills are crossing the border. They're coming up here to the LA area. LA is unfortunately a trans-shipment center for drugs. The drugs get warehoused here, and then they get sent out all across the United States. We're [Los Angeles] always going to be on the front line of trending drug issues. In Mexico, these drugs are made in filthy clandestine laboratories. It's certainly not anything even remotely close to what we have in the legitimate pharmaceutical industry here in the United States," said Bill Bodner, the Special Agent in charge for the Los Angeles DEA. Bodner said the problem has gotten worse over the years. "The problem with counterfeit prescription drugs has been getting progressively worse for the past two years, and it's gotten to the point where we really felt we had to call on the public to get involved. More than any drug threat I've seen in my 30 years, this is one where I think public awareness and educating the public can go a long way towards addressing the problem and saving lives." FOX 11 Tennessee Deputy Fatally Shot While Responding To Domestic Disturbance The Hardin County Sheriff’s Office is mourning Deputy Matthew Locke, who was shot and killed Saturday while responding to a domestic disturbance. According to WREG Memphis, responding officers were met by the suspect, Todd Stricklin, who refused to drop his gun. Stricklin shot Locke and ran away into the woods but was captured hours later. Locke was taken to a hospital where he died, WREG reported. “We remember Deputy Locke for his selfless dedication, absolute courage and unparalleled commitment,” the sheriff’s office said in a statement. “Our community has lost a hero. Our department has lost a brother. We will never forget Deputy Locke, and we are all forever in debt for his sacrifice.” Stricklin has been charged with first-degree murder. PoliceOne Chicago Officer Continues Recovery From Shooting That Killed His Partner Chicago Police officer Carlos Yanez Jr. remains in recovery after he was shot multiple times during an August traffic stop. Yanez lost an eye and was left partially paralyzed from the same shooting that killed his partner, Officer Ella French. On Sunday, a fundraiser was held to help support Yanez’s hospital bills, reported ABC 7 Chicago. “He's gone from a three-income family to one overnight, and the bills don't stop – mortgages don't stop," said the officer’s father, Yanez Sr. Yanez Sr. says his son still has four bullets lodged in his body. "Unfortunately, the doctors can't remove any of the bullets because they're highly sensitive areas that would cause more damage removing them than leaving them at this time," he told ABC 7. Yanez Sr. says his son can move his right arm but has limited control of his left hand. “He has his good days and his bad days,” he said. Yanez Jr. made an appearance at his fundraiser via FaceTime. Despite the somber reason for assembly, he was met by cheers and smiles, a video shows. PoliceOne Public Safety News Greater-Alarm Fire Collapses Commercial Building In Boyle Heights Firefighters battled a large fire which broke out at a commercial building in Boyle Heights late Monday night and continued to burn for hours well into Tuesday morning. The greater-alarm blaze in the 1600 block of East 1st Street broke out before 11:40 p.m. Monday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Crews arrived to find heavy flames coming from the one-story 50-foot by 100-foot building. Firefighters battled the fire for hours, with flames burning in deep pockets of the building that crews could not reach, LAFD reports. The blaze caused portions of the building to collapse, and due to unsafe conditions, firefighters were forced to take a more defensive position. There was no word of any injuries. The fire was still burning as of 4:30 a.m. Tuesday. LAFD arson investigators were on scene working to determine a cause. CBS 2 3 Ways To Get Digital COVID Vaccine Records In L.A. County With Los Angeles County set to begin requiring COVID-19 vaccination verification to enter several settings next week, officials are reminding residents about different ways to get digital records to use as proof of vaccination. Starting Oct. 7, L.A. County will require customers to show proof of vaccination or a recent negative coronavirus test result at indoor bars, lounges, nightclubs, breweries, wineries and distilleries, as well as at all mega events. Children under the age of 12 years — who are not yet eligible to get vaccinated — are exempt, officials said. And while it isn’t required, L.A. County health officials are strongly recommending that restaurants reserve and prioritize indoor seating for those fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Officials said venues can accept the white CDC vaccination card or a photo of it as proof of vaccination, but there are also other ways patrons can show they got the shots. KTLA 5 Heavy Wildfire Smoke Prompts Air Advisory In Southern California Heavy smoke from wildfires raging in Central California has pushed south, triggering an air quality advisory for some Southern California mountain areas, and conditions are ripe for more toxic plumes later in the week. The South Coast Air Quality Management District issued the special advisory in anticipation of elevated air quality index levels — a measurement of air pollution — in parts of the San Bernardino and San Gabriel mountains Monday. Smoke from the Windy and KNP Complex fires — a pair of explosive blazes in the southern Sierra Nevada region — turned skies in Los Angeles eerie shades of gray and orange in recent days and continues to sully atmospheric conditions more than 100 miles away. “It’s not necessarily been blown down in the areas where we breathe — it’s still staying high in the atmosphere — but ... the forecast shows that we would get some areas that are unhealthy for sensitive groups or maybe even higher levels,” including high desert regions, said Sarah Rees, deputy executive officer for planning and rules at South Coast AQMD. Los Angeles Times Cal Fire Worries Wildfire Arson Cases Are On The Rise Cal Fire investigators say they are seeing an increase in arson arrests with some of those suspects accused of starting this year's largest wildfires. In just the last two years alone, Cal Fire says they've arrested hundreds of people on arson charges. But these are difficult cases, they say, because arson is hard to prove in court. This year alone, at least two people from the Bay Area have been accused of setting a wildfire. Investigators announced charges last week against 30-year-old Alexandra Souverneva from Palo Alto, who is charged with starting the Fawn Fire in Shasta County. She has since plead not guilty. Last month, Cal Fire also arrested former Sonoma County State University Professor Gay Maynard, accused of starting fires near the Dixie Fire. "What we're seeing this year is we're seeing fires really having potential for becoming large and destructive in a very short period of time," said Cal Fire Battalion Chief Jon Heggie. "Any time somebody sees someone suspicious and has a thought that they may be starting a fire, please do the right thing. Call 911. Get the authorities involved." FOX 11 Local Government News Rep. Karen Bass Announces She Plans To Run For Los Angeles Mayor U.S. Rep. Karen Bass, a prominent figure in national Democratic politics who was on President Joe Biden’s short list when he was considering a vice presidential pick, announced Monday she plans to run for Los Angeles mayor. She released the following statement Monday: "Our city is facing a public health, safety and economic crisis in homelessness that has evolved into a humanitarian emergency. I’ve spent my entire life bringing groups of people together in coalitions to solve complex problems and produce concrete change -- especially in times of crisis. Los Angeles is my home. With my whole heart, I'm ready. Let's do this -- together. I'm running for mayor." Bass’ entry into the race immediately reshapes the 2022 contest that already has attracted a slew of candidates. She also could provide historical milestones as the city’s first female and second Black mayor. The first Black mayor, Tom Bradley, also was the city’s longest-serving. He ran LA from 1973 to 1993. 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