Karen Garcia

Los Angeles police have tied two youths accused of robbing a convenience store in South Los Angeles to a string of robberies throughout Los Angeles County. On Saturday the LAPD received a call of an armed robbery in progress at a convenience store near the 3200 block of South Central Avenue. When officers arrived on scene, a witness pointed them to the suspects’ vehicle fleeing the store. Officers tried in vain to stop the vehicle, then pursued it, according to a police report. During the pursui…

Police arrested a man in San Diego suspected of clubbing two women from behind in separate incidences near the Venice canals Saturday night. The arrest of Anthony Jones, 29, for the assault of the two women was announced Friday in front of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Division Station. Los Angeles City Councilmember Traci Park, whose district includes Venice, took part in announcing the arrest. The attacks had a “sexual element” to them, said police commander Steven Lurie, who dec…

An early morning home invasion Tuesday in Newport Beach ended with one alleged intruder being shot and another dying from what police believe was a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Newport Beach police say the victims and suspects in the incident have a prior connection, but gave no further details. At 4:45 a.m., police responded to a 911 call of a possible home invasion near Newport Coast Drive and Pelican Hill Road North. The home appeared to be at the end of Vista Luci, a cul-de-sac, KABC-TV rep…

A home in Cupertino, Calif., that measures less than 400 square feet is making headlines across the U.S. for its surprising asking price: more than $1.7 million. Some are comparing the one-bedroom and one-bathroom home to a hotel room, so small that there isn’t enough space in the kitchen for a full size refrigerator or stove. What’s also drawing people’s attention is the size of the lot the home sits on: nearly 7,900 square feet. It received eight offers, all above the asking price, and the win…

Two men accused of taking part in a bizarre home invasion robbery of a Newport Coast mansion that ended in gunfire this week were armed with a firearm, zip ties and a rope, according to Orange County Superior Court records. Authorities allege that Andrew Miguel Rosas, 24, was one of the men who entered the gated-community early that morning intending to commit a robbery on Vista Luci. Rosas, of Pomona, along with another man who has not been identified, were wearing dark clothing and masks when…

Authorities continued searching Monday night for a suspect who shot a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy in the back at a stoplight near the 10 Freeway in West Covina. Deputy Samuel Aispuro, 43, was shot once in the back at about 2:45 p.m. while stopped at a red light on a department-issued motorcycle at Barranca Street and East Garvey Avenue, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna said at a news conference. Aispuro, who was in uniform and wearing a bulletproof vest, was transported to a local hospita…

After formally endorsing plans for an ambitious new Bay Area City in Solano County this week, Vacaville’s vice mayor is in the hot seat after it was revealed that he had earlier sought to associate his home loan business with the developer’s campaign for the project known as California Forever. Through his real estate license, Vice Mayor Greg Ritchie and owner of Citizens Financial Home Loans filed two fictitious business names or “Doing Business As” titles as “California Forever Home Loans” and…

A box truck veered into a guardrail near Chino Hills, striking workers who were cleaning up along the 71 Freeway, killing one, injuring two others and creating traffic gridlock for commuters Monday morning. On the northbound lanes of the 71 Freeway, a cleanup crew of about seven workers hired by Caltrans was working behind the right shoulder guardrail, just past Euclid Avenue. A few feet behind them on the right shoulder was their van with an attached trailer, both flashing hazard lights. All of…

Police are investigating why three people were assaulted, two of them stabbed, a few feet from Santa Monica’s Third Street Promenade. Santa Monica police responded Sunday to a report of a stabbing in the 1500 block of 4th Street, near parking structure No. 7. When the officers arrived they found two people with stab wounds and a third assault victim. According to a police report, officers immediately began performing CPR on one person. The police department did not disclose the condition of the…

Members of a family-run retail theft group dubbed the “Dodger Crew” by police were taken into custody this week on suspicion of stealing, then reselling, high-end perfumes from Los Angeles-area stores. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Organized Retail Theft Task Force served a search warrant Thursday morning at the family’s home, which KTLA reported was in South L.A. Police arrested Fermin Mendoza, 50. His son Fermin, 23, and daughter Natalie, 20, and their mother, Gabriella Lopez, 48, were a…