Crime

Ladera Heights residential burglaries rose to 13 between June and September 2026, up from 6 a year earlier, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said.

Federal agents and the LAPD arrested 23 of 28 people charged with trafficking fentanyl and meth in Skid Row on Oct. 8; five remain fugitives.

A 26-year-old Delta passenger is charged with felony vehicle theft and vandalism after an airport tug was allegedly taken at John Wayne Airport on Oct. 6.

Akil Batani-Khalfani, 83, was killed in a Sept. 30 hit-and-run on Central Avenue in South Los Angeles; a reward of up to $50,000 is offered.

An employee was shot and killed in a gunfire exchange with two armed suspects at a Florence-Graham business Oct. 8, the Sheriff's Department said.

Actor Keegan Allen was struck with a handgun and robbed of his watch Oct. 8 on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood; no arrests have been reported.

Alexander Schecter, 26, charged in a UCLA student kidnapping and a Culver City rape case, was found dead in Santa Monica on Oct. 5, police said.

A man smashed the door of Good Friend Coffee on Virgil Avenue in East Hollywood on Oct. 6 and took a blue shirt and hat; no arrest has been announced.

LAPD says a Whittier shoe warehouse owner was arrested on suspicion of receiving stolen property after a search recovered about $1 million in train cargo.

LOS ANGELES, CA - A resident of the United Kingdom was killed late Sunday night after being struck by a vehicle while crossing Hollywood Boulevard in a marked crosswalk, with...