Jonathan Chung, UT Community News Social Media Editor
• October 20, 2024
Sun-Ah Jin, who has owned ABC Kids toy store in Koreatown for over 25 years, thought she had seen it all: Petty theft, threats from gentrification, drug dealers in the area, economic downturns.
But...
Police have made an arrest in the death of Edgar Aguirre, a 38-year-old Cal State LA student who was shot and killed a few blocks from campus on April 1, 2023.
Detectives from Central Bureau Homicide...
On Friday, March 1, the Department of Public Safety notified students that an attempted robbery and car theft occurred around 6:30 p.m. in parking Lot 4.
The suspect approached the victim, who remains...
Cal State LA is monitored by the Department of Public Safety, which is in charge of patrolling the campus, managing the lost and found and following up on reports and suspicious activity.
Public Safety...
As street racing’s popularity grows in California, so are the number of people driving under the influence, at least in some cities.
Of eight different types of reported vehicle-related crimes in...
Vehicle-related arrests are just one type of crime that affects Inglewood residents.
To put the 31 vehicle-related arrests in context, they make up about 28% of all 111 arrests in the city, including...
Jonathan Chung, Community News Reporter
• January 15, 2024
South Central Los Angeles is working to rebound from the pandemic years when there was a bump in crime and a depressed economy due to businesses closing or losing sales.
Many people and businesses were...
The crime rate in the Florence-Firestone neighborhood of South Los Angeles County more than doubled just since 2019.
Its violent crime rate per 100,000 residents was 2,659 in 2021, up from 823 in 2019,...
Studio City is joining the city of Los Angeles in a crack down on street racing and illegal street takeovers.
On May 17, the Studio City Neighborhood Council board unanimously passed a motion on the...
Alysia Burke, Community News Reporter
• September 30, 2023
The City of South Gate Police Department (PD) received a grant from the State of California to establish and improve programming geared toward the wellness of its employees.
South Gate PD was awarded...
Nicolas Morales, 44, was recently sentenced to 310 years in prison for seven alleged rapes. The assaults occurred over a 15-month period from October 2016 to January 2018. The attacks were dispersed across...
Erik Adams, Senior Multimedia Reporter
• March 21, 2023
Three police officers were shot in the nearby Los Angeles neighborhood of Lincoln Heights on Wednesday, March 8, just under four miles away from Cal State LA’s campus.
In a press conference on the...
