LOS ANGELES (CNS) - More than 200 foreign nationals were arrested in Southern California by federal agents as part of a nationwide operation that resulted in 2,059 arrests. Among the 218 people arrested in six counties in the Southland during “Operation Cross Check” was a known gang member with prior robbery convictions, according to U.S. […]
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Two men force way into marijuana dispensary
March 7, 2015
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - At least two people were arrested today, according to media reports, when they forced their way into a marijuana dispensary in the Mid-City section of Los Angeles. Police were dispatched to the scene in the area of West Pico Boulevard and South Spaulding Avenue at 4:30 a.m., where an alarm went […]
Warrants served for “Come to USA to give birth” tour packagers
March 3, 2015
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Investigators today served search warrants at about two dozen locations in Los Angeles, Orange and San Bernardino counties targeting so-called maternity tourism schemes, authorities said. Among the targets of searches were apartment complexes in Irvine, Rowland Heights and Walnut where, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, authorities suspect that the […]
Police beef up DUI patrols, checkpoints for Superbowl
February 1, 2015
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Police Department will conduct four DUI saturation patrols today as part of a nationwide effort to reduce drunken driving on Super Bowl Sunday. Law enforcement officers in and around Los Angeles beefed up patrols and mounted checkpoints aimed at catching drunken Super Bowl weekend revelers who get behind […]
Two-day music festival draws 71,000 people
September 1, 2014
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - More than 71,000 fans descended on Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles over a two-day concert that featured headliners John Mayer and Kanye West, along with Weezer, Iggy Azalea, Kendrick Lamar and South Gate’s own Cypress Hill. The festival was marked with a slightly larger crowd on the second dayand more than […]
