Gunmen Fire on Undercover LAPD Officers in Montecito Heights; 5 Sought
Authorities were looking for up to five men who followed undercover LAPD officers and then fired on the officers' vehicle in a high-crime area of Montecito Heights near where two young women's bodies were found about two months earlier, police said Wednesday. The undercover officers were patrolling around Ernest E. Debs Regional Park about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday when the men fired on them.
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Many Expected To Work On Christmas Day
Most people are able to take time off during the holidays, but others have to tough it out at work while everyone else is celebrating.“It's hard. It's hard and something that they're learning to get used to,” said Eric Garcia, a firefighter, who for years has had to work on Christmas Day.
CBS 2
Porter Ranch Resembles Ghost Town After Thousands Left To Escape Gas Leak
A part of Porter Ranch is eerily empty after thousands of residents left their homes to escape the massive methane gas eak from the nearby Aliso Canyon well. Lisa Vargas joined the exodus and left her neighborhood, which is now lined with vacant homes. She relocated her family to an apartment. “It is definitely a ghost town. The smell is terrible. And it's awful because so many people have left,” Vargas said.
CBS 2
Black Lives Matter activists shut down 405
Nine Black Lives Matter protesters were arrested Wednesday for staging a demonstration on the southbound San Diego 405 Freeway in Inglewood, spray-painting slogans on the pavement and forcing a roughly 20-minute closure of the roadway on a busy holiday-getaway travel day. The protest began at 1:27 p.m. on the southbound 405 Freeway near Manchester Boulevard, said Sgt. Paul Peterson of the West Los Angeles.
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Increased security for Rose Parade and Rose Bowl after San Bernardino attack
Local and federal authorities are stepping up security measures at this year's Rose Parade and Rose Bowl after a terrorist attack in San Bernardino rattled the region. Though authorities stressed that they have not received any threats targeting the annual event, the city said Tuesday that “enhanced security measures” would be in effect along the parade route and at the Rose Bowl Stadium come Jan. 1.
Los Angeles Times
Bankrupt San Bernardino spars with creditors over police spending
The bankrupt California city of San Bernardino won praise from bondholders on Wednesday for its handling earlier this month of the massacre that killed 14 people, but at the first significant court hearing since the attack, creditors questioned a plan to increase spending to bolster the police force.U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Meredith Jury also praised the city for its handling of the shooting by a married couple.
Reuters
Judge Upholds Seattle 'Gun Violence Tax,' Dismisses NRA Suit
A judge upheld Seattle's so-called gun violence tax Tuesday, rejecting a challenge from the National Rifle Association and other gun rights groups. King County Superior Court Judge Palmer Robinson dismissed arguments that Seattle's tax, adopted last summer, exceeded the city's authority under state law.
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