Man Found Shot to Death in Front of Reseda Home; Gunman Sought
Police were searching for a gunman Tuesday morning after a man was found shot to death in front of a home in Reseda. The shooting was reported near the intersection of Valerio Street and Etiwanda Avenue at about midnight, said Capt. Natalie Cortez with the Los Angeles Police Department. Officers arrived to find a man down in a driveway in front of a home in the neighborhood, Cortez said. 
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2 Killed, 1 Wounded in Sylmar After Argument, LAPD Says
An argument at a Sylmar home ended with two men being killed and one critically wounded in a shooting Sunday night, according to Los Angeles police. Authorities said the shooting happened at a home located at 11830 Jouett Street at about 9:35 p.m. on Sunday. Investigators believed an argument over noise earlier in the day may have sparked the shooting. According to police, a group was in the front yard of the home when three suspects pulled up in a white vehicle and confronted the group. 
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200 Arrested in Human Trafficking Crackdown as Police Search For Additional Suspects
A months-long crackdown on human sex trafficking crimes in the San Fernando Valley yielded about 200 arrests, including that of several pimps and “johns” who solicit sex from prostitutes, a councilwoman announced Monday. Councilwoman Nury Martinez said the arrests came during a 10-month period in which a task force targeted traffickers and their customers along Sepulveda and Lankershim boulevards. Twenty-one arrests were for pimping and pandering, and 177 people were arrested for seeking sex from women and girls who were being trafficked.
CBS 2

Man stabbed by gang members at North Hollywood park
A 22-year-old man was stabbed in the back and wounded in a confrontation with three alleged gang members, authorities said today. The stabbing was reported about 8:15 p.m. Sunday in Valley Plaza Park at Sherman Way and Whitsett Avenue, said Sgt. Thomas Gahry of the Los Angeles Police Department's North Hollywood Station. The victim was wearing a Seattle Mariners hat and El Salvador soccer jersey when he was confronted by three men believed to be gang members, the sergeant said. “They asked where he was from. He ignored them and tried to run,” Gahry said. 
City News Service

Appeals court rejects former Hollywood exec's allegations of police abuse
Federal appeals court Monday firmly rejected a former Hollywood and bank executive's allegations that he was beaten by Los Angeles police officers and maligned by union officials. Mulligan, a onetime co-chairman of Universal Pictures and executive with Deutsche Bank, was badly injured when he allegedly tried to attack two LAPD officers who were trying to take him into custody. The officers had found  Mulligan acting suspiciously in an Eagle Rock neighborhood and later encountered him trying to get into other people's cars and screaming, according to police reports.
Los Angeles Times

$150,000 in Watches, Jewelry Stolen During Sherman Oaks Open House
An open house to sell a Sherman Oaks home opened the door to a set of thieves who made off with more than $150,000 of jewelry and watches. The homeowner said his real estate agent was tricked by a couple who quickly scouted the house - then distracted him while two other men moved in. "These guys seem like they were professonals. They walked right in, they didn't pay attention to anybody. ... It just seemed like they do this all the time."
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Suspect, 14, arrested after leading cops on chase in North Hills
Authorities Tuesday are trying to determine why the driver of a pickup truck led officers on a 20-minute chase in North Hills, but they say they suspect it has something to do with age. The suspect arrested in Monday night's pursuit is a 14-year-old boy, said Sgt. James Bender of the Los Angeles Police Department's Mission Division. The chase began about 8:30 p.m. in the area of Polk Street and Bradley Avenue in Sylmar and ended about 20 minutes later at Nordhoff Street and Langdon Avenue, said Officer Mike Lopez of LAPD's Media Relations Section.
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Family of malnourished boy found dead in Echo Park closet had been reported to social workers six times
Days apart in 2012, two teachers contacted the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services about a young boy named Yonatan Daniel Aguilar. One reported that the boy was suffering from general neglect. Another said he had a black eye. County social workers interviewed school employees, including a soccer coach and a special education teacher. And, because it involved an allegation of possible physical abuse, the black eye was cross-reported to Los Angeles police, who also looked into it. County officials and police determined the boy to be living in a safe environment.
Los Angeles Times

Panic, chaos at LAX, JFK show how even false reports of violence can upend airport operations
The chaos appears to have started Sunday evening when an actor wearing a mask and a black cloak, and carrying what appeared to be a sword, walked into the arrival level of Terminal 7 at Los Angeles International Airport. Police detained the man at gunpoint, but released him after finding that the sword was plastic. By then, authorities had started to receive reports of gunfire at multiple terminals. 
Los Angeles Times

Marin DA: Teacher smuggled heroin to killer on death row
A Los Angeles teacher has been charged with smuggling heroin and cellphones to a San Quentin inmate on death row for eight murders. Teri Orina Nichols, 47, of Bellflower, is free on bail and scheduled to return for arraignment Sept. 13. She could face up to four years in jail under the charges, said Deputy District Attorney Kevin O'Hara.
Marin Independent Journal

Gun Violence Research Center Coming To UC Davis' Sacramento Campus
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Monday her intent to establish the University of California Firearm Violence Research Center at UC Davis' Sacramento campus under the direction of Garen Wintemute, an emergency department physician and recognized authority on the epidemiology of firearm violence who has conducted leading-edge research for more than 30 years. 
Capital Public Radio

California lawmakers pass rape bill inspired by Stanford case
California lawmakers, responding to outrage over the six-month jail term given to a former Stanford University swimmer after his conviction for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, passed legislation on Monday closing a loophole that allowed the sentence.  The bill now goes to Democratic Governor Jerry Brown for his approval. He has not indicated whether he will sign it into law.
Reuters

Criminal charges pending in fatal crash of off-duty La. officer
The vehicle that struck and killed off-duty New Orleans police officer Tony Mitchell was struck from behind, leading to the collision that threw him over a guard rail, according to a release from the Louisiana State Police. Mitchell, 45, had exited his vehicle Friday morning on the shoulder of the Westbank Expressway after his truck suffered mechanical problems. State Police said Mitchell was flagging traffic around his vehicle when a Waggaman woman, identified as 35-year-old Jennifer Williams, stopped to move into the center lane.
The Advocate

Report: 9/11 first responders show memory problems
Cognitive impairment, long considered a leading risk factor for Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia, has been detected in a significant proportion of people who served as first responders during the 9/11 World Trade Center disaster, Stony Brook University researchers have found. For years, the lion's share of public attention has been riveted on the cancers and respiratory conditions that have afflicted first responders, but mental-health disorders have been building all along, researchers reported Monday in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring.
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