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A homeless man sleeps on a sidewalk in June in front of a parking lot where the Venice Dell project has been planned at Venice Boulevard and Main Street in Venice. A former staffer for Mayor Karen Bass responsible for expediting affordable housing developments told The Times that his superiors directed him to stop advancing Venice Dell through city bureaucracy …

NEW YORK — DJ LeMahieu hit a game-winning single through a five-man infield in the 10th inning to give the New York Yankees a rain-delayed 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. “It was definitely beneficial to have a few extra days.” Boone and Yankees hitting coach James Rowson were ejected by plate umpire Tripp Gibson in the …

Long Beach police are seeking the public’s help to identify a gunman responsible for the killing of 17-year-old Briana Soto. The Long Beach Police Department on Tuesday released video of a man they suspect of shooting and killing a 17-year-old girl last month. The video, about 55 seconds long, shows a man dressed in dark attire walking past an apartment …

Judge orders psych evaluation for Illinois man charged in 4 killings

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A judge on Monday ordered a psychiatric evaluation for a northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over them. Winnebago County Judge Debra Schafer ordered the evaluation for Christian Soto when the 22-year-old man appeared in court by video link for a scheduled arraignment on charges of …

L.A. to pay $21 million to man injured by falling street lamp part

A view of City Hall. The City Council unanimously approved a settlement of up to $21 million for Ismael Soto Luna after part of a street lamp fell on his head. A man injured by a falling street lamp part will receive a settlement of up to $21 million from the city of Los Angeles. In November 2020, Ismael Soto …

LOADING ERROR LOADING A Florida man who is dating the mother of a missing 13-year-old was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly possessing child sexual abuse material on his phone. Stephan Sterns, 37, the last person who saw missing 13-year-old Madeline Soto, was taken into custody on charges of sexual battery and possession of child sexual abuse material, the Orange County …

No charges for LAPD officers who fatally shot man in Pico-Union in 2021

Bodies suspected to be pregnant woman and boyfriend were shot, police in Texas say

SAN ANTONIO — The dead bodies that Texas investigators believe to have been a pregnant woman and her boyfriend were found with gunshot wounds days after they were reported missing, police said Wednesday. A medical examiner has yet to confirm that it was the bodies of Savanah Nicole Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22, that police found in a car …

Los Angeles, six years ago: A young woman boarded a bus to meet her boyfriend for the first time. Martinez told Brenda that women “aren’t supposed to know about the business,” she recalled, but he confided in her that he works for what he called “los chingones” — the bad-asses. One day Martinez called her and asked, “Where’s Willy?” Brenda …

A man with a knife was shot by police. Then an LAPD helicopter made things worse

The police shooting began like so many others. On video from body cameras that was released after the shooting, one of the officers is heard saying, “Hey, let me see your hands, bro!” Soto instead charged toward Martinez, who fired two rounds at him, missing both times, the report said. In a footnote, the chief said the head of the …

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