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Yahoo
15 hours ago
- General
- Yahoo
Nearly 100 firefighters battle large fire burning at downtown Los Angeles commercial building
A fierce fire was burning in a commercial building in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday afternoon. Officials said the blaze had reached "major emergency status" with more than 88 firefighters on scene. Heavy smoke was billowing across the sky from the structure. The fire was on the city block bounded by South Los Angeles Street, East 4th Street, Wall Street and Winston Street. "Due to heavy storage load, firefighters were not able to reach the seat of the fire," the Los Angeles Fire Department said. "Additional resources are en route. Residents are advised to avoid the area." The fire was reported shortly after 1 p.m. in the 200 block of Winston Street in a row of commercial units, firefighters said. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
CNN
11-06-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Curfew goes into effect in downtown LA
Curfew goes into effect in downtown LA A curfew is now in effect in parts of downtown Los Angeles, covering an area of roughly one square mile. A law enforcement source familiar with the situation told CNN fewer than 100,000 of the city's 4 million residents will be affected. CNN's Nick Watt reports. 00:32 - Source: CNN Vertical Top News 14 videos Curfew goes into effect in downtown LA A curfew is now in effect in parts of downtown Los Angeles, covering an area of roughly one square mile. A law enforcement source familiar with the situation told CNN fewer than 100,000 of the city's 4 million residents will be affected. CNN's Nick Watt reports. 00:32 - Source: CNN Tanks arrive in DC ahead of US Army parade As the 250th anniversary celebration for the US Army approaches, a freight train of tanks was seen making its way into the nation's capital. The long-planned celebration in Washington will coincide with Trump's 79th birthday and include thousands of troops. The Army had said it has no plans to recognize the president's birthday. 00:40 - Source: CNN Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe shot in Bogota A Colombian senator and presidential hopeful is in a critical condition after being shot twice at an event in Bogota, according to national police and prosecutors. Police arrested a 15-year-old carrying a Glock pistol, according to the Attorney General's Office. Miguel Uribe expressed intentions to run in the 2026 presidential election for the country's largest opposition party, the center-right Centro Democrático, or Democratic Center. 01:05 - Source: CNN Immigration protests break out in Los Angeles President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum deploying 2,000 National Guardsmen to disperse the protests that began in the Los Angeles area in response to immigration raids. Law enforcement authorities and demonstrators have clashed for two days. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones reports. 01:34 - Source: CNN Coco Gauff reacts to winning the French Open Coco Gauff claimed her second career grand slam singles title, defeating world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in the French Open women's final. 00:46 - Source: CNN Protesters confront authorities following ICE raids in Los Angeles Federal immigration operations in Los Angeles were met by protests. ICE declined to discuss the details of its operations. 00:43 - Source: CNN Attorney for mistakenly deported man talks to Erin Burnett CNN's Erin Burnett talks with Simon Sandoval-Moshenberg, attorney for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador in March, who has been returned to the United States to face federal criminal charges. 02:37 - Source: CNN Trump Admin targets LGBTQ+ community during Pride Month CNN's Ben Hunte breaks down how the Trump Administration has targeted the LGBTQ+ community with its policies in just the first few days of Pride Month. 02:09 - Source: CNN Former 'Diddy' girlfriend reveals 'love contract' A former romantic partner for Sean 'Diddy' Combs using the pseudonym 'Jane' described feeling financially coerced and revealed Combs is still paying for her rent, even as she testified against him at trial. Prosecutors hope the testimony by 'Jane' will drive home charges that include sex trafficking, racketeering conspiracy and transportation to engage in prostitution. Combs has pleaded not guilty to all charges. 01:30 - Source: CNN Trump's border czar on 3 US children leaving the country with their deported mothers White House border czar Tom Homan defended the Trump administration's move to deport three US citizen children last week. Homan told CNN's Priscilla Alvarez the children's parents, who were in the US illegally, made a "parental decision" to leave the country together. Gracie Willis, an attorney with the National Immigration Project, denies that the mothers were given a choice whether their children could remain in the US. 01:07 - Source: CNN Trump on Musk: 'The poor guy's got a problem' In a phone call with CNN's Dana Bash, President Donald Trump said he is 'not even thinking about' billionaire Elon Musk and won't be speaking to him in the near future. The comments come a day after Trump and Musk traded barbs on social media as their relationship deteriorated in spectacular public fashion. 00:43 - Source: CNN No aliens here: Research disputes possible 'signs of life' on another planet In response to hints of "biosignatures" found on a world called K2-18b, new research suggests there's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the exoplanet. CNN's Ashley Strickland reports on the ongoing scientific discourse around the search for extraterrestrial life. 00:43 - Source: CNN Reporter: Trump made $1 billion in crypto in 9 months CNN's Erin Burnett talks with Forbes Magazine's Dan Alexander about President Donald Trump's stunning ownership of billions of dollars worth of crypto. 02:19 - Source: CNN Russia launches strikes across Ukraine Russia launched waves of drones and ballistic missiles at multiple targets across a broad swath of Ukraine overnight killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv and wounding around 40 across the country. 00:32 - Source: CNN
CBS News
06-06-2025
- General
- CBS News
Victim of downtown Los Angeles knife attack recounts harrowing experience
One of the two victims of a violent knife attack in downtown Los Angeles over the weekend is recounting the terrifying experience he had upon returning home from work. "I have staples in my head that start ... at the crown of my head," said Kyle Levitt. He was just about to step into his apartment complex on Sunday morning after work when he says he was attacked from behind. He believes he was struck at least four times, causing him to fall to the ground. Levitt suffered cuts to his head, ear and right hand with what Los Angeles police are now calling a large butcher knife. It was previously reported that the weapon used was a machete. "Both of the tendons leading to my thumb were completely severed," Levitt said. "I could see them." It wasn't the only similar crime that happened in the area that morning either. About a quarter of a mile away a man in his 60s was also attacked. He died after being taken to a nearby hospital, police said. Sometime after beginning their investigations, police were pointed to the attacker by witnesses in the area. They took the suspect, 26-year-old Caleb Daniels, into custody and recovered the knife they believe he used. "I can say I don't hold it against him," Levitt said. "Obviously, I wish it didn't happen to either myself or the man who unfortunately passed away." He does, however, want Daniels to be held accountable and to make sure that he gets the help he needs. Daniels was previously arrested in March 2024 for a criminal threat, but his case was rejected by the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office at the time. As he continues to recover, Levitt is calling the incident a learning experience. "Making sure I'm doing all I can to be alert and aware so something like this doesn't happen again," he said. Daniels is scheduled to appear in court in front of a county judge on July 3.
CBS News
02-06-2025
- General
- CBS News
Machete-wielding man kills one, wounds another in downtown Los Angeles, police say
Machete-wielding man kills one, wounds another in downtown Los Angeles, police say Machete-wielding man kills one, wounds another in downtown Los Angeles, police say Machete-wielding man kills one, wounds another in downtown Los Angeles, police say One person was killed and another was wounded after they were allegedly attacked by a man armed with a machete in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday morning. The first attack happened just after midnight in the 1100 block of S. Grand Avenue near 11th Street, Los Angeles police said. While they were on scene and conducting life-saving measures, officers were made aware of a second similar incident happening in the 1000 block of S. Broadway near 15th Street, police said. They arrived to the area and found a second victim. Both victims were taken to nearby hospitals, where one later died. He has only been identified as a man in his 60s. The second victim, a man believed to be in his mid-30s, was in stable condition as of Sunday night. One person was taken into custody in connection with the incidents and the alleged weapon was recovered, police said. He has not yet been identified.
Fox News
29-05-2025
- General
- Fox News
Wild LA party devolves into chaos with vandalism, fire breathing man, and injured cops
A wild Los Angeles crowd featuring a fire-breathing man caused havoc on Sunday night, vandalizing train cars, businesses and a police cruiser, injuring four police officers. Hundreds of individuals, some dressed in party gear, gathered around midnight Sunday in downtown LA and rapidly devolved into vandalism and property destruction, The LA Times reported. The mob originated as an unsanctioned music event at a rooftop party spanning two parking lots, the LAPD said in a statement. The parties were promoted on social media without the property owner's knowledge, per the LAPD. Some 700 people attended the party and when police were called to break it up, some 100 revelers broke off and embarked on a destructive vandalism spree. The scene was chaotic, a torch-wielding man blew flammable liquid into the flames and shot fire into the air, another man ascended a light pole and rested his feet on a street sign as he filmed himself with his cell phone as a helicopter hovered overhead. When the LA metro's A Line train stopped on Washington Avenue, troublemakers began spray-painting the train's exterior and hammering on the windows. Police received two calls of disturbances on trains, but no arrests were made in response to either of them, an LAPD spokesperson told the LA Times. "Around midnight, approximately 50 trespassers blocked two A Line trains traveling northbound and southbound at the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Maple Street, south of downtown Los Angeles. The trespassers began to spray paint on both trains and gained entry into the southbound train and sprayed paint on the interior of the train. During the incident, no operators or passengers were harmed and service was delayed around 20 minutes," the LA Metro said in a statement. LAPD officers decked in riot gear stood in a long line across the street from the unruly mob. Some individuals were so brazen that they posed for selfies in front of a defaced LAPD squad car, and shot fireworks and kicked the police vehicle as officers attempted to drive away from the scene. Police declared an unlawful assembly and fired non-lethal bullets into the crowd in order to clear the scene, police said. A fire was reported on one of the rooftops, police said. Four officers were injured in the fracas, according to a police statement. "We were on top of a parking lot. So what ended up happening is that it got too crazy, it got too crowded," a witness told KCAL. He said attendees were using lighters and hairspray as makeshift flamethrowers. The witness said that the mob were pelting police with beer cans and water bottles and shooting fireworks in their direction. "That's kind of like the energy of those type of shows, people are just going to go there to let out all the frustration and anger that they have built from life, family, society," the witness told KCAL. No arrests were made in response to the incident, but the LAPD vowed to find those responsible. "Our officers were heavily outnumbered and so the decision was, clear the area rather than make arrests. But I can assure you we will find those responsible," Los Angeles Police Department Cmdr. Lillian Carranza told the LA Times. Nearly every business near the scene had been covered with graffiti, including a Panda Express and dialysis center. One business suffered broken windows. "This type of vandalism happens every day but never to this extent, we really need to teach the future generations how to care for one another. How would you like it if this happened to your home?" Dr. Afshin Akhavan, who runs the House of Health clinic on Washington Boulevard, told the LA Times. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass called the incident "unacceptable" and pledged to get to the bottom of it at a Memorial Day event. "It is unacceptable under any and all circumstances, and those people who perpetrated this have to be held accountable to the full extent of the law," Bass said.
