Escondido Mayor Paul McNamara said the city subsidizes the Center at “roughly $3 million. After this recent incident and the tone deafness of it, we have at least a responsibility to discuss that.”
June 29, 2022
The Los Angeles Police Department said 30-year-old Michael Ortiz attacked an officer with a torch, sending the officer to the hospital with burn injuries.
June 27, 2022
Critics of Gascón and the parents of one of the slain officers have lashed out at the district attorney in the days following the fatal shootout that occurred last Tuesday afternoon.
June 22, 2022
"Gascón's just letting all these criminals out and they just keep doing one crime after the other. And that guy should've been in jail, if he wouldn't have been out, my son and the other officer would still be here," Olga Garcia said.
June 20, 2022
"I'm so deeply sorry. My condolences for saving me," an emotional Diana Flores said. "I'm so sorry. They didn't deserve that. They were trying to help me."
June 17, 2022
Justin Williams Flores is accused of killing El Monte police officers Corporal Michael Paredes and Officer Joseph Santana Monday. Flores was killed when police returned fire.
June 16, 2022
The gunman was also shot and killed at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, who is helping El Monte PD with investigations.
June 15, 2022
Investigators said the suspect, who was driving a white Ford Fusion, and the officer got into an altercation during an 8 p.m. traffic stop before the suspect opened fire and drove away from the scene.
June 14, 2022
El Cajon (CA) Police Department canine “Jester” is recovering from being stabbed while apprehending a suspect last week. While Jester was being treated, his handler noticed a dog recovering from a rattlesnake bite and decided he wanted to do something to help.
June 8, 2022